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Fox Sports Ohio Taps Ford Senior VP/GM

Fox Sports Ohio has appointed Henry S. Ford as its senior vice president and general manager. Mr. Ford will be responsible for the production, programming, advertising sales, marketing and team relations at Fox Sports Ohio. He will work with Fox’s…

Meyer Joins Versus as Original Programming VP

Andrew Meyer has come on board at Versus as the network’s vice president of original programming. Mr. Meyer will oversee new original programming opportunities in order to further Versus’ brand on multimedia platforms and increase ratings. He also will oversee…

Hulu Used NBC Funds for Super Bowl Spot

Hulu aired its first commercial during Sunday night’s Super Bowl telecast for free, the New York Times observes. The Web video service, a joint venture between NBC Universal and News Corp., received investment and commercial credits from the parent companies…

ABC Family Axes ‘Kyle,’ Ups ‘Greek,’ ‘Lincoln’

ABC Family has canceled “Kyle X/Y,” likely because of its poor ratings performance this season, according to a report in Entertainment Weekly citing unnamed sources. The series, which began its third season last month, will run the rest of its…

Netflix Mulls HBO Content for Customers

Netflix may be considering offering access to HBO content through its online and set-top box options for an extra fee, ArsTechnica.com reports. The possibility of the option came up in a recent customer survey released by the DVD rental company,…

Twentieth’s ‘Mother’ Clears 75% of Syndie Markets

Twentieth Television has cleared “How I Met Your Mother” for broadcast syndication in 75% of the country, on stations including WNYW in New York, KTTV in Los Angeles and WFLD in Chicago. More than 100 markets have been added to…

Effort to Delay DTV Switch Moves Ahead Despite House Vote

Hours after the House failure to delay the digital TV transition, the outlines of a plan for a new House vote next week started emerging. The first step: A new vote in the U.S. Senate on a slightly revised DTV…

Alltel, GM, Nationwide Insurance to Sponsor USA’s ‘Burn’

USA Network has signed up three integrated sponsors for its original series “Burn Notice.” Alltel Wireless, which previously worked with USA on “Psych” and “Monk,” will sponsor an “Ultimate Spy” text-to-win sweepstakes. Over a seven-week story arc, viewers will have…

Revision3 Saw Record Numbers in 2008

Revision3 garnered 46 million views in 2008, more than doubling its 2007 tally of 19 million views. The 140% increase from last year comes with growing engagement numbers for Revision3. The digital network recorded 129 million segments viewed and nearly…

CBS Consumer Products Expands ‘Trek’ Merchandise

CBS Consumer Products is expanding its “Star Trek” merchandising program, extending its deal with Mattel. The CBS Entertainment division also has signed new partners USAopoly, Funko and Fundex. Mattel’s agreement includes a line of Barbie Collector dolls, Tyco flying radio-controlled…