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From Analog Television To HDTV Television 29 Apr 08, 23:24 ET HDTV stands for high definition television. HDTV is a digital television broadcasting system with greater resolution than traditional television systems. ... more Another celebrity is finished on `Dancing With the Stars' 29 Apr 08, 22:49 ET AP - Shannon Elizabeth won't have to shed any more tears over "Dancing With the Stars." more Neil Cavuto Doesn't Mind Sounding Like a Nut on Television — Why ... 29 Apr 08, 21:53 ET Below is Neil Cavuto's April 29, 2008 "Common Sense" editorial. The plain text constitutes what Cavuto posted on his website. The bold text is language he ... more Blockbuster in talks for Viacom-led channel stake 29 Apr 08, 21:49 ET Reuters - Blockbuster Inc is in talks to buy a stake in a new premium cable TV channel to be launched by Viacom Inc with Lions Gate Entertainment Corp and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, sources familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. more TV's "CSI" star Gary Dourdan faces drug charges 29 Apr 08, 21:47 ET Reuters - Actor Gary Dourdan, who co-stars on the CBS television hit "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," has been arrested on suspicion of possessing cocaine, heroin and other drugs, police said on Tuesday. more De La Hoya vs. Forbes, Main Event Television - Sun 4 May 2008 29 Apr 08, 21:15 ET By Paul Upham, Boxing Writer & Commentator Boxing's 'Golden Boy' Oscar De La Hoya returns for the first time in 2008 and Main Event Television will televise ... more Carly Simon: Nobody does it better than Brooke on 'Idol' 29 Apr 08, 21:09 ET AP - NEW YORK (AP) - Carly Simon has more than a passing interest in this season's "American Idol" and leaves no mystery about who's her favorite remaining finalist - Brooke White. more Television Segment Helps CBS Beat Forecast 29 Apr 08, 20:09 ET By TIM ARANGO The CBS Corporation said Tuesday that its profit rose 14 percent in the first quarter, mostly on the strength of its television business. ... more David Blaine's next stunt to be conducted on Winfrey's show 29 Apr 08, 19:52 ET AP - He spent 44 days suspended from a glass box by the River Thames in London. He was buried alive for a week in a see-through coffin in New York. more Last night on television: Age of Terror (BBC2) - Scallywagga (BBC3) 29 Apr 08, 19:06 ET By James Walton The latest Age of Terror (BBC2) opened in Paris on Christmas Eve 1994. “The fate of the French capital hangs in the balance,” intoned ... more Worst of all worlds for embarrassed teen star 29 Apr 08, 18:59 ET Another "wholesome" teen icon gone bad? Or was U.S. television star Miley Cyrus' blunder in allowing herself to be photographed wrapped only in a bed sheet simply a mistake that will be forgiven by her young fans? more Inventors ready for television debut 29 Apr 08, 18:44 ET By LUKE KEIOSKIE A PAIR of Bellingen inventors have become world leaders with a product that saves companies hundreds of thousands of dollars and thousands ... more For its final season, `ER' will have Angela Bassett in cast 29 Apr 08, 18:37 ET AP - Angela Bassett will don the white coat for the final season of "ER." more 'CSI' co-star Gary Dourdan arrested for drugs 29 Apr 08, 18:35 ET AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) - "CSI" co-star Gary Dourdan was arrested Monday for possession of narcotics and dangerous drugs, police said. The 41-year-old actor was found asleep in his car by the Palm Springs Police Department, authorities said. more Katie Couric's ratings still sinking 29 Apr 08, 18:28 ET AP - The "CBS Evening News" audience has taken a noticeable dip ever since the latest round of speculation over Katie Couric's job. The broadcast averaged 5.34 million viewers last week, breaking a record low for CBS News' flagship show that had been set the week before, according to Nielsen Media Research. more List of the top 20 shows in the prime-time Nielsen ratings 29 Apr 08, 17:59 ET AP - Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for April 21-27. 