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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios announced Monday its plans to relaunch the “Stargate SG-1” franchise with two movies based on the sci-fi series.The first installment, “Stargate: The Ark of Truth” promises fans closure to the Ori saga from the past two seasons of…
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution has sold upcoming entertainment news magazine “TMZ” on the Fox-owned television station group.The deal had been expected (TelevisionWeek, Jan. 15) and Fox outlets in markets including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are now slated…
An NFL overrun gave CBS the lead Sunday night, but most of the ratings drama was on Fox and NBC, which had the return of “24’s” Jack Bauer and the second airings of NBC’s reality slate. Fox’s two-hour “24” premiere…
The National Association of Television Program Executives nominated co-chairman Emerson Coleman, vice president of programming for Hearst-Argyle Television Inc., for a second term in 2007. Roma Khanna, senior vice president of content at CHUM Television, was nominated to replace current…
Syndication distributor Program Partners will launch a new broadband video initiative for broadcast affiliates, featuring exclusive video content from its hit procedural drama “Da Vinci’s Inquest.” The company will tap the services of Brightcove Internet TV to launch broadband video…
MyNetworkTV has tapped Greg Meidel to serve as president of the Fox-owned network. The move comes as MyNet prepares to undergo a facelift in upcoming months that will likely shift the channel away from the current all-telenovela strategy toward a…
Television producer Endemol UK generated a tenfold increase in usage of mobile video clips for “Big Brother” in the United Kingdom when it transitioned to an ad-supported model for the clips.The current season of the celebrity version of the show…
User-generated videos drove the growth in the online video market last year, accounting for about 47 percent of the videos online. Media analysis firm Screen Digest predicts that by 2010 user-generated videos will represent 55 percent of all online video…
Networks Report Stronger Scatter Sales
By Allison J. Waldman Special to TelevisionWeek Among all the award shows, the Golden Globes project what is perhaps the most festive atmosphere. “The Globes are like a party, and they concentrate on the people who are on screen and…