"Chief"Gets Housed (E! Online)E! Online - For the first time this TV season, Fox's cranky House beat ABC's composed Commander in Chief in the battleground state of 9 p.m., Tuesday, according to Nielsen Media Research.CMA's Big Apple sizzle fizzles (Reuters)Reuters - One awards show cannot turn New York […]

Satellite radio is really far out (New York Newsday)It's officially still the McGraw-Hill Building, but Sirius Satellite Radio has turned it into a modern-day Tower of Babel, a senior thesis in sociology come to life.The Status of the Kirari, Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS) (SpaceRef)At 12:13 on November 24 (Japan Standard Time, JST), […]

CMA's Big Apple sizzle fizzles (Reuters)Reuters - One awards show cannot turn New York into a country city overnight. At least that was the feeling from retailers contacted by Billboard, most of whom say the November 15 Country Music Assn. Awards failed to significantly boost country sales in the Big Apple.Oscar-Nominated […]

"Chief"Gets Housed (E! Online)E! Online - For the first time this TV season, Fox's cranky House beat ABC's composed Commander in Chief in the battleground state of 9 p.m., Tuesday, according to Nielsen Media Research.ABC's'Alias'to end run after 5 years (Reuters)Reuters - "Alias," the ABC espionage drama starring […]

Temptation IslandReality TV: A knock-off of"Survivor,"Fox's"Temptation Island"is merely a lightweight libido experiment. The network behind"Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire"continues to churn out copies, and this one is nothing but a trip into the shallow thought processes of unstable dudes and dudettes.'Apprentice'links to'Sith'Reality TV: Reality TV show's contestants get'Revenge'– The Nov. 10 episode of NBC's"The […]

Jazeera wants bomb memo answers (Reuters)Reuters - Arabic news channel Al Jazeera's general manager flew to London on Friday to demand the British government explain a leaked report that President George W. Bush wanted to bomb the TV station."Alias,"AKA Canceled (E! Online)E! Online - Some spies are felled by poison darts. For […]

'Dancing'is back in step for AlphabetReality TV:'Stars'in orbit for ABC Thursday — Reality hit"Dancing With the Stars"will waltz back on the ABC schedule at midseason, replacing"Alias"on Thursdays for its second number."Stars"will return Jan. 5 at 8 p.m. and run for eight weeks, the network announced Thursday.Duo deal dual realityReality TV: Joint venture will be called […]

Satellite images may aid CIA 'secret prisons' probe (Reuters via Yahoo! News)Satellite images could help determine if the CIA ran secret prisons in Europe, according to a Swiss lawmaker who is drawing up a report on the issue for leading human rights watchdog, the Council of Europe.Satellite TV chief to file Dh2m lawsuit for medical […]

JupiterResearch Forecasts U.S. Digital Satellite Radio Device Market Will Grow to 55 Million Units in 2010 (LinuxElectrons)New York , NY – ( NASDAQ:JUPM ) JupiterResearch forecasts that the U.S. digital satellite radio market will grow from an installed base of 12 million units in 2005 to 55 million units in 2010, a compound annual growth […]

CMA Says Move to New York Paid Off (AP)AP - The Country Music Association received the exposure and the higher New York TV rating it was looking for when it moved its awards show to the Big Apple, but it lost some viewers in the nation's storm-battered heartland.'Jenna,''Love'get January launch on CBS (Reuters)Reuters - CBS […]

'Survivor'thrivingReality TV: Season highs power Eye net — A few days after CBS extended its lengthy run through at least next season, unscripted skein"Survivor"hit fall highs Thursday, teaming with"CSI"to power the Eye to another sweeps victory.VH1 married to 2nd'Brady'Reality TV: Reality show given a'Fair'chance — VH1 has renewed"My Fair Brady"for a second season, focused on […]

U.S. Satellite to Be Launched From Baikonur Dec 6 (RedNova)MOSCOW. Nov 24 (Interfax) - The launch of a U.S. AMS-23/WorldSat- 3 telecommunications satellite on a Proton-M carrier rocket with a Briz-M upper stage from Baikonur has been set for 5:28 a.m. Moscow time, December 6, the press service of the Federal Space Agency told Interfax […]

Philbin primed for'Life'Reality TV: TV vet returns to primetime — ABC is bringing Regis Philbin back to primetime, tapping the TV vet to host its new incarnation of"This Is Your Life.""My network needs me! I'm there,"Philbin said via a press release, noting the original"Life"was"always one of my favorite shows."Temptation IslandReality TV: A knock-off of"Survivor,"Fox's"Temptation Island"is […]

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 […]

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 […]

FEATURE: Tiny satellite in orbit to test solar battery (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)_ A tiny cube-shaped satellite made by a group of graduate students at the University of Tokyo and launched from a Russian space station on a Cosmos rocket last month is on a circular orbit 688 kilometers from the Earth and sending […]

Napster teams-up with XM Satellite Radio (Macworld UK)Napster has teamed-up with XM Satellite Radio in the US, with the two companies testing a combined service. The test is available to XM's five million US subscribers and lets them listen to music through the satellite radio service which they can then also buy and download through […]

Digital Satellite Radio Forecast To Grow (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)The U.S. digital satellite radio market is expected to grow from 12 million installed units this year to 55 million units in 2010, according to a new report.Critical Payload Testing Begins For SBIRS Missile Warning Satellite (Space War)Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Nov 24, 2005 - The Lockheed […]

"American Idol"judge Cowell's court case delayed (Reuters)Reuters - A legal battle between British pop moguls Simon Fuller and Simon Cowell has been postponed until Thursday amid signs that lawyers may be trying to reach a settlement out of court.Teri Hatcher Sues Tabloid Over Sex Story (AP)AP - Teri Hatcher is suing a […]

CBS on way to November sweep win (Reuters)Reuters - CBS had plenty to be thankful for last week, logging its sixth consecutive weekly win among adults 18-49, and nosing past ABC for the No. 1 ranking in key demographic for the November sweep."Chief"Gets Housed (E! Online)E! Online - For the […]