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TORONTO, June 15: In Budapest next week for DISCOP, Breakthrough Entertainment will be showcasing Cradle of Lies, the company’s first TV movie, as well as factual properties, formats and kids’ fare. The 90-minute film is a production of Blueprint Entertainment …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER, June 15: Independent studio Lionsgate has reported a fiscal 2006 net profit of $6.1 million, down some 70 percent from the previous year’s $20.3 million, despite a 13-percent gain in revenues to $951.2 million. Free cash flow was …

TORONTO, June 15: CCI Entertainment is attending DISCOP with a slate of kids’ animated series, headlined by the 3-D CGI production Erky Perky. The series follows the adventures of two bickering and dim-witted bugs, Erky and Perky, who spend their …

LONDON, June 15: Channel 4 has announced its first new show pickups from Buena Vista International Television (BVITV), taking the novela adaptation Betty the Ugly and Calista FLockhart’s Brothers & Sisters. Betty the Ugly is the American adapatation of the …

LONDON, June 15: Jim Brehm is joining Buena Vista International Television as senior VP of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa this August. Brehm, reporting to BVITV EMEA’s executive VP and managing director, will oversee territory sales heads …

LONDON, June 15: The BBC has picked up Fremantle International Distribution’s youth-skewing ABC Family and Global TV drama Falcon Beach for a daytime slot, extending the show’s reach to 18 countries worldwide. The series, which launched in the U.S. earlier …

BANFF, June 15: More than 1,450 television executives attended the Banff World Television Festival, which ended yesterday in Alberta, Canada. The year’s event was marked by the signing of a number of new deals, including Paperny Films’ securing a C$1.4-million …

LONDON/HONG KONG, June 15: Granada International has tapped Bloomberg Television executive James Ross to drive its business in Asia, setting up a new office in Hong Kong. Ross will continue to be based in Hong Kong, serving as regional director …

ATLANTA, June 15: The ninth season of Pokémon is to air exclusively on Cartoon Network in the U.S., following the series’ long run on Kids’ WB! Pokémon : Battle Frontier launches this fall, as Ash and Pikachu go back to …

BANGKOK, June 15: ETV, which offers up sports and entertainment content over broadband, has begun a trial of its IPTV service in Thailand with a view to expanding across the region late this year and early next. Working with Media …