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MLB Network HD, Extra Innings Join Verizon FiOS TV

Verizon has added MLB Network HD and MLB Extra Innings to its FiOS TV service. MLB Network HD is free to Verizon Extreme customers with HD set-top boxes, while MLB Extra Innings is a premium-service package available to all FiOS…

‘Lost’ Tops Saturn Awards Nominations

“Lost” led the way at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror films’ 35th annual Saturn Awards nominations. The ABC show received 11 nominations, followed by “Heroes” with six nominations and “Battlestar Galactica” and “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,”…

Disney Lays Out Green Plans

Disney has created a plan for halving its carbon emissions from fuels by 2012, according to its new Corporate Responsibility Report, the Hollywood Reporter says. The company also plans to reduce its waste by 300,000 tons through recycling and composting,…

QVC Gives Girl Scouts DVDs

QVC is giving 25,000 DVD copies of the documentary “14 Women” to the Girl Scouts, the Hollywood Reporter says. The company teamed with the Creative Coalition and Screen Media’s Spotlight Initiative project to donate the DVDs to mark the 2009…

Are Cable, Satellite a Necessity?

With only one in four people between 18 and 29 saying cable or satellite TV is a necessity and with more options available for watching TV in nontraditional ways, the $60-a-month subscription is easy to give up, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance…

NFL Network Heats Up Comcast Talks

The NFL Network is gearing up its negotiations with Comcast in an attempt to work out a deal to place the network on Comcast’s digital basic tier, the Sports Business Journal reports. The network may lose 2 million subscribers at…

Actors Guild Turmoil Continues

The Screen Actors Guild continues to deal with internal turmoil, as its Hollywood board is asking the national board to send out the media companies’ final offer to members without a recommendation, Daily Variety reports. The Hollywood board recommended the…

Discovery Removes 1549 Flight Game

Discovery Channel has taken off the video game from its Web site based on the January crash landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, the New York Post reports. The game had been created as part of…

Satellite, Cable Push Pay Porn

Satellite and cable companies are more aggressively pushing adult content as they’re faced with increased competition from former phone companies such as AT&T, Advertising Age reports. Last year, for instance, DirecTV quietly ended a moratorium on promoting adult VOD content…

Melissa Leo Joins HBO Pilot

Melissa Leo, who earned an Oscar nomination for her role in “Frozen River,” has been tapped for a role in David Simon’s HBO pilot “Treme,” Daily Variety reports. She’ll play a civil rights lawyer in a show that’s set in…