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Lucasfilm Expects ‘Clone Wars’ TV Series to Air Fall 2008

Lucasfilm Ltd. confirmed Sunday that it expects its “The Clone Wars” animated series to air fall 2008. Presenting a sneak preview of the series at “Star Wars” Celebration IV, executive producer Catherine Winder would not comment further on distribution plans….

CBS Affiliates Focus on News and Sports

Moonves Will Address Annual Gathering in Las Vegas

NBC Management Shakeup?

Late Friday, NBC representatives responded to Internet reports that network entertainment President Kevin Reilly’s job had been offered to uber-producer Ben Silverman, saying nothing would happen over the next two days. The network declined to provide official comment except to…

O’Donnell Won’t Return to ‘View’

Rosie O’Donnell, whose on-air shouting matches have enlivened “The View” over the last year, has left the show, ahead of her expected June 20 departure. Ms. O’Donnell decided to end her stint early following an intense dispute between her and…

NBCU Launches Company-Wide Green Initiative

NBC Universal is joining parent company General Electric’s “ecoimagination” initiative with the launch of a company-wide program aimed at lowering greenhouse gas emissions at least 3 percent by 2012 and by making its TV and film production and theme parks…

MeeVee Inks New Content Deals

Online television guide MeeVee has inked deals with more than a dozen new content partners to feature their video on its site. Under the new deals MeeVee will offer video content from: Akimbo Systems, Atom Films, Broadband Television Network, Blip…

G4 Offers Chance to Interact With ‘Cops’

There’s a new answer to the question “Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do?” On G4, fans of “Cops” will be able to participate in an array of interactive features during the venerable reality show. Viewers of what the network…

CBS Expands Social Media Offerings

As part of its online video syndication strategy, CBS Interactive inked deals with several social media technology providers to enable consumers to embed CBS clips on their Web pages. CBS’ new partners include MeeVee, Ning and VideoEgg. They provide the…

Google Extends AdSense to Video

Google is launching a pilot project this week with a small group of publishers to test streaming video ads in their online video content. The search giant made the announcement Wednesday in its own blog post. The project is an…

Lucasfilm Courts TV Fans With User-Gen Tools

Lucasfilm Ltd., which is delving into TV with the “Clone Wars” animated cartoon series, plans to let fans create amalgams of copyright material and user-generated clips to stoke interest in the project. Lucasfilm has partnered with Eyespot, a company providing…