HBO - HBO SETS PAY-PER-VIEW RECORD

Caption: The film set for HBO's 'Entourage' at Urth Caffe in West Hollywood. Los Angeles, California

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JOHN ADAMS AND MAD MEN LEAD WAY FOR TV EMMYS

ROGENS ENTOURAGE IDEA DISMISSED BY TV EXECUTIVES

SIGLER JOINS ENTOURAGE CAST IN GUEST SPOT

SEX THE CITY NIGHTS HIT BY FRAUDSTERS

PROTESTERS TARGETING EDGIER NETWORK PROGRAMMING

HBO's pay-per-view telecast on December 8 of the Floyd Mayweather-Ricky Hatton welterweight championship fight produced $47 million in revenue, helping to set a record for the year for the Time Warner pay-TV network. Some 850,000 buys were recorded for the telecast raising the total number of buys for the year to a record 4.8 million representing $255 million in pay-per-view revenue. The figure far surpasses the previous record of 4 million buys and $200 million in revenue set in 1999.

18/12/2007

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