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 Television - Entertainment 29 Apr 08, 17:40 ET The Gladiators television show is making a comeback after a decade off air. more Top 5 lists in TV, Film, Music, Concert Tours, Video, DVDs 29 Apr 08, 16:33 ET AP - 1. "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox. more 'Dancing With the Stars' Cristian de la Fuente cramps up 29 Apr 08, 16:33 ET AP - NEW YORK (AP) - Getting through the samba was painful for Cristian de la Fuente on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars." The Chilean soap star suffered a severe muscle cramp in his left forearm while performing with dance partner Cheryl Burke on Monday night's show. more ION Television Hears CBS’ Ghost Whisperer 29 Apr 08, 16:15 ET ION Media Networks picked up the off-net broadcast rights to CBS’ Ghost Whisperer, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, starting in 2009. more Wild Wild Web: Miley Cyrus and the 24-hour television noose 29 Apr 08, 15:44 ET By Larry Ryan Red Lasso is a website that didn't get a mention in an interesting article in the paper last week looking at online TV sites like BBC's ... more Dancing with the Stars Down to Five 29 Apr 08, 15:41 ET E! Online - Another celeb leaves the ballroom after, hands-down, the most dramatic night of the season...Shannon Elizabeth and Derek Hough are just going to have to dance to the beat of their own hearts now. The might-be-a couple were eliminated from Dancing with the Stars Tuesday after their tango-mambo double feature fell short with the voters. more Lifetime Television Sizzles in April With Double-Digit Gains Among W18-49 and W25-54, Powered by 'The Memory Keeper's ... 29 Apr 08, 15:39 ET NEW YORK, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing their year-long momentum, Lifetime Television and Lifetime Movie Network rode the performance of record-setting original movies to robust double-digit ratings gains in April. more Television Journalist Barbara Walters Discusses Her Memoir With ... 29 Apr 08, 14:41 ET In her book, "Audition: A Memoir," Walters reveals the whole package of her career, beginning with her childhood, and describing the ups and downs ... more Kenya’s First Mobile Television Launched 29 Apr 08, 14:31 ET APA-Nairobi (Kenya) Kenya’s leading and most profitable mobile telephony, Safaricom and television pay channel Digital Satellite Television (DSTV) on ... more LIFETIME TELEVISION SIZZLES IN APRIL WITH DOUBLE-DIGIT GAINS AMONG ... 29 Apr 08, 14:31 ET [NOTE: The following article is a press release issued by the aforementioned network and/or company. Any errors, typos, etc. are attributed to the original ... more High-definition television to go 29 Apr 08, 14:31 ET New video compression technology and transmission/reception equipment means Europe is ready for commercially deploying multi-channel HDTV over terrestrial, ... more Eric Mabius of ABC's `Ugly Betty' is no playboy in real life 29 Apr 08, 14:15 ET AP - Eric Mabius is cast as playboy editor Daniel Meade on ABC's "Ugly Betty," but in real life, he's married to a former ninth-grade classmate. more Jewish Life Television 29 Apr 08, 13:50 ET Sign-up Now for a Free Test Drive of a New Sales Prospecting and Leads subscription services. At long last, America has a 24/7 Jewish television channel ... more Shirtless NPH and Noah on "Gossip Girl"? Gayest. Television. Night ... 29 Apr 08, 13:39 ET Okay, maybe it's the gay hangover from the GLAAD Awards in Los Angeles this past weekend, but network TV had a bona-fide gay-out last night. ... more Looming Leno-Conan handoff sets up late-night guessing game 29 Apr 08, 13:22 ET AP - An orderly transfer of power: Is it possible? more Idol Note-by-Note: Top Five Sing Neil Diamond, Twice! 29 Apr 08, 13:10 ET E! Online - Don't miss one song—or one note of British sarcasm—with our performance-show liveblog: more Give us your questions about upcoming digital television conversion 29 Apr 08, 13:00 ET American television stations will be required to broadcast using higher quality digital TV signals beginning in February 2009. They will no longer be able ... more Obama says daughters aren't impressed by his candidacy 29 Apr 08, 12:27 ET AP - Barack Obama's young daughters are "not impressed" that their father is the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. more CBS Q1 Earnings Rise 14% On Television Segment Performance; Lifts ... 