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Vietnam Doc to Debut on Military

Military Channel will present the world television premiere of award-winning Vietnam documentary In the Shadow of the BladeThursday, Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. (EST/PST), the former Discovery Wings Channel said Friday.

The documentary “follows the journey of restored ‘Huey’ helicopter 091 into the backyards of Vietnam veterans and their families as a catalyst to tell their untold stories,” the network said.

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Bids for Weather Channel Due Next Week: Report

Cable Network Could Fetch Up to $5 billion

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CNN Shops for Sears

John Sears has joined Cable News Network as its first bureau chief for its new Gulf Coast bureau in New Orleans.

Sears had been vice president of news at WOFL Fox 35 in Orlando, Fla.

CNN opened CNN Gulf Coast in September to give it a vantage point in covering the entire Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina.

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Leaving Imprimaturs On Content Security

Watermarks Are Now A Key Piece Of Digital Rights Management Puzzle

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News Corp. Calls Stockholders’ Meeting

News Corp. said Wednesday that it will seek stockholder approval of its new long-term management-incentive plan.

The media giant’s board of directors called a special meeting of stockholders June 30, at which stockholders of record as of May 23 will be entitled to notice of and the right to vote.

News Corp. added that it will file a proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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OLN, BPR Play in Ultimate Playground

Product integration will be on full display when Outdoor Life Network debuts a new action-adventure series Wednesday night.

Ultimate Playground, Powered by BPR, an eight-part, half-hour series bowing on OLN at 8:30 p.m. (EST/PST), will feature a number of Bombardier Recreational Products Inc.’s signature products, including Bombardier ATVs, Ski-Doo snowmobiles, Sea-Doo watercraft and Evinrude outboards.

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G4’s Going Back to G4 Again

The name reversion will become official in the middle of next month, but the real push to create greater awareness for the moniker and its new descriptor should commence in April.

G4TechTV — the name wielded by the video game network G4 since last May when parent Comcast Corp. finalized its $300 million acquisition of TechTV, the computer-oriented service formerly owned by Paul Allen’s Vulcan Inc. — will become G4 again on Feb. 15, a spokeswoman said.

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Lower Ad Spending by Automakers Dings Cable

Lagging behind projections, total U.S. ad spending in the first nine months increased 4% to $108.4 billion, with Spanish-language TV and the Internet posting the largest gains, according to data released Tuesday by TNS Media Intelligence.

Total ad expenditures during the third quarter alone were up 3.8% versus the same period last year, TNS reported.

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Showtime: There Is an L in Apparel

Showtime teamed up with a group of designers to create a collection of limited-edition apparel and accessories inspired by The L Word.

The network said The "L"ements of Style collection will be available Jan. 3-Feb. 28.

Components of The "L"ements of Style include: contemporary sportswear from Laura Dahl; bags by TES; jewelry from Love and Pride; jeans from Honey Labrador; denim from Blue Cult; and handbags by Cate Adair.

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Rainbow’s Sundance Shuffle

Michalchyshyn, Caserta To Become GMs Of Sundance, IFC; Shapiro To Lead Both Nets

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