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One week after jettisoning NBC from iTunes over a pricing dispute, Apple is now considering cutting the price of television shows in half, according to Variety. That would bring the cost of TV shows in line with songs at 99…
The Bush Administration’s Justice Department is going on record opposing network neutrality requirements on Internet providers. Justice on Thursday warned the Federal Communications Commission against listening to consumers, consumer groups and companies including Google, which are urging the agency to…
Video search service Pixsy partnered with Gray Television to use Pixsy’s technology across the group’s 30 TV station Web sites. Under the deal, Pixsy will combine Gray’s video content with Pixsy’s aggregated video content from across the Web, drawing search…
EchoStar Communications agreed to launch the Big Ten Network on its Dish Network satellite TV service in time for this weekend’s football games. The Big Ten Network launched Aug. 30 on DirecTV, but it has been in a battle with…
National Geographic Channel has reached out to marketing partners for two shows it is launching. For “The Living Body,” which premieres Sept. 16, Nat Geo is joining with “Bodies: The Exhibition,” which uses preserved bodies to show what’s beneath the…
Spot TV ad revenues will rise between 9 percent and 10 percent in 2008, according to a new forecast from the Television Bureau of Advertising. The TVB said local spot advertising is expected to grow 5 percent to 6 percent,…
ABC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television Group have partnered for an experimental deal on the streaming distribution rights of WBTV shows airing on ABC. “Pushing Daisies,” “Men in Trees,” “Notes From the Underbelly” and “Big Shots” will be available for…
MTV has greenlit a bisexual dating show with a star who built her fame on MySpace. “A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila” is scheduled to premiere on MTV Oct. 9. The 10-episode series will feature contestants who want to…
The cable industry is launching its first major effort to educate consumers about the coming transition to digital television. The industry has promised legislators that $200 million worth of public service messages will air through the February 2009 digital transition….