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Daily Archives : Jan 2, 2008

Haddad Preps Political Specials on XM

MSNBC’s former chief political producer Tammy Haddad will launch a series of political specials on XM Satellite Radio’s POTUS ’08 channel. The show will premiere Thursday at 6 p.m., with a guest lineup that includes “Meet the Press” moderator Tim…

Viewers Warm to NHL’s Winter Classic on NBC

With bowl games in full force on other networks, NBC’s counterprogramming for the sports fan, the NHL Winter Classic, delivered the league’s best regular-season rating in more than a decade. The event scored a 2.6 overnight rating and a 5…

Hearst-Argyle Sends Carter to Florida

Hearst-Argyle Television has named James J. Carter president and general manager of its WESH-TV, an NBC affiliate, and WKCF-TV, a CW affiliate. Both stations serve the Orlando-Daytona-Melbourne market in Florida. Mr. Carter has been president and general manager of Hearst-Argyle’s…

Revision3 Sees Video Delivery Soar

Online video network Revision3 said it served up 11 million shows and 44 million clips in the fourth quarter of 2007, a more than five-fold increase from the first quarter of 2007, the company said. For the full year, Revision3…

E! Picks Up Second Season of ‘Chelsea Lately’

E! Entertainment Television picked up a second season of its weeknight comedy talk show “Chelsea Lately,” featuring comedian Chelsea Handler. The new season kicks off Jan. 7 at 11:30 p.m. on E! Since its July debut, the half-hour series has…

MTV Greenlights Second Season of Tila Tequila’s ‘Shot at Love’

MTV has greenlit a second season of “A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila,” the bisexual dating show. In the first season, which drew an average of 6 million viewers, Ms. Tequila picked Bobby Banhart. The finale was shot in…

TVB’s ePort Takes First Live Ad Orders

The Television Bureau of Advertising said its electronic ad sales platform, the ePort, has begun handling live orders. The TVB said Harmelin Media sent electronic orders to stations in Philadelphia using ePort, and that Horizon Media bought spots on Gray…

YouTube Gets Pre-Christmas Rush

YouTube’s audience grew slightly the week before Christmas, according to the latest weekly figures for video-sharing sites from Nielsen Online. YouTube, far and away the leader in video sites, drew 32.8 million unique visitors for the week ending Dec. 23,…