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Sci Fi’s ‘Warehouse 13’ Goes to Flea Markets

Sci Fi Channel is using flea markets to promote its new original series "Warehouse 13," Multichannel News reports. Brown tags will be affixed to objects at the Rose Bowl Flea Market in Pasadena, Calif. on June 14, with the following…

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Eric Roberts Joins the Cast of ‘Crash’

Eric Roberts is coming on board for the second season of the Starz’s series “Crash,” says The Hollywood Reporter. The program returns on Friday Sept. 18. –Elizabeth Jensen

MTV Banks on British Former Model to Bring Back Young Viewers

MTV hopes Alexa Chung, a 25-year-old British TV host and former model, will lure young viewers when her live music show, “It’s On With Alexa Chung,” starts next week, says the Wall Street Journal. The show, at noon weekdays, is…

Fisher Communications, DISH Network End Battle

Fisher Communications and DISH Network ended their retransmission battle and the 10 Fisher stations in seven markets including Seattle and Portland, Ore., are back on the satellite service, reports Mediaweek. Litigation between the two sides has ended. The stations were…

Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope Want to Produce TV Shows

Peter Chernin, who will officially exit as News Corp’s president and COO at the end of June, and Katherine Pope, the well-regarded executive who is expected to head the TV division of Chernin’s new production company, are already soliciting project…

TV Sets with Built-in Connection to the Internet Start Shipping to Retailers—If Popular They Could Upset the Traditional TV and Film Biz Models

The shipment of TV sets with direct connection to the Internet has begun, Variety reports. Most "disturbing will be the potential ability for people to easily grab a pirated film online and stream it directly to their television," the article…

Enabling Cable Customers to See TV Shows Online Hits Snag

TV Everywhere—the plan cable operators have to allow their customers to watch TV shows online—has hit a snag, Multichannel News reports. "The hard part is not the technology, [it’s] putting the business rules around it, which is really from the…

Lifetime Announces ‘Acceptance,’ ‘Cinderella’ Movies

Lifetime has announced two new original movies. “Acceptance,” starring Joan Cusack and Mae Whitman, will air on Lifetime Aug. 22. The Sanna Hamri-directed movie about the pressures of getting into college is based on the novel of the same name…

Promos Do Double Duty As Networks Fight DVR Dips

By Andrew Hampp, Advertising Age They’re the most ubiquitous ads on TV, and they’re more important to a network than any $100 million upfront buy. They’re on-air promos, and they’re here to stay — even if you’re fed up with…