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Primetime ratings slide continues with weak Monday 6 May 08, 23:53 ET Reuters - Broadcast networks received more bad news Monday night, when most shows' ratings registered week-over-week declines. more Time-traveling cop show "Mars" in ABC's orbit 6 May 08, 23:23 ET Reuters - ABC is close to picking up David E. Kelley's pilot "Life on Mars" for series production. more Telly Provides Mobile Television to iPhone 6 May 08, 23:18 ET PacketVideo posted a video demonstrating Telly, a mobile broadcast receiver. The "matchbook sized" device streams live television over Wifi to your iPhone ... more Hollywood producers suspend talks with Screen Actors Guild 6 May 08, 22:58 ET AP - Hollywood producers on Tuesday broke off contract talks with the Screen Actors Guild, calling its demands for higher fees from DVD sales and online content "unreasonable," but they offered to renew negotiations at a future date. more Television goes presidential - The Oregonian 6 May 08, 22:53 ET by Peter Ames Carlin/The Oregonian It's certainly hard to miss. By the time it's over, the United States' 2008 presidential election will have absorbed more ... more Television Audiences Continue To Grow Smaller According To Nielsen 6 May 08, 22:29 ET New York, NY (CNS) - It may be leftover residual from the writers' strike, or the fact that nicer weather is calling people outside, but for whatever reason ... more Another celebrity leaves 'Dancing With the Stars' 6 May 08, 22:29 ET AP - Mario is leaving "Dancing With the Stars." The R singer and his professional partner, Karina Smirnoff, were the low-scorers at Tuesday's results show. more Television: The mobile challenge 6 May 08, 22:16 ET Multichoice in Lagos, recently.Television has come a long way. By every standard, this contraption which can enable people view moving, talking images, ... more Q&A: "Idol" contestant Archuleta finds his voice 6 May 08, 22:12 ET Reuters - Just 17, David Archuleta is the youngest contestant still in the running to win Season 7 of the Fox contest series "American Idol." In this exclusive Billboard interview, the Utah native opens up about the vocal paralysis that almost kept him from singing and discusses his desire to attend college. more Top 5 lists in TV, Film, Music, Concert Tours, Video, DVDs 6 May 08, 21:46 ET AP - 1. "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox. more Yet another `American Idol' hopeful flubs lyrics to a song 6 May 08, 21:41 ET AP - "American Idol" hopeful Jason Castro became at least the third contestant this season to flub lyrics to a song. more 'Superbad' leads MTV Movie Awards nominees 6 May 08, 21:02 ET AP - "Superbad" has supergood chances of winning a trophy at the MTV Movie Awards. more Spring update includes new television content and community features. 6 May 08, 20:45 ET by Scott Lowe May 6, 2008 - In further attempts to dethrone Apple's iTunes software as the premier online music store, Microsoft unveiled the latest ... more Television journalist escapes assassination attempt, receives ... 6 May 08, 20:13 ET (NUSOJ/IFEX) - NUSOJ is outraged by the vicious attack by unidentified gunmen against female television journalist Bisharo Mohammed Waeys, which took place ... more Girl Scouts Film Health Food Television Series 6 May 08, 19:54 ET Area students are filming a television series on preparing healthy foods. St. Ignace Girl Scout Troop 125 and Brownie Troop 72 made party snacks Tuesday, ... more Google opens television ad program to all marketers 6 May 08, 19:52 ET Marketers who want to enter the television space but aren't sure where to start may get a helping hand from online giant Google. The company has opened the ... more Movie, television actor visits Fort Hood, 1st Cavalry Division 6 May 08, 19:45 ET FORT HOOD, Texas- A veteran movie and television actor took time to visit the troops of the 1st Cavalry Division and show his support of the men and women ... more American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Says Contract ... 6 May 08, 19:20 ET LOS ANGELES — Contract talks will begin Wednesday between the major Hollywood studios and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, ... more US Rep. Braley: Subcommittee to hold hearing on transition to ... 6 May 08, 19:19 ET WHAT: Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa), Chairman of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology, will hold a hearing tomorrow on the ... more Beyond International Invests in Motive Television PLC (BYI.AX, 00839879, 20080507) 6 May 08, 19:06 ET Beyond International announced that through its wholly owned Irish subsidiary Beyond Entertainment Holdings (Beyond) has made a strategic investment in Motive Television PLC by taking part in a share placement that is raising a total of GBP 668,350 by a placing of 95.48m new ordinary shares in Motive Television PLC at 7 pence per share. Beyond will invest GBP 203,349 (A$428,772) to acquire 10% ... more Last night on television: Natural World (BBC2) - Too Fat to Toddle ... 