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Daily Archives : Jan 3, 2008

‘Access Hollywood’ to Reveal Revamped Web Site at CES

NBC Universal is planning to unveil a new Web site for syndicated entertainment newsmagazine “Access Hollywood” Jan. 7 at the Consumer Electronics Show. The redo is the latest indication of the weight Hollywood studios now place on the electronics extravaganza…

CBS Folds College Sports Television Networks Into CBS Sports

CBS is folding College Sports Television Networks into the operations of CBS Sports, the company said Thursday. Tony Petitti, executive VP and executive producer of CBS Sports, will oversee day-to-day operations of CSTV, replacing Brian Bedol, who founded the company…

‘Grammy Moment’ Contest Returns to YouTube

The Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences is partnering with the Foo Fighters, CBS Interactive and YouTube on this year’s “My Grammy Moment” contest. After doing a similar contest that put an unknown singer on stage with Justin Timberlake during…

Perez Back on YouTube

Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton’s war against YouTube didn’t last long. After posting a YouTube kiss-off video Dec. 20 urging other video creators to defect from the site as well, Mr. Hilton returned to the site Dec. 27 with a…

Late-Night Show Strike Numbers: Leno Wins

The return of network late-night talk shows during the TV writers strike provided a ratings bounce for most of the competitors, with NBC’s “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” and “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” scoring wins in their time…

DIY Network to Air Toilet Bowl Marathon on Super Bowl Sunday

While most people are glued to the Super Bowl, DIY Network is planning a Toilet Bowl Marathon for viewers more interested in tiling than touchdowns. DIY will be showing 11 hours of new episodes of its series “Bathroom Renovations” from…

Truveo Indexing More Than 100 Million Web Videos

Video search service Truveo said it now indexes more than 100 million online videos. That’s 20 times the number of videos it tracked on the Web at the start of last year. A year ago, Truveo’s servers were adding 20,000…

Hallmark Trims Religious Programming

Hallmark Channel owner Crown Media Holdings reached an agreement with the National Interfaith Cable Coalition, which owns a stake in the company and provides programming to the channel, that reduces the amount of faith-related shows on the network. Hallmark and…

Landmark Set to Sell Weather Channel, Other Assets

Landmark Communications plans to put its assets, which include the Weather Channel, up for sale. In a statement Thursday, Landmark said it has retained investment banks J.P. Morgan and Lehman Brothers to assist in exploring strategic alternatives, including the possible…

Writers Strike News Roundup: Thursday, Jan. 3

Late Night TV Returns With, Without Writers David Letterman, Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel and Craig Ferguson returned to the airwaves last night, Daily Variety reports. Mr. Letterman, however, had the advantage of returning with his writers after his…