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Harris Expands Duties to Anchor ‘World News Sunday’

Dan Harris has been named anchor of ABC’s “World News Sunday” in addition to his duties as a New York-based correspondent. With this new role, Mr. Harris will also continue as a prolific New York-based correspondent for ABC News programs…

Network Execs Talk Patience at IRTS Panel

“Dancing With the Stars” will be back on the air in March in time slots still to be decided because ABC has to decide whether it to throw its megahit reality show up against Fox’s time-tested, mid-season juggernaut “American Idol.”“I…

Bernie Young Named ‘Martha’ co-Exec Producer

Former “Rosie O’Donnell Show” executive producer Bernie Young has been tapped to replace Rob Dauber as co-executive producer of “The Martha Stewart Show.”Mr. Dauber exited the nationally syndicated NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution series last month amid a sophomore season…

New TiVo Service Allows Subscribers to Share Home Videos

Digital video recording leader TiVo has unveiled a new feature for its DVR set-top boxes that will enable its subscribers to share home videos directly through their TVs.Partnering with One True Media, a service that allows people to turn video…

Daily NHL Clips Headed for YouTube

The National Hockey League has become the first sports league to agree to provide content to YouTube.Under the agreement, announced Wednesday, the NHL will provide short clips daily to YouTube during the 2006-07 season. The league will be able to…

Jon Miller Promoted to Executive Vice President at NBC Sports

Jon Miller was promoted to executive vice president of NBC Sports. NBC said Wednesday that Mr. Miller will continue to oversee all NBC sports programming and will also take o a broader role in sales. He will still report to…

MasterCard to Sponsor ‘Bones’ Mobisodes

Fox is creating a special series of episodes based on its series “Bones” that will appear on mobile phones and the Internet and that will be sponsored exclusively by MasterCard Worldwide.The series of 26 mobisodes will launch this week. They…

NBCU’s Falco May Join AOL

NBC Universal may be in danger of losing its strong, quiet No. 2 man, Television Group President Randy Falco, to AOL.Spokespersons for NBC Universal and AOL’s parent company Time Warner, declined to comment on a New York Times report Wednesday…

Fox to Air O.J. Simpson Quasi-Confessional

Fox will air a two-part special with O.J. Simpson hypothetically confessing to the 1994 murders of his wife and Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman. The sure-to-be-controversial special carries the working title “O.J. Simpson: If I Did It, Here’s…

New Report Shows Further VNR Misuse by Stations

By Ira Teinowitz andMichele GreppiThe misuse of corporate-funded video “news” releases by local TV continues, according to The Center for Media and Democracy and the national media reform organization Free Press.A report released Tuesday by the CMD claims that 46…