Stern Won't Stop XM's Satellite Radio Leadership (Forbes)S&P Equity Research raised XM's price target to $36 from $33.Digital Satellite Radio Forecast To Grow (TechWeb)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.AMC-23 Satellite Slated for December […]

NBC imposes'Order'on busy Tuesday night (Reuters)Reuters - There was audience to go around Tuesday as NBC was No. 1 with its regular lineup anchored by"Law&Order: SVU,"Fox scored with"House,"the American Music Awards did respectable, if not impressive, business for ABC, and CBS opened the night with 16 million-plus turning out for"NCIS."'Jenna,''Love'get […]

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 […]

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 the upcoming nuptials of Christopher Knight and Adrianne Curry. Cabler has ordered seven episodes for next spring. First cycle grew over its 10-episode run, finishing to a robust 1.8 million overall viewers.MTV's hip-hop'Shop'Reality TV: Mottola […]

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 […]

CBS making progress on news changes: Moonves (Reuters)Reuters - CBS Chairman Leslie Moonves said onTuesday that the company's news division is making progress inaltering its evening news program, considering ideas such asadding multiple anchors to attract younger viewers.Mischa's"O.C."Exposure (E! Online)E! Online - Mischa Barton was apparently channeling her inner Janet Jacksonduring a very revealing scene […]

CBS bringing more'Home';'Loser'gains (Reuters)Reuters - CBS'freshman drama"Close to Home"has been picked up for a full season, while NBChas ordered a third installment of reality series"The BiggestLoser."Country Music Specials Buoy CBS'Ratings (AP)AP - It was a good TV week for country music; not so hot for sinking ships. CBS hit the ratings top 10 with the […]

Mischa's"O.C."Exposure (E! Online)E! Online - Mischa Barton was apparently channeling her inner Janet Jacksonduring a very revealing scene in last week's episode of TheO.C..Koppel Bidding Farewell to'Nightline'(AP)AP - The Ted Koppel era on ABC's "Nightline" ends with his farewell Tuesday night after 25 years of offering a serious alternative to late-night laughs.Trio Punches Clock for"24"(E! […]

Loral emerges from bankruptcy protection (AFP via Yahoo! News)Satellite maker Loral Space and Communications said it emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after a reorganization of nearly two-and-a-half years.XM kicks off satellite radio era in Canada with launch of service today (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)XM Canada today announced the launch of Canada's first satellite […]

NewSat sets new standards in the Middle East/Africa for satellite services (AME Info)NewSat is proud to announce new and improved contention rates for satellite services in the Middle East and Africa.Forecast Good For Launch Of Europe's Latest MSG Weather Satellite (SpaceDaily)Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Nov 21, 2005 - The successful launch of Ariane 5 Flight […]

Iran's satellite manufacturing to remain a dream (IranMania.com)LONDON, November 22 (IranMania) - Iran does not play a role in manufacturing and launching its own satellites, said one of the founders of Iran?s Aerospace Organization, adding that the country can only a user of satellite services, said ILNA.

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 […]

China Nature Adopts FTSE Xinhua Indices to Launch First Ever Core-Satellite Fund in China (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)FTSE Xinhua Index , the leading China index provider, and China Nature Asset Management Co., Ltd , have signed a licensing agreement to launch the first core-satellite fund- China Nature Core-Satellite fund in China on Nov. 21, […]

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.Bands on the RunReality TV: If video did indeed kill the radio star, then […]

Was Blake Verdict'Celebrity Justice'? (AP)AP - When a civil jury found actor Robert Blake liable for his wife's murder after he had been acquitted of criminal charges, O.J. Simpson saw parallels to his own trials of the 1990s.Veteran Actor Harold Stone, 92, Dies (AP)AP - Harold Stone, a veteran character actor who worked with everyone […]

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.Big BrotherReality TV: Ten strangers, three months and one network that has taken the […]

Was Blake Verdict'Celebrity Justice'? (AP)AP - When a civil jury found actor Robert Blake liable for his wife's murder after he had been acquitted of criminal charges, O.J. Simpson saw parallels to his own trials of the 1990s.Nikki Reed hits the beach in'O.C.'(Reuters)Reuters - Nikki Reed, the star ofthe acclaimed indie feature "thirteen," is set […]

TV Highlights and Lowlights for Week Ahead (AP)AP - Taking their own expert measure of Hurricane Katrina (including its prelude and aftermath), PBS series"NOVA"and"Frontline"team up with a pair of documentaries Tuesday. Each in its own way probes the failures in organization, engineering and leadership that brought about the worst natural disaster in U.S. history.Lessons aplenty […]

"Lost"Finds Its Calling (E! Online)E! Online - Lost has already made its mark on the small screen. Nowit's heading to the really small screen.Chris Coppola hangs HD'Portraits'in Wal-Mart (Reuters)Reuters - Filmmaker ChristopherCoppola is using high-definition television to highlight thestories of everyday people and screen them in the very settingthey might frequent in the course of […]

China kung fu temple switches on to reality TV (Reuters)Reuters - China's ancient Shaolin Temple, madefamous in the West by Grasshopper in the 1970s"Kung Fu"television series, is entering the age of reality TV with ashow its own.Chapman Recounts Lennon Murder (E! Online)E! Online - To hear his killer tell it, John Lennon didn't stand a […]