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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration may need more money in order to purchase stamps to send out DTV converter box coupons, Reuters reports. The program, which has enough funding to subsidize 33.5 million converter boxes, has received more than…
The Webby Film and Video Award winners continued their tradition of accepting their prize with a speech of five words or less, Reuters reports. “Five words is not enough,” Lorne Michaels, recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award for the SNL…
Ebay has ended its pilot program for buying and selling TV spots, Media Daily News reports. The resistance of cable networks to place their ad time up for sale is blamed for the downfall of the eBay Media Marketplace site,…
PBS will beam “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” to member stations only once a week this fall, as opposed to its current five-day-a-week schedule, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports. Stations that would like to continue airing the program Monday through Friday will…
“Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” culinary expert Ted Allen will host his own show for Food Network called “Food Detectives,” Zap2it reports. The program, premiering July 29, will conduct experiments surrounding food myths with the help of culinary techs…
Time Warner Cable will add WAPA America shows, originating in Puerto Rico, to its Hispanic lineup, Media Daily News reports. The cable provider will have access to WAPA-TV’s sports and entertainment lineup, games of the Puerto Rican Professional Basketball League,…
DirecTV Chief Financial Officer Pat Doyle said Liberty Media may spin off entertainment group Liberty Entertainment and merge it with its stake in DirecTV, Multichannel News reports. Before such a move could take place, Liberty needs to figure out some…
MTV Networks is expected to close its upfront sales on Friday, with 75% of sales completed already, according to Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman, Media Daily News reports. Dauman did not offer specific upfront figures, but said the movie studio, wireless,…