29 Apr 08, 12:13 ET 4/29/2008 12:09:22 PM Mass media company CBS Corp. (CBS) on Tuesday morning reported a 14% rise in its first-quarter profit, mainly reflecting better ... more "GHOST WHISPERER" BRINGS SUPERNATURAL ENERGY TO ION TELEVISION 29 Apr 08, 12:12 ET [NOTE: The following article is a press release issued by the aforementioned network and/or company. Any errors, typos, etc. are attributed to the original ... more Public-television revolutionary 29 Apr 08, 12:12 ET By Joseph N. DiStefano WYBE-35, Philadelphia's tiny, nonprofit, old-fashioned broadcast TV station, is betting its future on digital shows for the YouTube ... more Food for Today: Sara Moulton appearing on public television - The Flint Journal 29 Apr 08, 11:53 ET by Ron Krueger | The Flint Journal You loved her on "Cooking Live," "Cooking Live Primetime" and "Sara's Secrets." Now you can soak up Sara Moulton's ... more News & Notes On Tonight's WWE & TNA Television Tapings 29 Apr 08, 11:32 ET World Wrestling Entertainment will be taping tonight’s edition of ECW on Sci Fi and this week’s edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown at the Boardwalk Hall ... more 'Sleazy' ad irks Parents Television Council 29 Apr 08, 11:13 ET The Parents Television Council is asking the CW Network to tone down an ad campaign for a show that targets teen viewers. The CW Network's ad campaign for ... more Dancing With Mario, Week 7 29 Apr 08, 10:59 ET E! Online - Did Cristián de la Fuente fake his injury because he took a misstep during his performance on last night's Dancing With the Stars? Of course not! more McCain Campaign: John McCain 2008 launches new television ad ... 29 Apr 08, 10:49 ET ARLINGTON, VA -- US Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today released a new television ad, entitled "Health Care Action," highlighting John ... more Lauren Conrad's New Man ID'd? 29 Apr 08, 10:41 ET E! Online - Finally, a potential pairing that could eclipse Heidi and Spencer's screen time as The Hills' resident sweethearts! more Pay television pleads for a fair go 29 Apr 08, 10:12 ET No special favours … the Foxtel boss Kim Williams wants a level playing field for all commercial broadcasters. Photo: Rob Homer THE chief executive of ... more Mario Denies Karina Split: "It's All Good" 29 Apr 08, 09:51 ET E! Online - Karina Smirnoff and Mario Lopez aren't ready to end their pas de deux just yet. more The Force Is With…Bush? 29 Apr 08, 09:31 ET E! Online - Can President Bush possibly be more popular than Star Wars? Judging by last night's Deal or No Deal overall ratings: Yes. more Closed Circuit Television Monitoring and Recording of Public Areas ... 29 Apr 08, 09:12 ET The purpose of this policy is to regulate the use of closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras to monitor and record public areas for the purposes of safety ... more “Ghost Whisperer” Brings Supernatural Energy to ION Television 29 Apr 08, 09:04 ET WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ION Media Networks, Inc. today announced it has entered into a content agreement with CBS Television Distribution ... more Norway’s Foreign Minister visits Public Television 29 Apr 08, 09:00 ET Baku. Mahbube Gasimbeyli-APA. Norway’s Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store visited Public Broadcasting Company of Azerbaijan on Tuesday within his official ... more ``Ghost Whisperer'' Brings Supernatural Energy to ION Television 29 Apr 08, 09:00 ET WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.----ION Media Networks, Inc. today announced it has entered into a content agreement with CBS Television Distribution for the broadcast syndication rights to the hit television series, "Ghost Whisperer." more Warner Bros. Television Group to launch TheWB.com 29 Apr 08, 08:49 ET The Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) is to launch a premium video-on-demand network called TheWB.com. The site will launch in Beta in early May. more David Beckahm has filmed a guest appearance for children’s ... 