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Rounding Up HD News: ‘ET’ Goes HD

‘ET’ Goes HD Celebrity gossip and stories about Hollywood happenings will be getting a whole lot clearer. CBS Domestic Television’s syndicated series “Entertainment Tonight” is set to begin airing in high definition next year, according to TVPredictions.com. The Web site…

This Week in HD : ‘Scrubs,’ ‘Californication,’ ‘Eragon’

HD programming picks for Oct. 25-31: “Scrubs,” “Californication,” “Eragon” “Scrubs” (NBC HD) Thursday, Oct. 25, 9:30 p.m.: The quirky hospital comedy makes its seventh and final season premiere. “Californication” (Showtime HD) Monday, Oct. 29, 10:30 p.m.: Revelations and emotional crises…

MySpace Gets ‘Lonelygirl15’ Exclusive Episodes

The producers of Web series “lonelygirl15” will air two exclusive extended episodes on MySpace Thursday and Friday, the producers announced today. The extended episodes serve as a followup to the finale of the first season and will run at http://www.myspace.com/lonelygurl15….

Limelight Introduces HD Web Video Service

Limelight Networks, a digital media content delivery company, Tuesday introduced LimelightHD, a service that transmits high-definition media and digital content over the Internet. LimelightHD will allow companies to deliver HD-quality movies, TV shows, video clips and games directly to users’…

TVTonic Inks Deal With Next New Networks

Online video aggregator TVTonic inked a deal with Internet TV media company Next New Networks to carry Next New’s lineup of niche Web channels on its service. TVTonic is a service featuring 370 online TV channels on Windows Media Center…

NBC Pulls Promotional Channels From YouTube

In anticipation of the launch of Hulu later this month, NBC pulled all its promotional channels from Google-owned YouTube over the weekend. An NBC representative said the network removed the channels because of the pending launch of the News Corp.-NBC…

Sí TV Launches Two User-Generated Web Sites

Latino-centric network Sí TV launched two user-generated Web sites today, entertainment.sitv.com and trends.sitv.com. These sites will focus on social networking and content sharing, with material tailored to young Latinos, ages 18 to 34. All the content will be user-generated except…

Deals Extend Reach of Sony’s Minisode Net

Sony Pictures Television inked new distribution deals for its Minisode Network with AOL, Joost and Sony-owned Crackle. The deals expand the reach of the network beyond original partner MySpace. In addition, Minisode will be carried on Verizon phones, Sony said….

MySpace Launches Scripted Series

MySpace plans to launch a new Web series today that will run daily for the next two months. The show, “Roommates,” is a scripted series about a reality TV show. Each episode will premiere at 4 p.m. ET, Monday through…

Digital Quest for Kids Heats Up

Nick, Disney Channel Take Different Approaches to Draw Trendsetters