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Foreign Broadcasters Mistakenly Use ‘Lost’ Footage for Air France Crash Video

Gawker relates the tale, first reported by Twitter news service BNO News, of Dutch, Polish and Bolivian broadcasters who were confused into thinking that still photos and footage from ABC’s “Lost” were new images from the recent crash of Air…

Warner Bros., Network Nine, In Record Aussie TV Deal of Up to $500 Mil

Network Nine has renewed its TV series and movie output deal with Warner Bros., in what The Hollywood Reporter says is claimed to be Australia’s largest-ever single TV deal. The five years’ worth of content could end up costing Network…

‘PM Magazine’ Creator George Resing Passes Away

George Resing, who as general manager of San Francisco’s KPIX created the “PM Magazine” format in 1975 died of a brain tumor at age 80, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. After the format was syndicated by Westinghouse, “PM Magazine” was…

New Programming Diversity Post for Fox

Fox created a VP-level post to promote diverse programming and content, TVWeek.com’s TVMoJoe reports.  Ron Taylor, a former UPN executive who was VP of diversity development at Fox Entertainment, moves over to the network’s development team to develop scripts with…

GM to Maintain $40 Million-to-$50 Million Ad Budget

Bankrupt automaker GM said it will maintain its ad budget of between $40 million and $50 million a month, the Wall Street Journal reports. The figure is less than in recent years, but about the same as pre-bankruptcy filing. –Elizabeth…

Whitford, Kaczmarek Divorcing After 16 Years

Actors Bradley Whitford ("The West Wing") and Jane Kaczmarek ("Malcolm in the Middle," TNT’s "Raising the Bar") are divorcing, the Associated Press reports. The pair have been married for 16 years and have three children. –Elizabeth Jensen

SciFi Begins Its SyFy Rebranding

New York City residents are in for some freebies, including WiFi, as NBC Universal’s Sci Fi begins its rebranding to Syfy, says Broadcasting & Cable. In addition to the giveaways in advance of the July 7 changeover, the cable network…

Hallmark Channel to Move Lighter, Younger

New Hallmark Channel President Bill Abbott tells Broadcasting & Cable that he wants the cable network to program lighter fare, including comedies. Shows such as “Seventh Heaven,” which families can watch together, will become more prominent, and “Walker, Texas Ranger”…

Radical Overhaul for ABC’s ‘Scrubs’

ABC’s “Scrubs” is ditching the hospital for a med-school classroom when it comes back next winter, Entertainment Weekly reports. “It’ll be a lot like ‘Paper Chase’ as a comedy," creator Bill Lawrence says. –Elizabeth Jensen

NBC, CBS at Odds About the Future of the Television Business

NBC and CBS are at odds about how best to proceed at a time when the future of the business is under serious assault, Advertising Age reports. While NBC has made moves in recent months that some consider shocking, Ad…