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Limelight Introduces HD Web Video Service

Limelight Networks, a digital media content delivery company, on Tuesday introduced LimelightHD, a service that transmits high-definition media and digital content over the Internet. LimelightHD will allow companies to deliver HD-quality movies, TV shows, video clips and games directly to…

Western Digital Device Expands TiVo’s HD Storage

High-definition television viewers with TiVo now have the ability to increase their HD programming storage capacity with Western Digital’s My DVR Expander external hard drive. The company said Tuesday the hard drive was verified compatible with TiVo HD and TiVo…

Rounding Up HD News: ‘ET’ Goes HD

‘ET’ Goes HD Celebrity gossip and stories about Hollywood happenings will be getting a whole lot clearer. CBS Domestic Television’s syndicated series “Entertainment Tonight” is set to begin airing in high definition next year, according to TVPredictions.com. The Web site…

This Week in HD : ‘Scrubs,’ ‘Californication,’ ‘Eragon’

HD programming picks for Oct. 25-31: “Scrubs,” “Californication,” “Eragon” “Scrubs” (NBC HD) Thursday, Oct. 25, 9:30 p.m.: The quirky hospital comedy makes its seventh and final season premiere. “Californication” (Showtime HD) Monday, Oct. 29, 10:30 p.m.: Revelations and emotional crises…

CBS Sports Sets College Basketball Schedule

CBS Sports has unveiled its college basketball slate for the upcoming season, the network’s 27th consecutive year of broadcasting the sport. There are 50 regular-season matchups on the docket, with teams representing nine conferences in the mix, including the Atlantic…

Hopkins, Hampton Are Caucus’ Honorees

Anne Hopkins, veteran producer and TV exec, has been chosen to receive the 2007 Caucus for Television Producers, Writers & Directors’ Lifetime Achievement Award. Ms. Hopkins, president/partner at Marian Rees Associates, has produced 27 films for network, cable and public…

Mobile Seminar Launches NATPE Conference

The fourth annual National Association of Television Program Executives’ Mobile++ is kicking off 2008’s NATPE conference on Jan. 28 in Las Vegas. The NATPE Mobile++, a one-day event, offers NATPE conference attendees the chance to see mobile content opportunities and…

HGTV Orders More Episodes of ‘House Hunters’

There’s no housing slump on HGTV. The E.W. Scripps-owned network has ordered additional episodes of three prime-time real estate shows, “House Hunters,” “Hidden Potential” and “My First Place.” “House Hunters,” produced by Pie Town Productions since 1999, is one of…

MySpace Gets ‘Lonelygirl15’ Exclusive Episodes

The producers of Web series “lonelygirl15” will air two exclusive extended episodes on MySpace Thursday and Friday, the producers announced today. The extended episodes serve as a followup to the finale of the first season and will run at http://www.myspace.com/lonelygurl15….

Telco Shows Gain Web Distribution Via TitanTV

TitanTV Network has snagged exclusive broadband rights to three Telco Productions series, which will allow stations to stream the shows via their Web sites through the TitanCast player. Current episodes of series “Animal Rescue,” “Missing” and “Dog Tales” will be…