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Deadline: Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman told analysts that his company is “accelerating” its campaign to revive its flagging TV and movie revenues and profits — which will include boosting the film output at Paramount to about 15 releases in the fiscal year that begins in October. But the upbeat projections seemed to fall on deaf ears on Wall Street, where Viacom shares opened down more than 11% after it reported anemic results for its June quarter. That brings the year-to-date drop in the company’s stock to about 35%.