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Time Warner, Nielsen Sign Seven-Year Contract Despite Talk of New Ratings Rival

Time Warner struck a new seven-year contract with Nielsen Co. that will give the cable, broadcast and syndication giant one pact that covers television, online and mobile measurement, and research into advertising segmentation and targeting and consumer engagement, B&C reports. Time…

HBO’s Sheila Nevins to Be Honored With TV Academy’s Governors Award

HBO Documentary Films President Sheila Nevins will be this year’s recipient of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Governors Award. Nevins, who is the 15th individual to be presented with ATAS’s Governors Award since 1978, will receive the honor at the…

HBO Documentary Films President Sheila Nevins to Receive TV Academy’s Governors Award

HBO Documentary Films President Sheila Nevins will be this year’s recipient of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Governors Award, TVWeek reports. Nevins, who is the 15th individual to be presented with ATAS’s Governors Award since 1978, will receive the honor…

AMPTP and SAG Reach Animation Agreement

The Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers and the Screen Actors Guild have reached a tentative deal for a two-year contract covering broadcast television animation and basic cable animation, The Wrap reports. The deal includes annual wage increases, an…

Parents Television Council Takes Issue With TV-14 Rating for ‘Mad Men’ Premiere

AMC has been chastised by the Parents Television Council for giving AMC’s "Mad Men" only a TV-14 rating for the premiere episode last Sunday, according to Time magazine. The group specifically cited "a shot of a character’s hand going down…

Streisand Turns to QVC to Promote New Album

Eight-time Grammy winner Barbra Streisand will use television to hawk her new CD, "Love Is the Answer" with a special hour on the QVC Shopping Channel, according to BroadwayWorld.com. Streisand’s collaborator and co-director, Richard Jay-Alexander, will be appearing on QVC on…

Time Warner Signs Deal to Show Clips From Its Networks on YouTube

YouTube and Time Warner Inc. have signed a deal that will allow viewers to see clips from Time Warner cable networks including Cartoon Network, CNN and Adult Swim, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Reporter says that the move is a…

Jon Gosselin Talking to Endemol About New Series Called ‘Divorced Dad’s Club’

Does Jon Gosselin want off “Jon & Kate Plus 8”? He’s in talks to appear in Endemol’s “Divorced Dad’s Club,” which looks at the lives of famous divorced fathers, says TMZ.com. TLC hasn’t been happy with Gosselin, and sent him…

Contestant on VH1 Reality Show ‘Megan Wants a Millionaire’ Sought by Police as a ‘Person of Interest’ in Murder of a Model

A contestan on VH1’s reality show "Megan Wants a Millionaire,"  Ryan Jenkins, is not only a person of interest in the murder of model Jasmine Fiore, but is also her husband, according to reports quoted by examiner.com. –Chuck Ross

IFC Co-Sponsoring N.Y. Reunion of Monty Python

IFC will co-sponsor a Monty Python reunion to mark the 40th anniversary of the creation of the troupe on Oct. 15 at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City, according to the Los Angeles Times. The announcement of the reunion was…