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It’s the Eleventh Hour, You’re Going to An Oscar Party, You’re Going to Have to Enter an Oscar Poll, and You Don’t Want to Embarrass Yourself. Here’s Our Oscar Picks–Including The Really Tough Ones, Like Short Documentary

Our guesses are probably as good as yours. Though we DID once win a contest the Village Voice had for picking Oscar winners. The best thing about our choices is that they give you a great out…If you use our choices…

Tiger Woods Rejects $75 Million Sponsorship Offer; Company Says It’s Not a Publicity Stunt and Will Raise Offer

TIger Woods has rejected an offer of $75 million to enter into a sponsorship deal with a publicly-traded company that has a market value of $1.6 billion. The company is Paddy Power, which is the largest legal bookmaker in Ireland, according to a…

Univision Shows Now Appearing on Blackberrys

Univision has launched a video application that will put some of its top-rated shows before Blackberry Smartphone users, B&C reports. The free download will let users watch Univision news, entertainment, sports and special events programming. According to the B&C account, "A report…

TNT Picks up NASCAR’s Alexander for its Sprint Cup Telecasts

NASCAR and Speed network broadcaster Adam Alexander will be the play-by-play man for TNT’s Sprint Cup Series telecasts which begin June 6, Multichannel News reports. Alexander, who replaces Bill Weber, will also contribute to NASCAR.com.

TiVo $300 Million Patent Case Upheld Against Dish

After a six year patent battle between TiVo and Dish Network, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a lower court’s decision to find Dish Network in contempt for failing to disable DVRs infringing on a TiVo…

How the Media Blew It in Reporting Toyota’s Car Sales Numbers for February and the Great Brand Story Here, Thanks to Social Psychology

The hidden positive effect of all the negative publicity Toyota is getting–and why this positive effect is happening–is the subject of the lastest Open Mic blog entry by TVWeek’s Chuck Ross.Click here to read.

Hulu Loses ‘Daily Show,’ ‘Colbert Report’

Viacom is pulling its popular “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report” from the online viewing site Hulu.com, after the two sides couldn’t agree on a price for keeping them there, The New York Times reports. Other…

TiVo Unveils New DVR with Broadband

TiVo, attempting to woo back some of its fleeing subscribers, will begin offering a new set-top DVR that combines TV program listings with Web offerings, reports The New York Times. Users of the box, called TiVo Premiere, will be able…

Exclusive Must Read: Rino Scanzoni, GroupM’s Chief Investment Officer, On the Future of TV, the Future of TV Advertising, and Why Advertisers and Media Companies Really Formed Their Media Measurement Coalition–and What It Means For Nielsen

TVWeek talks to a lot of top executives in the course of a year, but we must say, this interview with Rino Scanzoni, GroupM’s Chief Investment Officer, is one of the best. It’s got nothing to do with us, and…

National Geographic Goes WILD Starting March 29

The new National Geographic channel, Nat Geo WILD, launches on Monday, March 29, and the premiere lineup will serve up monkeys, giraffes, man and bear. The network plans to use new technologies to give viewers an eye into the natural…