CBSAfter touting the new strength of Friday night’s “Ghost Whisperer” and “Close to Home,” CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler expressed disappointment over CBS’s new challenges with its TV Sunday night movie. “It’s an incredibly competitive time period,” she said. “We’re…
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The NBA is fast breaking onto broadband, offering its out-of-market game package through its Web site NBA.com.This season, live game broadcasts will be available online only to viewers who subscribe to the NBA League Pass package via a cable or…