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LONDON, August 9: 3DD Productions, a division of the 3DD Group, has expanded into the feature film world, beginning production in London on the comedy I Really Hate My Job. Directed by Oliver Parker, the film stars Neve Campbell (Scream), …

BEVERLY HILLS, August 9: ROK Entertainment Group has brought its ROK TV streaming mobile TV service to the U.S. following its British rollout last year. Thirteen channels of content are available at roktv.com for 99 cents each. ROK has licensed …

BURBANK, August 9: Boosted in part by a $30 million net benefit associated with the completion of the Pixar acquisition, The Walt Disney Company today reported a third quarter net profit of $1.1 billion, a 39 percent gain on the …

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, August 9: The online asset buying spree at MTV Networks continued today with a $200-million deal to acquire Atom Entertainment, a portfolio of four leading online destinations for casual games, short films and video. Atom’s destinations include …

NEW YORK, August 9: Double-digit percentage increases at News Corporation’s filmed entertainment, television, cable network programming and DTH segments led the company to a full-year profit of $2.3 billion, on revenues of $25.3 billion. For the quarter, meanwhile, revenues rose …

LONDON, August 9: With revenues up just 3 percent to £1.1 billion, ITV plc still recorded a 9-percent increase in operating profit to £163 million for the first half of the year, and a 12-percent rise in profit before tax …

NEW YORK/CUPERTINO, August 9: Several shows from the A&E Network, The Biography Channel and The History Channel are now available on the iTunes Music Store, with Apple’s digital storefront now offering more than 200 TV titles. The content includes Criss …

LOS ANGELES, August 9: Mark Burnett is teaming with Grammy Award-winning music producer Emilio Estefan to develop and produce multiplatform content for the U.S. Hispanic market, kicking off with a “Latin-inspired” workout video. This new venture, entitled Estefan/Burnett Entertainment, will …

NEW YORK, August 8: Lifetime Television’s upcoming fall slate includes the original movie The Mermaid Chair with Kim Basinger, the new reality series Off the Leash and the FremantleMedia North America novela Bianca. The Mermaid Chair, adapted from the bestseller …

VANCOUVER/LOS ANGELES, August 8: The Weinstein Company (TWC) has acquired the rights to produce an animated version of The Nutty Professor that will be distributed direct-to-video in the U.S. by Genius Products and animated by Mainframe Entertainment. Jerry Lewis, who …