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EL SEGUNDO, July 17: Mattel’s revenues were up 8 percent to $957.7 million for the second quarter, delivering a net profit of $37.4 million, versus last year’s net loss of $94 million. "We are pleased with our second quarter results,” …

NEW YORK, July 17: SCI FI has greenlit production on Painkiller Jane, from Vancouver's Insight Film Studios and Kickstart Comics, for launch on the cable network in January followed by a U.S. weekly syndication window next fall. Production on 22 …

LONDON, July 17: FremantleMedia’s Fremantle Archive Sales division has relaunched its website, allowing users to browse its entire catalogue online. The site at www.fremantlearchivesales.com allows users to search for footage and stills by program or artist name, including content from …

HARRINGTON PARK, July 17: New Jersey-based distributor Janson Media has begun offering the international TV and DVD rights to Kenny Rogers: The Journey. The film provides a look at the successful country artist, who has recorded 61 albums and has …

DUBLIN, July 17: Irish production outfit Brown Bag Films has delivered the 52-episode RTE commission I’m an Animal, geared to the 3-to-6 set, with international distribution being handled by Monster Distributes. The preschool animated series of 2-minute episodes has been …

LONDON, July 17: Cartoon Network U.K. executive Dominic Gardiner has been named as director of programming at Jetix UK. Gardiner will join Jetix in September. His mandate includes programming, acquisitions, scheduling and on-air promotions at Jetix UK, with a strong …

LONDON, July 14: Zonemedia (formerly Zone Vision Networks) has appointed Philip Mordecai as commercial sales manager for Central and Eastern Europe. Mordecai will report to Mark Young, commercial sales director, and will work on maximizing commercial revenue from Zonemedia’s business …

COPENHAGEN, July 14: Zodiak Television World has promoted Karoliina Kytomaa to format acquisitions manager. Her remit includes ensuring all Zodiak intellectual property—including paper formats and original commissions created within the Zodiak group—are shared across all of its companies. She will …

NEW YORK, July 14: For the second quarter of this year, NBC Universal’s profits fell 10 percent from $979 million to $882 million, on revenues of $3.86 billion. For the first half of the year, meanwhile, revenues rose to $8.34 …

MUNICH, July 14: German pay-TV platform Premiere has reached a deal with cable operator Unity Media’s Arena that gives it the rights to air Bundesliga matches. In December, Premiere lost out to Unity Media on the television rights to the …