6 May 08, 19:05 ET By James Walton As we know, Stephen Fry does like his bears – which is presumably why Natural World (BBC2) was able to bag him as the narrator for a ... more New television service offers free 80-channel HDTV 6 May 08, 19:04 ET A DIGITAL satellite television service from ITV and the BBC launched across Britain yesterday, offering high-definition (HD) programming and more than 80 ... more Hearst-Argyle Television Directors Elected at Annual Shareholders ... 6 May 08, 18:50 ET NEW YORK, May 6 -- Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. announced that shareholders elected one Class I Series A nominee and five Class I Series B nominees to the ... more Kicking Television: How You'd Fix Next Season 6 May 08, 18:47 ET On Monday I had one of my semi-regular TV Repairs columns in the Chronicle. The response was strong and the suggestions many (um, not the ones at the top of ... more Hearst-Argyle Television Directors Elected at Annual Shareholders' Meeting 6 May 08, 18:47 ET Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. announced that shareholders elected one Class I Series A nominee and five Class I Series B nominees to the Board of Directors for a two-year term. more Septugenarian Sue Johanson is ending `Talk Sex' on US television ... 6 May 08, 18:35 ET © AP NEW YORK (AP) - America's «Talk Sex» call-in show with colorful septugenarian educator Sue Johanson is ending its run after six seasons, ... more Judy Davis sues Australian newspaper for defamation 6 May 08, 18:21 ET AP - Judy Davis told an Australian court Tuesday that she stopped attending her daughter's soccer games out of anguish over newspaper articles she claims suggested she hates children. more Academy of Cinema and Television Director Interviewed by Phoenix Media 6 May 08, 18:11 ET NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Phoenix, AZ, United States, 05/06/2008 - The Director of the Academy of Cinema and Television was recently interviewed by News ... more Sue Johanson ending `Talk Sex' on Oxygen after six seasons 6 May 08, 18:03 ET AP - Sunday night is getting less steamy. more List of the top 20 shows in the prime-time Nielsen ratings 6 May 08, 17:50 ET AP - Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for April 28-May 4. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation. more Several big network shows hit low marks in the ratings 6 May 08, 17:49 ET AP - The May "sweeps" is precisely the wrong time to hit low marks in the ratings. But several big shows did last week. more Britain does freebie HD television properly 6 May 08, 17:11 ET LONDON - A digital satellite television service from broadcasters ITV and the BBC has launched across Britain, offering high definition programming and more ... more A Web of television entertainment 6 May 08, 17:06 ET Hulu isn’t the only place on the Web you can get streaming video. Here are some top sites for catching up on your favorite flicks and shows: You don’t have ... more Producers Shut Actors Down 6 May 08, 16:22 ET E! Online - The studios have heard enough for now. more Canadian Television Fund Debuts New Production Incentive 6 May 08, 16:18 ET TORONTO, May 6: The Canadian Television Fund (CTF) has created a production incentive that aims to balance the distribution of financial support to ... more Corby's friend: I lied on television to protect Schapelle 6 May 08, 16:14 ET Jodie Power has admitted lying on ABC television about convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby, but has denied being untruthful on the Seven Network about Corby's sister Mercedes.Under cross-examination in the NSW Supreme Court today, Ms Power said she lied when she told ABC TV she had never seen Schapelle Corby take drugs in the 14 years she had known her.She said she had lied to protect ... more DWTS Gets Blast From Past, Sends Four to Semis 6 May 08, 15:50 ET E! Online - Past contestants were out in force to celebrate Dancing With the Stars' 100th episode, but which current contestant didn't make it to 101? Maybe Mario should have played up the fact that he was dancing with an injured shoulder. The 21-year-old R singer, the youngest contestant on Dancing With the Stars to date, was eliminated from the show Tuesday despite landing in the middle of the pack after last night's ballroom-Latin double feature. more Tom Benson agrees to buy FOX television station in New Orleans 6 May 08, 15:02 ET New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson, who has a number of business and philanthropic interests in San Antonio, said Monday that he is buying WVUE-TV FOX 8 in ... more Television without frontiers: the European Commission takes the ... 