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DirecTV Picks Tomarchio for ‘Project My World’

DirecTV said Bridgetta Tomarchio is the winner of its search for a new woman to join the cast of its original show “Project My World.” Ms. Tomarchio joins Renee Intlekofer and Shaina Fewell for the series’ second season of searching…

HBO, NBC Lead Creative Arts Emmys

HBO and NBC led the winners Saturday at a bawdy 59th Annual Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards, held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. HBO took home 15 statues, with its made-for-television movie “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”…

Church Appeals FCC Staff Ruling on License Renewal Challenges to Entire Panel

The United Church of Christ is appealing to the whole Federal Communications Commission an FCC staff decision rejecting its license renewal challenges to NBC’s WTVJ-TV and CBS’s WFOR-TV in Miami. The church filed its renewal challenges after NBC and CBS…

Michael Eisner’s ‘Prom Queen: Summer Heat’ Adds Online Outlets

Michael Eisner’s online series “Prom Queen: Summer Heat” inked new distribution deals with eight online partners and a mobile TV provider. The spinoff of the spring series “Prom Queen,” which generated more than 15 million views online, will be carried…

Apple Considers Lowering Price for TV Shows, Pricing Disputes Likely to Continue

One week after jettisoning NBC from iTunes over a pricing dispute, Apple is now considering cutting the price of television shows in half, according to Variety. That would bring the cost of TV shows in line with songs at 99…

Justice Department Opposes Network Neutrality in FCC Filing

The Bush Administration’s Justice Department is going on record opposing network neutrality requirements on Internet providers. Justice on Thursday warned the Federal Communications Commission against listening to consumers, consumer groups and companies including Google, which are urging the agency to…

Gray Television Picks Pixsy for Video Search

Video search service Pixsy partnered with Gray Television to use Pixsy’s technology across the group’s 30 TV station Web sites. Under the deal, Pixsy will combine Gray’s video content with Pixsy’s aggregated video content from across the Web, drawing search…

EchoStar’s Dish Picks Up Big Ten Network

EchoStar Communications agreed to launch the Big Ten Network on its Dish Network satellite TV service in time for this weekend’s football games. The Big Ten Network launched Aug. 30 on DirecTV, but it has been in a battle with…

National Geographic Links Promos to ‘Bodies,’ Men’s Health

National Geographic Channel has reached out to marketing partners for two shows it is launching. For “The Living Body,” which premieres Sept. 16, Nat Geo is joining with “Bodies: The Exhibition,” which uses preserved bodies to show what’s beneath the…

Warner Bros. Sells 35-Title Film Package in 90% of U.S.

Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution has cleared 90 percent of the country with its 35-title feature film package. Among buyers are the Fox-owned stations in 11 markets, including New York City and Los Angeles. “Feature films play a role in…