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History Adds Trio of Executive Producers

History has added Paul Cabana, Julian Hobbs and Russ McCarroll to its programming roster of executive producers. All three will work on developing and producing new content for the cable network. “By attracting the best talent in the business, we…

NBC, Notre Dame in 5-Year Pact

The University of Notre Dame and NBC Sports plan to announce a new five-year agreement under which NBC will televise Fighting Irish home football games through 2015, the network said. The extension provides NBC rights to eight Notre Dame home…

Obama Campaign Decides Not to Accept Public Financing

Sen. Barack Obama is formally renouncing public financing for the fall campaign, a decision expected to dramatically kick up his ad spending this fall. If he had accepted public funds, the Illinois senator’s campaign would have received $84 million, but…

Cable News Upfront Deals Underway

The cable news networks have begun closing upfront deals, ad sales executives and media buyers say. In yet another sign that the upfront is alive and kicking harder than expected, network executives say buyers have come to them earlier than…

Burnett, Lorre Among New Hollywood Star Recipients for 2009

Reality TV maven Mark Burnett and “Two and a Half Men” co-creator Chuck Lorre are getting stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which greenlights honorees, announced Wednesday that the two producers will be among…

LG HDTVs Check In With More Hotel Services

LG Electronics may trail Sony and Samsung in overall global high-definition television market share, but the Seoul, Korea-based company is trying to become the HDTV of choice among hotel operators. The world’s third-largest liquid-crystal display TV maker signed two agreements…

Rising Tide Lifts HDTV Sales at Best Buy, Circuit City

For Best Buy’s most recent quarter, sales of flat-panel televisions were a bright spot. For Circuit City, it was the bright spot. The two largest U.S. electronics retailers, which reported fiscal-first-quarter earnings this week, both said flat-screen TV sales increased…

Serving the Public: Kevin Towes

The player: Kevin Towes, product manager for Adobe Systems’ Flash Media Server The play: Mr. Towes helped develop Flash Media Server 3, which was released to the public last December. The server is the first of its type that online-video…

Rounding Up HD News: Killer Titles, Billion-Dollar Baby, Shanghai Surprise

Blu-ray Gets The Violent Treatment in September Blood will be a little redder in the fall as “L.A. Confidential” and both volumes of Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” films will be released on Blu-ray in September. “Confidential,” the 1997 neo-noir thriller…

This Week in HD: Rebirth of the Cool

HD programming picks for June 19-25: “The Sting,” “Standing in the Shadows of Motown,” “Risk Takers: Polar Bear Alert Specialists” “The Sting” (HDNet Movies). Thurs., June 19, 2:30 p.m. ET. Con-man caper starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford won a…