6 May 08, 14:47 ET The Commission has today sent Spain a reasoned opinion for failing to comply with the television advertising rules in the Television without frontiers ... more RedEye tries to find the best character on television 6 May 08, 14:13 ET Polls/contests like this always make me a little nervous. I just know that they are going to leave out one of my favorite characters, and it just ticks me ... more Idol Note-by-Note: Top 4 Rock 'n' Roll 6 May 08, 13:11 ET E! Online - Don't miss one song—or one note of British sarcasm—with our performance-show liveblog: more New television show to celebrate Wisconsin's culinary delights 6 May 08, 12:59 ET "Wisconsin Foodie," a new television show devoted to profiling local food treasures and unique travel destinations, will debut on Saturday, May 10, ... more Vanessa Williams finally getting her degree from Syracuse 6 May 08, 12:46 ET AP - Nearly 25 years after leaving Syracuse University, Vanessa Williams will get her bachelor of fine arts degree this weekend. more Dancing With Mario, Week 8 6 May 08, 12:42 ET E! Online - Did Len Goodman really have to conjure up images of Britney Spears' va-jay-jay on last night's Dancing With the Stars? more A Jewish television reporter is suing her station claiming that ... 6 May 08, 12:40 ET Danita Cohen-Breen lost her morning anchor job at KOLO-TV after refusing to work extra hours without extra pay. She claims in her discrimination complaint ... more TV Guide names new top editor after sale closes 6 May 08, 12:39 ET AP - TV Guide promoted two executives to top editorial roles Tuesday, days after the previous leadership departed amid the acquisition of the magazine's parent company. more MEDIA ALERT: Parks Associates Addresses Trends in Television ... 6 May 08, 12:32 ET HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 6 -- Kurt Scherf, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Parks Associates, will present Television 2.0: Consumer and Industry Trends ... more MEDIA ALERT: Parks Associates Addresses Trends in Television Service Delivery at Digital Hollywood Conference, ... 6 May 08, 12:30 ET Kurt Scherf, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Parks Associates, will present Television 2.0: Consumer and Industry Trends at a Parks Associates-sponsored session at Digital Hollywood in Hollywood, Calif., on Wednesday, May 7. more Ugly Betty in a New York State of Mind 6 May 08, 12:23 ET E! Online - Ugly Betty is going to start living where it breathes. In a cost-cutting maneuver, the hit ABC comedy, which largely takes place in Manhattan and features a Queens-bred heroine, is packing up its L.A. shop and actually moving production to New York, E! News has confirmed. more ABC Studios Wins The Banff World Television Festival's 2008 ... 6 May 08, 12:23 ET Studio President Mark Pedowitz to Accept the Honor at the Festival on June 9, 2008 TORONTO, May 6 /CNW/ - The Banff World Television Festival will present ... more Public access television offers summer program for kids 6 May 08, 12:14 ET WINDSOR — WIN-TV, the town’s public access station, is offering two sessions of a television workshop for children. The goal of the program is to increase media literacy and produce a program created and made by the participants that will be broadcast on WIN-TV. more Stephen Colbert takes home top Internet award 6 May 08, 11:46 ET Reuters - Stephen Colbert, whose U.S. presidential campaign was cut short, came out a winner on Tuesday when he walked away with a Webby award as the Internet's "Person of the Year." more Digital Television Coupons 6 May 08, 11:45 ET By Bree Sison February 2009 is fast approaching and when next February gets here, News 13 wants you to be prepared for a switch to digital television. ... more ASCAP to Honor Alan & Marilyn Bergman at 23rd Annual Film and Television Music Awards 6 May 08, 11:22 ET The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers will honor Alan & Marilyn Bergman with the ASCAP Founders Award during its 23rd Annual Film & Television Music Awards being held this evening at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, CA. The prestigious award is being presented to the Bergmans in recognition of their half-century contribution to the Great American songbook. The composers of ... more Peterman Says Internet Is The New Home For Creative Television ... 6 May 08, 11:21 ET By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/6/2008 9:10:00 AM Steve Peterman, executive producer of Hannah Montana and a member of the Writers Guild, ... more The Whitlock Group Awarded High Definition Television System ... 6 May 08, 11:21 ET The Tampa Sports Authority has awarded The Whitlock Group the High-Definition Television (HDTV) System upgrade for the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL. ... more Simon Cowell: Being Famous Is "Fantastic" 6 May 08, 11:17 ET E! Online - Hey, all you famous folks out there who complain about the constant attention: Simon Cowell wants you to just deal with it. more The Whitlock Group Awarded High Definition Television System Upgrades for Raymond James Stadium 6 May 08, 11:13 ET The Tampa Sports Authority has awarded The Whitlock Group the High-Definition Television (HDTV) System upgrade for the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL. Raymond James is home to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the University of South Florida Bulls, the New Year's Day Outback Bowl and it will be the host stadium for the Super Bowl XLIII in 2009. The venue is also a popular choice for concerts and ... more 'Eye on America' Television Show to Feature Exclusive Triangle ... 