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Fox has ordered two additional seasons of its half-hour series “The Simpsons,” which will take the animated comedy through 2007-08, its 19th season. In addition, Fox has picked up the animated comedy “King of the Hill” for 2006-07, the series’…
Sony Pictures Television said Monday it has cleared its syndicated talk strip “The Greg Behrendt Show” in 94 percent of the country for the fall and its courtroom half-hour strip “Judge Maria Lopez” in 98 percent of the country. In…
Internet TV firm Brightcove said Monday it plans to acquire MetaStories, a provider of rich media publishing tools used by media companies such as Yahoo, Discovery Networks, National Geographic and Scripps to produce broadband video content. “What we recognized in…
CBS Corp. and Verizon Communications said Monday they have reached an agreement under which the telephone giant will carry CBS’s broadcast signal and offer CBS shows on-demand to customers of Verizon’s new video service, FiOS.Verizon will have rights to CBS’s…
The satellite service’s March Madness package lets fans watch three games simultaneously on the screen, and it automatically updates the tournament brackets that track winners and losers. DirecTV capped its five-week marketing campaign with an advertisement on the front page…
Bare Breasts, Orgies Out; Anatomical Jokes Pass Muster
The CW and MyNetworkTV, new television networks scheduled to begin broadcasting this fall, both gained more affiliates last week as they rush to expand across the country.The CW, which will feature programming from UPN and The WB, cinched affiliate deals…
USDTV’s Lindsley Remains Optimistic
Net’s Strategy Showcases Football, NASCAR Properties
The most-watched cable premiere year to date was the long-awaited sixth-season debut March 12 of HBO’s “The Sopranos,” followed by the premiere of its freshman drama “Big Love.” The expectations game played against the mob drama, with critics slamming the…