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Atlas’ ‘Eye’ Signs With CTM for Ad Sales

Creative Television Marketing has added “Eye for an Eye,” a courtroom show from Atlas Worldwide, to its syndicated barter ad sales roster. CTM, which also represents the courtroom shows “Judge Judy” and “Judge Joe Brown,” will step in to handle…

Starz to Launch Fifth HD Channel in July

Starz Entertainment will launch Encore HD this July, the fifth high-definition channel in its roster. Programming for the subscription movie channel is set to include HD versions of the films “Cars,” “Click,” “The Guardian” and “Talladega Nights: The Legend of…

CBS Renews ‘Unit,’ ‘Mother,’ ‘Christine’; Cancels ‘Shark,’ ‘Moonlight’

CBS has given good news to bubble shows “The Unit,” “How I Met Your Mother” and “The New Adventures of Old Christine.” All three shows have been renewed for next season, according to people familiar with the network’s decisions. There…

ABC’s Slate Gets Two New Shows for Fall

ABC’s 2008 fall schedule looks a lot like its 2007 fall schedule. As expected, the network Tuesday took the wraps off of a 2008-09 lineup that contains very few changes. Indeed, three nights—Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday—return completely intact. The other…

ABC’s Shaw: Nielsen Should Track VOD

Mike Shaw, president of ad sales for ABC, plans to call on advertisers to push the Nielsen Co. to measure TV shows viewed on cable video-on-demand services. ABC has made deals with cable operators that make its programs available free…

CBS Doubles Up on ‘Race’

The CBS 2008-09 schedule just got a little more “Amazing.” The network has decided to double its order of the Emmy-winning reality show for next season. While one edition had already been greenlit, CBS told producers on Tuesday that it…

ESPN Expands ‘SportsCenter,’ Boosts Digital

ESPN talked about its plans to expand its “SportsCenter” franchise into daytime at its upfront presentation to advertisers Tuesday. The sports network also plans new shows in daytime and late night, and several original programs produced for its Web site,…

Oprah’s ‘Big Give’ Won’t Be Back

There won’t be a second season of the Oprah Winfrey reality show “The Big Give.” ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson said the network was willing to greenlight a second season of the show, in which contestants compete to see who…

HBO Wins Flexible Pricing From iTunes

HBO became the first programmer to secure flexible pricing on Apple’s iTunes store, in a deal that was officially announced today. The Apple-HBO deal, which had been speculated about for months, calls for HBO to provide its top-rated series to…

Video: NBCU’s Graboff on Upfront Sales

Countering some upfront sales predictions, Marc Graboff, Co-Chair of NBC Universal Entertainment, says early reports indicate the advertising market may be robust this year, with a chance of beating last year’s total. Merrill Lynch last week predicted a decline of…