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Univision Holders Approve Sale of Company

Univision Communications shareholders on Wednesday approved the $13.7 billion acquisition of the biggest U.S. Spanish-language media company by a private group of investors that includes Saban Capital Group, Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Thomas H. Lee Partners and Madison…

MySpace Ranks First in Online Video Viewings

MySpace.com ranks first among its peers in total video streams served with almost 1.5 billion, representing 20 percent of all videos streamed by Internet users, according to monthly figures released by comScore Media Metrix.More than 106.5 million people, or about…

NBC Sets Oct. 13 Premiere for ‘1 vs 100’

NBC’s new game show “1 vs 100” will begin its five-week run Friday, Oct. 13, at 9 p.m. (ET), following an original episode of the network’s current game show performer, “Deal or No Deal.” After its series premiere, “1 vs…

‘Megan’ Gets Cable Window on TBS

NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution confirmed Wednesday its daytime syndicated talk show “The Megan Mullally Show” is running on cabler TBS the day after it appears on local stations across the country.Terms of the TBS deal were not disclosed. “Megan”…

MyNetworkTV Dramas See Declines in Week 2

Both of MyNetworkTV’s new limited dramatic series “Desire” and “Fashion House” saw declines in adults 18 to 49 and total viewers in their second weeks on the air.At 8 p.m. (ET) from Monday, Sept. 11 through Sept. 15, “Desire” scored…

Live 8′ Producers Affiliate With MSN

The producers behind “Live 8,” the most-watched live Internet broadcast, jumped ship from AOL to MSN. Control Room, the company formerly known as Network Live that produced “Live 8,” inked a multiyear agreement to provide live concerts to run online…

NBC-Cablevision Deal Puts More Prime-Time Shows on VOD

NBC extended the availability of its prime-time shows on video-on-demand via a deal announced Wednesday with Cablevision. Under the agreement, the New York-based cable operator has added NBC series “Law & Order: SVU,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” and “The…

Food Network to Offer Kitchen Products Via Kohl’s

Food Network said it is creating a line of home and kitchen products that will be sold exclusively at Kohl’s stores beginning in the fall of 2007.The deal, announced Wednesday, marks the first national merchandise launch for Food Network parent…

‘House’ Gives Tuesday Crown to Fox

Fox was the No. 1 network Tuesday in adults 18 to 49 thanks to the performance of its 8 p.m. (ET) medical drama “House,” which took home the title of highest-rated show for the night in the demographic.“House” scored a…

GSN Plans Vocabulary Competition for Teens

GSN said Wednesday it is launching a National Vocabulary Championship along with a “Win With Words” public service campaign aimed at engaging high school students in language arts.Students can enter the National Vocabulary Championship by taking an online test. In…