NBC verdict in:'Law'yankedReality TV: Ratings reason for reality renege — It's case closed for David E. Kelley's"The Law Firm."NBC has decided to pull the plug on the legal-themed reality skein after two low-rated episodes. Most recent seg contributed to the Peacock finishing in fifth place last Thursday night.

Podcasting goes satellite (Newsday.com)Sirius has combined the abilities of the iPod and TiVo for satellite radio with its first wearable device, it said yesterday.Russian satellite on track despite communication problem (AFP via Yahoo! News)Russia successfully launched a monitoring satellite from the northern Plesetsk cosmodrome after initial fears the apparatus was out of control.Satellite gizmo on […]

Satellite tracks sex offenders (NEWS.com.au)PAROLED serial sex offenders will soon be under satellite surveillance to ensure they do not enter schools, kindergartens and other high-risk areas, the Government says.Russian satellite on track despite communication problem (AFP via Yahoo! News)Russia successfully launched a monitoring satellite from the northern Plesetsk cosmodrome after initial fears the apparatus was […]

Ottawa preparing to ask CRTC to rescind satellite radio licences: sources (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)WINNIPEG (CP) - The federal government is ready to ask the CRTC to rescind its decision to licence satellite radio, government sources have told The Canadian Press.Satellite tracks sex offenders (NEWS.com.au)PAROLED serial sex offenders will soon be under satellite surveillance […]

Ottawa preparing to ask CRTC to rescind satellite radio licences: sources (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)WINNIPEG (CP) - The federal government is ready to ask the CRTC to rescind its decision to licence satellite radio, government sources have told The Canadian Press.

Success for HBO goes beyond state of'Rome'(Reuters)Reuters - If there is a historylesson offered by the new HBO series"Rome,"which kicks offSunday, perhaps it is this: Even the most invincible empire issubject to treachery.Advertisers Now Desperate for"Housewives"(E! Online)E! Online - Madison Avenue is beginning to look a lot like Wisteria Lane.Britain tunes in to fake news"Daily […]

Donald Trump Goes to China (E! Online)E! Online - This just in from our Beijing bureau: The U.S. is shipping outDonald Trump to China.Ashlee Simpson to Perform on'Oprah'(AP)AP - Ashlee Simpson, who was busted for a "Saturday Night Live" lip-synch gone awry, will perform on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" this fall, says her manager-father, Joe […]

Bands on the RunReality TV: If video did indeed kill the radio star, then made-for-reality TV bands have their weapons drawn for the gussied-up video stars who fill what's left of musicvideo in music television. VH1 updates"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"for a trio of scruffy rock bands, adds an element of the entrepreneur […]

Japan Postponing Launch of Spy Satellite (AP via Yahoo! News)Japan has postponed the launch of a third spy satellite intended to keep an eye on communist North Korea for at least six months due to a technical glitch, a report said Thursday.A SIRIUS answer to XM's wearable satellite radio (Geek.com)SIRIUS announced plans to release a […]

Diddy Promises the Ultimate Party for VMAs (AP)AP - Scoring an invite to one of Diddy's dazzling, decadent bashes is a notoriously difficult get. But on Sunday, Diddy is relaxing his stringent admission rules for a celebration that's not just for the sexy people, but for everyone.Miss America Wants Out of Atlantic City (AP)AP - […]

Sirius Unveils Satellite Radio-Digital Player Combo (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)Sirius Satellite Radio unveils a portable radio that can record and playback programming in the car.Emcore boosted by $8 million satellite panel order (Compound Semiconductor Magazine)With a major contract for solar panels in the pipeline, Emcore decides to re-open its manufacturing facility in City of Industry, […]

Survivor: The Australian Outback (Survivor II)Reality TV: Die-hard fans might miss Richard, Rudy and the queen of tapioca, but there are plenty of greedy and paranoid players on the prowl for $1 million in"Survivor: The Australian Outback."CBS shrewdly scheduled its money train right after the Super Bowl, and the show that earned the year's most […]

Dish This: Free Satellite TV If Your Town Changes Its Name to 'Dish' (RedNova)Aug. 25–A town called Dish. That's all it takes to grab free satellite TV service for a decade for your hometown. In one of the more original corporate offers, EchoStar Communications Corp., which operates the nation's No.Japan Postponing Launch of Spy Satellite […]

Miss America Wants Out of Atlantic City (AP)AP - Officials who run the venue where the Miss America pageant has been held since 1940 voted unanimously Thursday to allow the contest to go elsewhere, paving the way for the pageant to leave Atlantic City altogether.'Idol'Singer Bo Bice Out of Hospital (AP)AP - "American Idol" finalist […]

Bands on the RunReality TV: If video did indeed kill the radio star, then made-for-reality TV bands have their weapons drawn for the gussied-up video stars who fill what's left of musicvideo in music television. VH1 updates"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"for a trio of scruffy rock bands, adds an element of the entrepreneur […]

Frist Subject of Anti-Stem Cell TV Ads (AP)AP - An evangelical group has begun a weeklong advertising campaign in Iowa criticizing Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist for backing expanded embryonic stem cell research.Couple Mistaken for Radical Faces Backlash (AP)AP - A couple whose home was wrongly identified on national television as belonging to an Islamic […]

Russia to launch its first small earth-sensing satellite (Russian Information Agency Novosti)MOSCOW, August 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's first small earth remote sensing (ERS) satellite will be launched from Plesetsk August 26, the manufacturer said in a press release Thursday.SIRIUS Unveils Wearable Satellite Radio (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)SIRIUS Satellite Radio today announced the debut […]

SurvivorReality TV: Who wants to be a millionaire? Sixteen people who abandoned their jobs, families and remote controls to spend 39 days on a South China Sea island — that's who. CBS'much-hyped"Survivor"doesn't have a phone-a-friend option and $200 questions about cereal aren't applicable. Instead, this"Real World"-meets-"Lord of the Flies"gamer offers up snakes, rats, cash and […]

Victoria Gotti Denies Lying About Cancer (AP)AP - Victoria Gotti denied Wednesday she lied about having breast cancer but acknowledged her diagnosis showed she had "precancerous cells."Congress Yet to Pass Indecency Law (AP)AP - Big increases in fines for indecent broadcasts appeared to be a sure thing to some lawmakers, likely to pass Congress in […]

WGA Scripts Another Reality Suit (E! Online)E! Online - What, you thought Seriously Dude, I'm Gay wrote itself?'NCIS,''Big Brother'lift CBS to Tuesday win (Reuters)Reuters - CBS won a repeat-ladenTuesday primetime with the one-two punch of"NCIS"and"BigBrother,"according to preliminary data from Nielsen MediaResearch.Congress Yet to Pass Indecency Law (AP)AP - Big increases in fines for indecent broadcasts […]