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‘Gemini Division’ Bows Aug. 18 on NBC Web Sites

NBC said it plans to release the 50-episode Web series “Gemini Division” starting Aug. 18 on NBC.com, SciFi.com and GeminiDivision.com. Set five minutes in the future, the series stars Rosario Dawson as a New York City homicide detective. The Web…

Starz to Shutter Vongo Broadband Movie Service

Starz is shutting down its broadband video movie subscription service by the end of September, the company announced in a post on its site (www.vongo.com) this morning. The cable channel stopped accepting new customers as of Aug. 1 and said…

MTV Rebrands HD Music Channel as Palladia

MTV Networks’ high-definition music channel MHD will change its name to Palladia effective Sept. 1. “It’s a bigger, more distinct name for a channel that has grown in size as well as satisfaction among music HD fans,” said Tom Calderone,…

Cable Ad Revenue Growth to Slow in ’09, Report Says

Cable network ad revenues will grow just 4.7% in 2009, according to a new report by SNL Kagan. Kagan said ad revenue will rise 10.4% in 2008, including slower growth in the second half of the year. But the industry…

CNN Adds Bases in 10 U.S. Cities

Aggressive plans for expanding CNN’s newsgathering presence to 10 additional U.S. cities were announced Tuesday by Nancy Lane, senior VP of newsgathering for CNN/U.S. A mix of general-assignment reporters, show-based correspondents attached to CNN’s daytime and prime-time programs, and newly…

BrightRoll Makes $1 Mil Pre-Roll Ad Deal

Online video ad network BrightRoll said it recently executed a $1 million month-long online video ad buy for pre-roll ads across 30 branded media publishers. BrightRoll said the $1 million pre-roll campaign is the first pre-roll buy of that size….

Discovery Communications Sales Rise

Discovery Communications increased revenue 10% to $863 milion during the second quarter, according to earnings figures released Monday by Discovery Holding Co. Excluding Travel Channel, which was sold to Cox Communications last year, revenue was up 13%. Adjusted income excluding…

Olympics Diary: On the Ground in Beijing

The first clue I got at how technologically plugged in the Chinese are was within minutes of landing, when I was waiting for my suitcase to emerge from the baggage carousel. At the bottom of the chute was a young…

Nat Geo Campaign Earns Emmy Governors Award

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Board of Governors will present the Governors Award to National Geographic Channel’s “Preserve Our Planet” campaign. The Governors Award is given to an individual, company or organization that has made an impact and…

IFC to Air Pitchfork Web Videos

Cable channel IFC inked a deal with independent music resource guide Pitchfork Media to be the TV distributor for Pitchfork’s catalogue of Web videos. The videos come from Pitchfork.tv and will include live performances, interviews, documentary segments and music videos….