6 May 08, 11:09 ET Chapel Hill/Durham, NC – Producers and film crews from the nationally televised program “Eye on America” are coming to the Triangle on Friday, May 9th, ... more Television stunts children's growth 6 May 08, 11:06 ET MUMS who let their babies watch TV are stalling their development, potentially ruining their chances of success at school. New research has found that few ... more Somalia: Television Journalist Escapes Assassination Attempt, Receives Death Threats 6 May 08, 10:03 ET NUSOJ is outraged by the vicious attack by unidentified gunmen against female television journalist Bisharo Mohammed Waeys, which took place in Bossasso, Bari region, on 4 May 2008. more Jamie Lynn Goes Out on Top 6 May 08, 10:03 ET E! Online - And for her first baby shower present, Jamie Lynn Spears got a hit Zoey 101. One last time. more NBC 4 Offers Digital Television Education CALL 4 6 May 08, 09:49 ET Learn what the transition to digital television means for your TV viewing and are you prepared? more Sony Pictures Television launches Day and Date VoD 6 May 08, 09:47 ET Mumbai: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has inked a "day-and-date" video-on-demand licensing deal with KT Corporation (KT), South Korea's ... more Colbert, will.i.am among special Webby award recipients 6 May 08, 09:40 ET AP - Stephen Colbert's use of the Internet to connect with fans earned the Comedy Central host special recognition as recipients of the annual Webby awards for Web sites and online achievements were announced Tuesday. more ABC1 television 'ads' earn viewers' ire 6 May 08, 09:25 ET By Marcus Casey VIEWERS have done double and triple takes and more than 200 have complained to ABC1 over advertisements for products airing on the ad-free ... more Champaign Leaders to Vote on Public Television Change 6 May 08, 09:22 ET Urbana city leaders will vote whether to make policy changes to the city's public television channel. Story Provided By ABC Newschannel 15 more Freesat launches free satellite television alternative to Sky 6 May 08, 08:53 ET Freesat is a free digital satellite television service now available across the United kingdom, launched as a joint venture not-for-profit venture by the ... more The Hills Stay Alive With the Sound of Drama 6 May 08, 08:41 ET E! Online - MTV just added a few more months to the life span of Speidi. more More than 22,000 dead in Myanmar cyclone: state TV 6 May 08, 08:29 ET More than 22,000 people have been killed and 41,000 left missing after a powerful cyclone hit Myanmar last weekend, state television announced late Tuesday. more NBC Preserves Soul of the Runway 6 May 08, 08:07 ET E! Online - Project Runway may have only one season to go on NBC Universal-owned Bravo, but the studio is looking to make sure it gets first dibs on the next wundershow that comes along. more DivX and Revision3 Bring Popular Online Video Network to the ... 6 May 08, 08:05 ET SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DivX, Inc. (NASDAQ:DIVX), a digital media company, and Revision3 (www.revision3.com) today announced an agreement that will ... more Arab Radio & Television Network to establish major facilities at ... 6 May 08, 08:04 ET Dubai Studio City, a member of TECOM Investments, announced a partnership deal with Arab Radio and Television Network (ART), a Saudi-based television ... more DivX and Revision3 Bring Popular Online Video Network to the Television Through DivX Connected(TM) 6 May 08, 08:00 ET SAN DIEGO----DivX, Inc. , a digital media company, and Revision3 today announced an agreement that will bring Revision3's hit online shows to television viewers through the DivX Connected™ platform. more DWTS Beat-by-Beat: Well, Nobody's Perfect 6 May 08, 06:55 ET E! Online - Step in time with our Dancing With the Stars performance-show liveblog: more Next Generation television offering from Sezmi 6 May 08, 06:52 ET Trials are being conducted in pilot markets on a next generation television offering from Sezmi Corporation. The commercial launch with broadband service ... more BBC and ITV launch free-to-view HD television service 6 May 08, 06:34 ET A free-to-view satellite television and radio service from the BBC and ITV is being launched across the UK today. Freesat will be available to 98 per cent ... more India asks Vodafone to pull dog ad in row over cruelty 6 May 08, 05:48 ET India has ordered British mobile giant Vodafone to pull a television commercial, saying it shows a dog being mistreated, an official said. more Television Actor Who Has Portrayed a Doctor and an Investigator ... 