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The CBS-owned Last.fm launched a redesigned look for its Web site last week, Online Media Daily reports. The company also released a Last.fm application for the iPhone and has partnered with Logitech to give users access to the service through…
Verizon Communications’ move to launch FiOS TV service in New York has caused Time Warner Cable to beef up its customer service by decreasing the visitation window from four hours to two hours in Staten Island, the Wall Street Journal….
Companies that provide costumed characters such as Dora the Explorer and Bob the Builder for children’s parties have received cease-and-desist letters and lawsuit threats from the corporations that own the rights to the characters, the Wall Street Journal reports. Costume…
USA Network has renewed “In Plain Sight,” Multichannel News reports. Sixteen new episodes have been ordered for next year, the newspaper says. Production on the second season will begin in October in Albuquerque, N.M., the newspaper notes. —Vlada Gelman
ABC is giving its soaps a big marketing push with a series of ad spots featuring non-soap related celebrities such as actress Elizabeth Berkley, fashion designer Randolph Duke, Spice Girl Mel B. and “The Sopranos” actor Vincent Pastore, AdAge reports….
Nielsen Tracks Product Placement Growth Sarah Martin, who works for Nielsen counting the appearances of products in TV shows, says that in the year and a half that she has been doing her job, the average number of brands in…
Hispanic households, which make up one-third of over-the-air households in the U.S., are among the least prepared for the DTV transition, the Washington Post reports. Some local Spanish-language broadcasters are attempting to step in by airing their own DTV ads…
TVNewsdayGranite Broadcasting Corp. has named Jerry Giesler its vice president of platform integration and management, TVNewsday reports. Additionally, the company appointed Dan Hoffman vice president of sales, Mark DeSantis VP of promotion and marketing and Peter Neumann director of content…
Fox 5 TV in Las Vegas is featuring two McDonald’s iced coffees on the desk of its 7 a.m. newscast, the Las Vegas Sun reports. The McDonald’s emblazed cups, which don’t hold real coffee and are not acknowledged by the…
The CW has launched a new ad campaign for “Gossip Girl” featuring more racy photos, this time incorporating a combination of condemning quotes from the Parents Television Council and praise from various newspapers, the New York Post reports. The network…