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U.K.-based Taylor Nelson Sofres and German firm GfK AG have agreed to merge, creating the second largest global market research firm, Mediaweek reports. The merged company will be called TNS-GfK and will have an estimated revenue of $4.2 billion, with…
Sinclair Broadcast Group and Insight Communications have made a three-year extension agreement that will cover analog and digital carriage of four of Sinclair’s stations, Mediaweek reports. The extension covers good the period Jan. 1, 2009, to Dec. 31, 2011, the…
Charisma Carpenter will reprise her role as a national sorority representative on ABC Family’s “Greek,” TV Guide reports. She will return in the series’ season premiere this fall to help Casey with a troublesome pledge, the magazine says. —Vlada Gelman
Sprague Grayden (“Jericho”) will play the first daughter on the new season of “24,” TV Guide reports. Grayden also appears on FX’s upcoming new series “Sons of Anarchy,” the magazine says. —Vlada Gelman
The National Association of Broadcasters is teaming with the National Black Church Initiative to educate people about the upcoming digital television switch, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The two groups plan to put DTV-education materials on every church bulletin, hand out…
The National Association of Television Program Executives has scheduled its second annual LATV Festival for July 30-Aug. 1 in Hollywood, Daily Variety reports. The event is designed to provide nonprofessionals pursuing careers in TV with networking and educational opportunities, the…
FX’s “Rescue Me” will premiere 10 five-minute minisodes on June 24, Daily Variety reports. The segments, starring Denis Leary and the rest of the regular cast, will air weekly in the show’s usual timeslot of Tuesdays at 10 p.m., the…
Mr. Bill, a clay character from “Saturday Night Live,” will be featured in a new MasterCard commercial that begins airing June 9, the New York Times reports. Mr. Bill, known for being hurt and humiliated while crying “Oh, nooooo!” on…
Princell Hair is joining Comcast SportsNet as senior VP of news operations, TVNewser reports. He will be in charge of news, studio programming and digital content for the Comcast networks, the Web site says. Hair was formerly the executive VP…
CBS Interactive will launch a new video player on CBS.com and the CBS Audience Network over the next few months, TVNewsday reports. The new player will feature HD quality, full-screen viewing capacity, a redesigned interface and embeddable video clips, the…