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Dish, Weather Channel Mend Fences, and Dish Plans to Drop Plans for New Weather Network

After Dish threatened to drop the Weather Channel and create its own competing network to bring local forecasts to its subscribers, the two sides have agreed to a new deal that gives each a little bit of what it was…

Walmart Starts Selling 16GB iPhone 3GS for $97

Walmart will start selling the 16 gigabit iPhone 3GS for $97, Apple Insider reports. According to the article, "Starting Tuesday, the lower capacity iPhone 3GS will cost roughly the same amount as Apple’s 8GB iPhone 3G. Earlier Monday, a new…

Wall St. Analysts Say This Would Be Good Time to Sell CBS, ABC

Wall Street executives are saying that if Sumner Redstone or Disney are considering selling CBS or ABC, now is a good time to do it, the New York Post reports. "This is a good time to sell a network," said…

TV Critic: On the ‘Lost’ Finale and How It Might Affect this So-Called ‘Billion Dollar Franchise’

TVWeek Open Mic blogger Aaron Barhart, who is also the TV Critic of the Kansas City Star, shares his thoughts on the ‘Lost’ finale, all of those unanswered questions, and how it might affect this so-called "billion dollar fanchise." Click here to…

Soccer World Cup Likely to Break Online Video Record, Smashing Obama Inauguration Viewing

This year’s World Cup is likely to shatter the record for Internet traffic because of huge demand for online video of the event, surpassing the viewing for President Barack Obama’s inauguration, Bloomberg.com reports. The tournament, which begins next month…

Report: Peter Chernin Had Approached Conan O’Brien to Appear on Channel That Would Have Been Exclusive to the Xbox 360.

Many in the entertainment, TV and movie industries know about former News Corp. COO Peter Chernin’s producing deal for TV shows and movies for Fox. What many don’t know is that he’s also been working on a "start-up venture staffed…

Confirmed: Apple’s Original Exclusive Deal with AT&T for the iPhone Was Through 2012; the Question is Has That Been Renegotiated to Let Verizon Get in the Picture Earlier?

"The original iPhone exclusivity deal that AT&T and Apple forged back in 2007 was for a term of five years, according to court documents Apple filed in 2008 in response to a class action lawsuit in California," ChannelWeb reports. The article goes…