Internet Video

VH1.com (www.vh1.com) surfers can listen to Joss Stone’s new CD, Mind, Body & Soul, one week before it hits stores.

S-Curve Records is releasing Stone’s CD Sept. 28, but it will be available on VH1.com's "Hear Music First: Joss Stone" beginning Sept. 21.

Her new video, "You Had Me," will also be part of VH1’s Gung Ho" rotation.

Exempting voice calls made over the Internet from the Internet-access-tax ban was key to Senate passage of a compromise bill brokered by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to extend the moratorium for four years.

The Senate Thursday passed legislation extending an expired moratorium prohibiting new state and local taxes on Internet access by a 93-3 vote.

SOAPnet reality series I Wanna Be a Soap Star will be available online to America Online Inc. members, the two companies said Thursday.

SOAPnet said the six-episode series “will track 12 aspiring actors as they lie, cheat and learn how to make love for the cameras while vying for the ultimate prize -- a 13-week role on ABC's GeneralHospital."

Music Choice is making its television music service available for cable operators to use with their high-speed Internet services.

The company didn't announce any MSO deals, but its owners include Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications Inc. and Adelphia Communications Corp., along with several music companies.

The channel said about 60% of the 34 million homes that can receive the service use it, averaging about 17 hours per week.

“Television for Women” hopes its new information-technology solution will help the women and men who work there avoid headaches.

Lifetime Television and The Henson Group Inc. deployed a customized IT solution integrating the network’s on-air systems with its business applications.