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Olympics Opener Wins Friday for NBC; ABC Grabs Gold on Sunday

The telecast of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony won Friday night for NBC in the adults 18 to 49 demographic, with highlights from the games winning the network Saturday as well. But on Sunday ABC’s dramas outperformed NBC’s third night…

AOL Inks Deal With Kutcher’s Company for AOL.com Comedies

America Online has signed a deal with Ashton Kutcher’s Katalyst Film to produce new original interactive comedy shows for AOL.com, the companies said Monday.Katalyst will develop, produce and deliver at least five programs, each with at least 20 mini-episodes, that…

Nets Grapple With Hi-Def Formats

Diverse Approaches Emerge in Rush to HD

Comcast Opens VOD Ad Floodgate

Deal With Tandberg to Enable Live Insertion by June

Net Neutrality Gains Proponent

Stevens’ Support for Principle Deals Blow to Cable, Telcos

News Briefs: Michaels to Join ‘Sunday Night Football’

Al Michaels, as expected, will join NBC Universal Sports as play-by-play announcer on “NBC’s Sunday Night NFL Football,” the network confirmed last week. In return for ESPN’s letting Mr. Michaels out of his contract, NBC agreed to sell ESPN the…

Users Overestimate Costs of On-Demand

But VOD Viewership Rising, Study Says

Animated Nets Race To Go HD

While several major cable networks have upgraded tentpole series to high definition, rival kids networks Cartoon Network and Disney Channel have quietly converted their animation production processes to HD in presumed preparation for launching HD spinoff channels. “We have made…

Disney Nets’ Upfronts Take Off

SoapNet to Roll Short Film; Kids Shows Going Online

GM Plans Shift in Local Ad Business

Buyer to Invite Offers From Broadcast and Cable