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Showtime Touts Emmy Entries on iPhone

Showtime will allow Emmy voters to screen full episodes of its series on Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch, Daily Variety reports. Showtime also sent out four DVDs full of select episodes of shows such as “Dexter” and “Weeds” in the…

Hulu Ex-Engineer Cites Security

Former Hulu director of systems engineering Duke Duong has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit claiming he was fired for warning his bosses of the site’s security risks, the Hollywood Reporter says. The complaint, filed in California Superior Court, alleges Duong…

Roku Joins With Amazon.com VOD

Roku, which makes a $99 Internet-to-television set-top box, said it is partnering with Amazon.com’s video-on-demand service, the Hollywood Reporter says. Roku will be able to provide Amazon’s inventory of 40,000 movies and TV programming to customers, the trade paper says….

‘Chappelle’ Alum Murphy Goes Crackle

“Chapelle’s Show” performer Charlie Murphy is starting a sketch-comedy Web series on Sony’s Crackle.com on March 20, the Hollywood Reporter says. The series will include infomercials, parodies and sketches, the publication reports. —Aimee Picchi

ComScore Projects 15% Growth in 2009

Although comScore has been facing slower “upsell” rates and an increase in client losses, co-founder and CEO Magid Abraham said the data measurement company’s “growth drivers remain intact,” MediaPost reports. Abraham said the company is projecting 15% revenue growth for…

Video: Daisy’s Bold Call on Mobile TV

TelevisionWeek reporter Daisy Whitney has been drinking the mobile video Kool-Aid and she tells you why in this week’s New Media Minute. For starters, TV networks like TNT, A&E and VH1 have all recently launched iPhone applications in a bid…

Obama Nominates Genachowski to Lead FCC

President Barack Obama made it official today, nominating Julius Genachowski to be chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. “I can think of no one better than Julius Genachowski to serve as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission,” the president said…

‘Terminator,’ ‘Dollhouse’ Helped by DVRs

Fox’s Friday night line-up of “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” and “Dollhouse” is getting a boost after a week of DVR viewing is added to ratings, the Hollywood Reporter says. The debut episode of “Dollhouse,” for example, saw a rating…

Actors Using Twitter for Fans

The numbers of actors and people in the TV industry using Twitter is growing, and now includes “The Office” star Rainn Wilson and “The Closer” creator James Duff, the Los Angeles Times reportsis it allows them to send out short…

Digital TV Fickle for Some

Some people are unable to receive digital-television transmission even after buying a converter box, the Associated Press reports. “When you listen to the advertisements, it’s ‘Oh, all you have to do is get this little digital converter box and hook…