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Executive producer Rick Kaplan will resume working solely on “The CBS Evening News With Katie Couric” after acting as executive producer of “The Early Show” since March, TVNewser reports. Kaplan’s last “Early Show” day will be Friday, after which Kaplan…
Dish Network will take advantage of the Federal Communications Commission’s announcement that Wilmington, N.C., will switch to digital television early by making its DTV-to-analog converter boxes available to the market before the Sept. 8 analog cutoff date, Broadcasting & Cable…
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” will begin broadcasting in high-definition with the start of its sixth season on Sept. 8, Broadcasting & Cable reports. “Ellen” will move production from its current NBC Universal studio to Warner Bros.’ new Stage 1 complex…
TBA Global is launching TBA DEEP, a stand-alone division that will develop and distribute branded programming online using a team of 12 experts, Media Daily News reports. Digital Entertainment Engagement Programming, or DEEP, already counts McDonald’s, Ford, Chivas and MTV…
A survey of 500 consumers conducted by Google’s DoubleClick Performics found that DVR owners watch more television, as well as more TV programs online, but don’t pay attention to commercials in either medium, AdWeek reports. More than half of the…
Cablevision Systems plans to build a Wi-Fi high-speed wireless network, following on the heels of Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House’s joint venture to build a nationwide Wi-Max broadband network, Multichannel News reports. The network will be free of…
ESPN has partnered with Coldplay to promote its live U.S. soccer coverage, E! Online reports. The band’s music will be used in commercials for the European Championship, the Web site says. “Viva la Vida,” the first single from the band’s…
Stephen Root has joined the cast of HBO’s upcoming vampire drama “True Blood” for three episodes, the Hollywood Reporter says. Root will play a lonely, smitten vampire named Eddie Gautier, the newspaper says. —Vlada Gelman
ABC has passed on the opportunity to acquire “The Golden Cage,” the controversial U.K. successor to “Big Brother,” the Hollywood Reporter says. ABC was discouraged by the high production costs of the program, a representative for producer Jon de Mol’s…
The American Federation of Television & Radio Artists and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers have agreed to a media blackout during their current negotiations, Mediaweek reports. The two sides sat down to begin formal negotiations on Wednesday….