29 Apr 08, 08:36 ET The LA Galaxy soccer star appears alongside the show’s most famous puppet, Elmo, to introduce a new word to the program’s millions of impressionable young ... more Dancing's Cristián Gets Specialist Treatment 29 Apr 08, 08:35 ET E! Online - Despite his initial on-air diagnosis, Cristián de la Fuente's dancing injury may have been more serious than just a muscle cramp. more Verizon Makes Digital Television Upgrade Easy for FiOS TV ... 29 Apr 08, 08:06 ET BOSTON, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- With the federal mandate to phase out analog television broadcasts approaching in early 2009, many consumers remain ... more Verizon Makes Digital Television Upgrade Easy for FiOS TV Customers in Massachusetts 29 Apr 08, 08:00 ET With the federal mandate to phase out analog television broadcasts approaching in early 2009, many consumers remain uncertain of what the change means for them. more Film & Television Star Rebecca Jenkins releases Blue Skies 29 Apr 08, 07:47 ET Rebecca Jenkins, one of Canada’s most beloved film and television stars, returns to her jazz roots with the release of Blue Skies. ... more CBS' Butler says he isn't sure who kidnapped him in Iraq 29 Apr 08, 07:24 ET AP - CBS News journalist Richard Butler said he believes he was kidnapped in Iraq by policemen with sympathies toward the Hezbollah but isn't entirely sure who held him captive for two months or why. more CBS Corp reports higher earnings 29 Apr 08, 07:17 ET CBS Corp on Tuesday reported higher first-quarter earnings as profit improved in its television business, and said it has raised its dividend 8 percent. more Television stations, accused of pro-government bias, restart ... 29 Apr 08, 07:13 ET By Shorena Labadze The country’s leading television stations are once again airing campaign coverage of the nine-party opposition coalition, after a mutual ... more John McCain 2008 Launches New Television Ad: 'Health Care Action' 29 Apr 08, 07:00 ET ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 29 /Standard Newswire/ -- US Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today released a new television ad, entitled "Health ... more Television boxes seized by police 29 Apr 08, 06:32 ET About 200 digital set-top boxes are seized by police targeting a suspected illegal operation to modify them. more Golden Years of Television Find New Life on Web 29 Apr 08, 06:02 ET Is there still money to be made from quot Matlock quot Within the last few months, television distributors have opened up their libraries of classic content online, making thousands of episodes of programs like quot The Twilight Zone quot and quot The Mary Tyler Moore Show quot available free. more Reality Programs Hit Cable Television 29 Apr 08, 05:54 ET By Han Sang-hee The trend on television these days is ``reality'' and these are beginning to dominate productions. Reality shows depict the stories of ... more Move Over, Miley? 29 Apr 08, 05:36 ET E! Online - Is the onscreen competition between Miley Cyrus and fellow tween Disney sensation Selena Gomez about to get real? more Tandberg Television's New ATSC Broadcast Receiver Wins STAR Award ... 29 Apr 08, 05:27 ET Tandberg Television, part of the Ericsson Group, announced its new RX8320 ATSC Broadcast Receiver is the recipient of a 2008 STAR (Superior Technology Award ... more Romeo and Master P Create The Next Big Children's Educational ... 29 Apr 08, 05:25 ET Student athlete, teen superstar, and award-winning entertainer Romeo Miller and entrepreneur P. Miller (Master P) welcomed over 20000 kids to the Children's ... more Network Television Broadcast Station The CW To Air Episodes of ... 