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Monthly Archives : February 2009
Football-Graphics Guys Do Oscars
Sportsvision, the company that created on-screen first-down markers and other graphics for football broadcasts, will supply graphics for E! Entertainment’s pre-Academy Awards show, Multichannel News says. The graphics will be used for such purposes as showing celebrity arrivals and tracking…
ABC Family Brings End to ‘Middleman’
ABC Family won’t bring back the science fiction-comedy “The Middleman” for a second season, the New York Post reports. The show will be released on DVD this year while the planned season finale, which was never shot, will be presented…
Sci Fi Clicks Heels for ‘Tin Man’ Series
Sci Fi Channel is looking to order a series based on the Wizard of Oz-inspired miniseries “Tin Man,” Web site io9 reports. The show set network audience records when it aired last year, the Web site says. —Danny King
Springer Says ‘Talent’ Return Possible
Jerry Springer said he might return to hosting “America’s Got Talent” after focusing on his London theater role in “Chicago,” the New York Post reports. “I would like to do ‘Talent’ again one day. I love the show and want…
‘Idol’ Finalists Work on Image
The three finalists on “American Idol” are honing their images, with single mom Alexis Grace working on creating a sexier wardrobe and hair, the Associated Press reports. For Danny Gokey, whose wife recently died of a congenital heart defect, he…
British Reality Star Battles Cancer on TV
27-year-old Jade Goody, a former candidate on the British version of “Big Brother,” isn’t turning off the television cameras as she dies of cervical cancer that has spread to her liver and bowels, the Associated Press reports. A television show…
NTIA to Move Analog Homes to List Top
If necessary, the National Telecommunications & Information Administration will put homes with analog-only television reception at the top of the list for DTV converter-box coupons, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The NTIA “has directed the TV converter box coupon program to…
Disney Buys Kids’ Art Site
Disney has bought online children’s art company Kerpoof Studios for an undisclosed amount, the Hollywood Reporter says. The technology, which allows children to make artwork, write stories and put together short movies, has been incorporated into Disney.com, and Disney said…
ESPN, Sun Belt Sign Renewal
ESPN, Inc. and the Sun Belt Conference are renewing a multiyear rights deal for football, men’s and women’s basketball and Olympics sports, Multichannel News reports. That will increase the number of Sun Belt telecasts beginning in the 2009-2010 school year….