6 May 08, 05:05 ET NEW YORK, May 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Melina Kanakaredes portrayed a doctor in her hit show, Providence. On CSI: NY she's a relentless investigator. ... more Free HD television service launched 6 May 08, 05:01 ET The BBC and ITV are launching Freesat, a digital satellite TV service. Freesat will initially feature more than 80 TV and radio channels, a number which is ... more UK smallcaps open lower; Motive Television drops on share placing 6 May 08, 04:58 ET LONDON (Thomson Financial) - UK small caps opened in a bearish mood, as the wider market's reversed opening gains, with Motive Television dropping over 13 ... more (AFX UK Focus) 2008-05-06 09:50 UK smallcaps open lower; Motive Television drops on share placing 6 May 08, 04:52 ET LONDON (Thomson Financial) - UK small caps opened in a bearish mood, as the wider market's reversed opening gains, with Motive Television dropping over 13 percent following its share placing. more Super Bowl 30-second ads to cost $3 mln in 2009: report 6 May 08, 04:50 ET Reuters - NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co, plans to say next week that the entry price for a 2009 Super Bowl 30-second ad will be $3 million, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday. more Television worth talking about 6 May 08, 04:37 ET Tiny Temptress Turns Wordsmith: It may be hard to imagine what 4-foot-11 MySpace-turned-MTV star Tila Tequila has not yet revealed, but the bisexual ... more Lindsay Lohan signs up for `Ugly Betty` television sitcom 6 May 08, 04:31 ET Los Angeles (ANTARA News) - Lindsay Lohan will attempt to revive her flagging acting career by starring in six episodes of the hit US sitcom "Ugly Betty", ... more Thousands of monitors and television sets collected by WasteServ 6 May 08, 03:53 ET More than 5000 television sets and monitors, weighing some 115 tonnes, have been collected by WasteServ Malta Ltd from the various civic amenity sites, ... more Corby's friend: I lied on television to protect Schapelle 6 May 08, 03:51 ET Jodie Power has admitted lying on ABC television about convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby, but has denied being untruthful on the Seven Network about ... more Motive Television raises 668350 pounds to develop drama programmes ... 6 May 08, 03:42 ET LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Motive Television Plc. said it has raised 668350 pounds before costs in a placing of 95478511 new ordinary shares at 0.7 pence ... more De la Fuente a one-armed 'Dancing' bandit 6 May 08, 02:52 ET AP - It may always take two to tango, but it apparently only takes one arm to tango and mambo. more Harris Wins Fifth Saudi Television Contract For Integrated HD ... 6 May 08, 02:50 ET Harris has been awarded a contract for products spanning its broad high-definition (HD) portfolio to build out new Saudi Television facilities in the holy ... more Famed psychic transfixes Turkish television 6 May 08, 02:39 ET Behind the fire throwing and vibrating tables seen by millions of Turkish viewers live on Star TV Thursday nights, much-disputed paranormalist Uri Geller ... more Television series offers inside look at West Coast car culture 6 May 08, 02:08 ET By Mark Phelan • Detroit Free Press • May 6, 2008 Detroit has misunderstood, underestimated and ignored California in the past, and the Detroit Three ... more Microsoft brings TV shows from NBC, others to Zune 6 May 08, 01:56 ET Reuters - Microsoft Corp said it will start offering television shows for its Zune portable media device, more than two years after Apple Inc introduced the feature for its iPod player. more ABC extends Sunday streak on strength of "Housewives" 6 May 08, 01:55 ET Reuters - ABC enjoyed across-the-board ratings gains Sunday night, with its dramas climbing slightly from their post-writers'-strike malaise. more New crop of "Country" wannabes ready to warble 6 May 08, 01:13 ET Reuters - Actress Sean Young, 'N Sync'er Chris Kirkpatrick and former Jackson 5 member Jermaine Jackson have "Gone Country" at CMT. more "Runway" stops here for Bravo show's producers 6 May 08, 01:08 ET Reuters - Dueling fashion divas have nothing on the ongoing tug-of-war drama between NBC Universal and the Weinstein Co. over the cable hit "Project Runway." more Pirro Show Makes Its Way To Television 6 May 08, 00:15 ET By AP WHITE PLAINS — A former district attorney of Westchester, Jeanine Pirro, rebounding from her recent personal and political problems, is becoming a ... more Samsung debuts 3D television 6 May 08, 00:09 ET By Chris Nicholls SYDNEY: Samsung has debuted what they claim is the world’s first commercially available 3D television, due for June this year. ... more Technology - Sony's new television technology is jaw-dropping ... 6 May 08, 00:08 ET By David Pogue Modern tech life teems with long-standing dilemmas, questions that never seem to go away. Mac or Windows? Turn off the computer every night ... more Zune introduces television shows 6 May 08, 00:07 ET Zune users will be able to access some 800 television shows from the likes of Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and NBC, which they can download and watch on ... more

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