29 Apr 08, 03:57 ET Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 29, 2008 -- President of John Robert Powers, Ron Patterson, announced today that another one of the acting school's students ... more Slumping CW needs parental help, edgier shows 29 Apr 08, 03:18 ET Reuters - The CW is down 27% this year in its target demographic, adults aged 18 to 34. more This Gay Week in Television 29 Apr 08, 03:12 ET The small screen usual suspects nabbed GLAAD Media Awards in Hollywood this weekend! Like the juggernaut that was The Sopranos sucking the spontaneity out ... more ABC dominates Sunday ratings 29 Apr 08, 03:08 ET Reuters - ABC won the first Sunday of the May sweep, winning every hour as "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" returned to the lineup. more "Law & Order: SVU" lands new syndication deal 29 Apr 08, 03:07 ET Reuters - "Law & Order: SVU" has been sold into syndication to Fox-owned stations and will begin airing every weekday in fall 2009. more Marc Rothenberg From Intercept Silver and Jewelry Care Co. Gives Viewers Jewelry Care Tips On Television Program Daily ... 29 Apr 08, 03:01 ET Recently, Marc Rothenberg, President of Intercept Silver and Jewelry Care Co., gave valuable jewelry care tips to viewers of Daily Connections on the EBRU Television Network. more Angela Bassett makes rounds for last "ER" shift 29 Apr 08, 02:59 ET Reuters - "ER" is adding star power for its final season. Angela Bassett will join the cast of the medical drama as a regular in the fall, the first full-time series gig for the Oscar-nominated star of "What's Love Got to Do With It." more Zapatero appears on national television programme 59 segundos 29 Apr 08, 02:20 ET By hb - Apr 29, 2008 - 8:16 AM Spanish Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, took part in a live interview on the TVE television programme, ... more Canadian actress joins "90210" spinoff 29 Apr 08, 02:18 ET Reuters - Canadian actress Shenae Grimes has landed the female lead role on the "Beverly Hills, 90210" spinoff. more News media flock to Austrian "house of horrors" 29 Apr 08, 02:05 ET Reuters - The international news media have descended on the small Austrian town of Amstetten after a 73-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of keeping his daughter imprisoned in the cellar of his house for 24 years and of fathering seven children with her. more Warner Bros. Television Group Unveils New Digital Initiatives 29 Apr 08, 01:35 ET The Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) unveiled two new broadband destinations and other key components of its multiplatform digital media business ... more It’sa grand week for home design on television 29 Apr 08, 01:23 ET Fifteen homes from across the UK will compete for the title of Grand Designs Home of the Year 2008. As part of its heavily promoted Grand Designs Live Week, ... more Cable channel Spike fired up for "Factory" 29 Apr 08, 01:18 ET Reuters - Spike TV has officially joined "The Factory" line. more A PBS Assignment for Aaron Brown 29 Apr 08, 00:49 ET Aaron Brown, below, a former anchor for CNN, will return to television after an absence of more than two years when he joins the PBS ?Wide Angle? series, The Associated Press reported. Mr. Brown said that his new job as anchor of ?Wide Angle,? a weekly public affairs series with a global focus, offered an opportunity ?to work in an environment where people just think about making good TV and ... more No Prosecution for Bin Laden Prank 29 Apr 08, 00:48 ET Australian television comics escaped punishment on Monday when a prosecutor dropped charges lodged against them for bringing an Osama bin Laden look-alike, above, through security at the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Sydney in September, Agence France-Presse reported. The team from the show ?The Chaser?s War on Everything? came within yards of a hotel where President Bush was ... more Games and reality television shows combine for super-addiction 29 Apr 08, 00:39 ET BY ELLIOTT HAY There are online versions of the shows we all love to hate. Online Reality Games, also known as ORGs, have been around almost as long as the ... more Media co. Cox eyes online ad growth, buys startup for $300M 29 Apr 08, 00:11 ET Media conglomerate Cox Enterprises Inc., betting its future on Internet advertising as newspaper and television audiences shrink, plans to spend $300 million to buy a startup that helps Web sites pool their ad space. more

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