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Kool: Company Developing App to Turn iPhone in Univeral Remote Control for Your TV, Set Top Box and DVD Player

Dunno about you, but we’re always misplacing our remote control for our TV. So get this: A company called L5 Technologies has submitted to Apple an app that will let an iPhone act as a universal remote control for a…

Viacom’s Dauman Receives Contract Renewal Through 2016

The president/CEO of Viacom, Phillipe Dauman, has been given a new contract that will keep him in his current position until December 2016, reports B&C. Dauman has been at the helm during a strong period for Viacom, and the board credits…

Telemundo Starts Consumer Products Unit to Integrate Sales into Telenovelas

Telemundo has created a consumer products unit to create jewelry and other items that can be worked into the network’s telenovelas and then sold both at telemundo.com and at home shopping and retail channels, Adweek reports. The first effort will…

Report: Nike Ad the Last Straw for Elin–Looks Like She’ll Divorce Tiger

"Fairway philanderer Tiger Woods and his fed-up wife, Elin Nordegren, appear headed to divorce court and the final straw in the disintegrating marriage may have been the golf swinger’s creepy Nike ad," is the lead sentence of a report in…

Bah, Humbug: Gosselin Kids Duped, Confused by Fake Christmas Show Taping

In a hearing about whether Jon and Kate Gosselin violated child labor laws during taping of their "Jon & Kate Plus 8," on TLC, a family member testified that the show filmed a fake Christmas episode but led the eight children…

Major Cable Ad Venture Canoe Names VP Research

No occupation on Madison Ave. has taken a harder hit during the recession than those who specialize in research. So it’s noteworthy when a research chief is actually hired these days. Canoe Ventures has named Gerard Broussard to the newly created…

South Park Creators to Throw the Book at Mormons in Broadway Musical

"South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone will open a Broadway musical in March 2011, the New York Times reports. The musical will satirize Mormonism, a religion that "South Park" has previously taken aim at. "South Park" has a…

Coalition of Major Broadcasters Form Joint Venture For National Mobile TV Service

A national service to reach 150 million U.S. residents with mobile TV content that will include "live and on-demand video, local and national news from print and electronic sources, as well as sports and entertainment programming," has been announced. In the story…

Younger Viewers Turning to Web for Television Viewing

Almost one-quarter of young adults are watching more television content online,Multichannel News reports, citing a study from electronics shopping and review company Retrevo. The study of 1,000 people found that 23% of those under 25 watch most of their TV…

Conan Deal Shows the Power of the Cable Business Model

A number of articles are talking about Conan O’Brien going to TBS and the strength of the cable TV business model. Kris Magel, exec VP-director, national broadcast, at Interpublic Group’s Initiative, told Advertising Age, "Conan gives [TBS] a legitimate program…