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WGA, AMPTP Disagree Over Home Video Residuals During Contract Talks

Negotiations between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers hit another roadblock, with negotiators having left the bargaining table Oct. 9. The WGA on Tuesday proposed an increase in home video residuals, from…

ReelzChannel Premieres Film Program

A new original weekly show, “Movie Up,” is set to premiere Oct. 18 on ReelzChannel. Hosted by actress-comedian Tory Shulman, “Movie Up” will take a comedic look at movies being released each week in different forms of distribution, such as…

ESPN Wins First Two Rounds of Golf’s Masters Tournament

ESPN has snagged exclusive rights to broadcast the first two rounds of golf’s “The Masters Tournament” with matches beginning in April. The deal ends USA Network’s two-decade run of broadcasting the event. CBS will continue to air the event’s finals….

‘Regis and Kelly’ Goes 3-D

Halloween Stunt Sponsored by Walgreens

Atlas Media Launches Digital Division

Independent television production shop Atlas Media has formed a digital division, dubbed Atlas Digital & Emerging Media. The new unit will develop and produce original content for mobile and online platforms. The new group has inked a number of content…

Blinkx Opens Ad Targeting Service for Embedded Video to All, Shares Revenue

Video search service Blinkx will make its online video ad targeting capabilities available to any Web site starting today, expanding beyond its media partners to let bloggers and Web site operators make money from the videos they embed from MySpace,…

Carat Exec Donchin Sees Online Supporting Broadcast

Last week, Andy Donchin, the director of broadcast media at Carat, missed one of his favorite shows, “30 Rock.” Like millions of viewers, he planned to catch up on the episode by streaming it online at NBC’s Web site. While…

‘Family Guy’ Celebrates Its 100th Episode

Once-Canceled Series Marks Milestone on Fox

Chart: Top 10 Season Passes and Premieres

One way to tell what people are looking forward to watching is by checking their digital video recorders. The folks at TiVo have done just that, and as the season started, the shows chosen for TiVo Season Passes are largely…

CBS Marketing Promotes Kreiner, Hires McCoy

Jeff Kreiner, who has been senior VP of CBS News Marketing since 1996, has been named to the newly created position of senior VP of production for the CBS Marketing Group. He will be responsible for the network’s growing Outernet…