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Julie Rothman has been named vice president of communications for Oxygen, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Rothman was previously VP of East Coast entertainment publicity for NBC, which co-owns Oxygen, the newspaper notes. —Vlada Gelman
Producer Robert H. Justman died of complications from Parkinson’s disease at his Los Angeles home on Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reports. He was 81. Justman was an associate producer, technical consultant and eventually a co-producer on “Star Trek” from…
Los Angeles-based NextMedium is hoping to streamline the product placement process, the Los Angeles Times reports. The company pairs up television shows and music videos seeking advertisers with brands that want to have their product featured in entertainment programs and…
TV Azteca will begin airing a U.S. Hispanic version of “Desperate Housewives” on Canal 13 beginning June 9, Daily Variety reports. The program, titled “Amas de Casas Desesperadas,” is produced by Disney Latin America, which also plans to produce local…
Rick Gomez has been cast as a bar owner in ABC’s “Cupid” remake from original creator Rob Thomas, the Hollywood Reporter says. Gail O’Grady will play a cutthroat attorney in Dave Hemingson’s untitled drama pilot for ABC, the newspaper says….
Keke Palmer will star in Nickelodeon’s live-action pilot “True Fashion,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Palmer will play a 15-year-old who heads the teen division of a fashion label and finds that corporate life is a lot like high school, the…
Dish Network and its set-top company EchoStar filed a lawsuit against TiVo, claiming their new DVR software does not infringe on TiVo’s patents, Multichannel News reports. A jury ruled in April 2006 that Dish’s old DVRs infringed on TiVo’s patents,…
USA Network will partner with digital production company Big Spaceship to create a multimedia gaming experience online for its new series “In Plain Sight,” Multichannel News reports. Users will be able to log on to a Web site to participate…
MTV is planning a reality show version of the Oscar-nominated feature film “Juno,” the New York Post reports. “16 and Pregnant” will follow several pregnant teens facing the lows and highs of pregnancy, the newspaper says. —Vlada Gelman