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MTV Greenlights Second Season of Tila Tequila’s ‘Shot at Love’

MTV has greenlit a second season of “A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila,” the bisexual dating show. In the first season, which drew an average of 6 million viewers, Ms. Tequila picked Bobby Banhart. The finale was shot in…

TVB’s ePort Takes First Live Ad Orders

The Television Bureau of Advertising said its electronic ad sales platform, the ePort, has begun handling live orders. The TVB said Harmelin Media sent electronic orders to stations in Philadelphia using ePort, and that Horizon Media bought spots on Gray…

YouTube Gets Pre-Christmas Rush

YouTube’s audience grew slightly the week before Christmas, according to the latest weekly figures for video-sharing sites from Nielsen Online. YouTube, far and away the leader in video sites, drew 32.8 million unique visitors for the week ending Dec. 23,…

Patriots-Giants Contest Scores as Season’s Most-Watched Program

The three-pronged multicast of the Patriots’ undefeated season Saturday night on CBS, NBC and the NFL Network scored as the most watched program of the current television season. The come-from-behind victory for the favored New England team over the New…

Letterman Enters Deal With Writers

David Letterman’s Worldwide Pants has made a deal with the striking Writers Guild of America that will let writers on the show return to work Wednesday. The WGA waiver also covers Craig Ferguson’s talk show, which is produced by Worldwide…

Half of U.S. Households Own a Digital TV

Congressmen may be complaining about the lack of government promotion and oversight of the nation’s transition from analog to digital television, but consumers appear to be marching out on their own to buy digital TV sets. The Consumer Electronics Association…

Big ‘Christmas’ Present for TBS

The 11th annual “A Christmas Story” marathon brought TBS its best ratings ever. For the marathon’s entire 24 hours, from Dec. 24 at 8 p.m. to Dec. 25 at 8 p.m., TBS was the top ad-supported cable network among total…

Perez Hilton Shops the Video Services

After a public split with popular video-sharing site YouTube last week, celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton said he’s rebuffing offers from other video sites and instead is testing out a private-label service from a little-known company called Twistage. With the…

Fuse TV Offers Song Downloads

Music network Fuse TV is kicking off the new year by offering free downloads of 50 songs on its Web site, Fuse.tv, Jan. 2-14. The music network is running its Web promotion “Dozen Days of Downloads” in partnership with major…

Political Ads Corner Air Time in Iowa

It may by the Fighting Illini versus the Trojans nationally, but the New Year’s Day Rose Bowl matchup is turning into a different kind of fight in Iowa. With the state’s presidential caucus Thursday, every local spot in ABC’s telecast…