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YouTube Unveils Copyright Protection Tool

After months of testing, YouTube finally rolled out its copyright protection system dubbed YouTube Video Identification, the company announced Monday. The Google-owned site said in a blog post that the new system “goes well above and beyond our legal responsibilities.”…

WGA, Producers at Odds Over Strike Rules

A volley of words continues between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers as the two groups seek to reach a labor agreement before the WGA’s current contract expires on Oct. 31. The…

Turner Sports Faces Setbacks

Small markets and short series are putting a crimp in Turner Sports’ first year of postseason baseball. Ratings on Fox are down slightly after two games of the American League Championship Series, but with a night game replacing a day…

‘ET’ Renews Steines’ Anchor Deal

Mark Steines has signed a new multiyear deal to continue co-anchoring CBS Television Distribution’s long-running hit “Entertainment Tonight.” Mr. Steines has served as co-anchor since 2004. “Mark’s engaging disposition on and off camera strikes a real chord with our viewers,”…

ESPN Picks Up Pac-10 Basketball Games From FSN

ESPN has finalized a deal with Fox Sports Net that will allow ESPN to carry Pac-10 college basketball games for the first time since 1995. As part of the deal with Fox, ESPN’s 2007 slate will offer two regular-season Pac-10…

CNN Tweaks Weekday Lineup

CNN is moving “Lou Dobbs Tonight” to 7 p.m. weeknights starting Nov. 5, when “The Situation Room” will begin running in one block from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. CNN also announced Monday that Mr. Blitzer will anchor the network’s…

Fox Business News Takes Aim at CNBC on First Day

Neither the economic realities nor the occasional opening-day glitch seemed able to dampen the mood as the Fox Business team took the wraps off its business-news lineup, cranked up the red and gold crawls and graphics and began to introduce…

NBC Adds ‘Tonight Show’ to Online Streaming Content

NBC added “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” to its growing stable of TV shows that it streams online. The network will stream the show starting with Monday night’s broadcast, which will be available on NBC.com tomorrow. In late summer,…

NBC Offers Sponsorship Slot for ‘Sunday Night Football’ Post-Game Show

With spots in “Sunday Night Football” drawing more than $500,000 for 30 seconds, NBC Sports is taking another pass at selling the sponsorship to its post-game show. NBC expects post-game sponsorship talks will heat up in the next few weeks,…

Current TV’s Web Site Debuts

Cable news network Current TV launched its new Web site today at Current.com. Current said the new site will include simplified collaboration features to make it easier for users to contribute their news reports. That includes a multimedia Wiki to…