• WGA Strike Nears Finale
• WGA Strike Vote Scheduled For Tuesday
• Tentative WGA Pact Sets New-Media Residuals
• Verizon Sues Charter Over Voice Patents
• Martin Ready To OK Liberty-DirecTV Deal
• Hallmark Movie Channel Sets April HD Debut On DirecTV
• AMC Sizes Up Advertisers For Oscar Stunt

• Oxygen Jumps Into Summer Olympics
• Comcast Gives HealthiNation Shot In The Arm
• WWE's Smackdown To Depart CW
• 'Battlestar Galactica' Reenters Sci Fi's Orbit In March

• MSNBC Suspends Reporter Over Chelsea 'Pimping' Comment
• Dating Show Gives Seniors 'Another Chance For Romance'

WGA Strike Nears Finale
After a bitter three-month-long strike that wreaked havoc in the TV and film industries, it looks likely that members of the Writers Guild of America will be returning to work Wednesday. click to read more...
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WGA Strike Vote Scheduled For Tuesday
The WGA East Council and the WGA West Board both voted Sunday to recommend ratification of the proposed contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. For their part, WGA members get to cast their ballots on Feb. 12, with a yes vote effectively ending the strike that has shut down production in Hollywood and the TV communities since Nov. 5. click to read more...
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Tentative WGA Pact Sets New-Media Residuals
The Writers Guild of America has been at loggerheads with studios over the issue of residuals and compensation for content that is used on new-media platforms, from the Internet to cellphones. click to read more...
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Verizon Sues Charter Over Voice Patents
Verizon Communications has sued a second cable company – Charter Communications – for patent infringement, less than a month after filing an identical lawsuit against Cox Communications. click to read more...
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Martin Ready To OK Liberty-DirecTV Deal
Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin said Friday he wants the agency to approve Liberty Media's request to acquire about 40% of DirecTV from News Corp. at the agency's Feb. 26 public meeting here. click to read more...
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Hallmark Movie Channel Sets April HD Debut On DirecTV
Hallmark Movie Channel's high-definition simulcast will debut Wednesday, April 2, on DirecTV with a new on-air look for the existing channel, a library full of Hallmark Hall of Fame made-for-TV flicks such as Sarah Plain and Tall and a strategy that includes one programming “event” per quarter. click to read more...
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AMC Sizes Up Advertisers For Oscar Stunt
Against a backdrop of optimism about resolving the movie and TV writers' strike in time to stage a full Academy Awards show, AMC is bolstering its February programming stunt built around awards season – and bringing in sponsors to make it pay off. click to read more...
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Oxygen Jumps Into Summer Olympics
Oxygen will offer weekday coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics, beginning in August. click to read more...
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Comcast Gives HealthiNation Shot In The Arm
HealthiNation has inked a distribution deal with Comcast that should more than triple the number of TV viewers with access to its health-oriented video-on-demand content. click to read more...
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WWE's Smackdown To Depart CW
CW will have its final WWE Friday Night SmackDown at the end of the 2007-08 TV season. click to read more...
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'Battlestar Galactica' Reenters Sci Fi's Orbit In March
Sci Fi Channel's Battlestar Galactica will return for its fourth original season March 28 at 10 p.m. with two back-to-back half-hour specials, with the first new episode premiering the following week, April 4, officials said Friday. click to read more...
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