ABC News courting next generation on Internet (Reuters)Reuters - As the news networks come to grips with the digital revolution, ABC News is merging the old and new world every day with an original newscast whose primary audience have video iPods.Chad Lowe Ticks to"24"(E! Online)E! Online - […]

Sound check at VH1Reality TV: Cabler cues a reality slate — VH1 has greenlit six primetime firstrun series for the first quarter, all reality shows dealing with music celebrities ranging from Queen Latifah and Jeff Timmons to Irv Gotti and Cisco Adler.

Zenit puts U.S. satellite into orbit (Interfax)MOSCOW. Oct 31 (Interfax-AVN) - An XM-4 satellite, launched with a Zenit Russian-Ukrainian launch vehicle early on Tuesday, has been put into orbit, Russia's Mission Control in Korolyov told Interfax-AVN. "The orbit parameters are close to the targets.Satellite radio stocks set for seasonal bounce (Reuters via Yahoo! News)With the […]

Why The Big Jump in XM Satellite Radio? (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)Eric Savitz submits: XM Satellite Radio shares jumped $1.37, or nearly 13% Friday to $11.94 on volume of more than 25 million shares, or more than triple its daily average. The obvious question: Why?

Globalstar seeks return amid parade of satellite hopefuls (Market Watch)NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Globalstar Inc. has designs on again becoming a publicly held company, some than four years after its predecessor filed for bankruptcy, as part of a mini-flurry of satellite-oriented initial public offerings on deck this week.Why The Big Jump in XM Satellite Radio? […]

"Tonight Show"Accused of Favoring the Governator (E! Online)E! Online - Usually actors use a late-night talk show to announce that they're engaged, or that their wives are pregnant, or that they're really, really sorry for having been caught with that hooker.Oprah gives audience members debit cards […]

Harris Corporation Team Completes Cutover of FAA's Legacy Satellite System to New FTI Network (FinanzNachrichten)WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Harris Corporation ( Nachrichten ) today announced that it has successfully completed the cutover of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) legacy satellite network, FAATSAT, to the new FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) satellite network, or FTI-SAT.Eutelsat confirme […]

Satellite radio stocks set for seasonal bounce (Reuters via Yahoo! News)With the gift-giving season just around the corner, some Wall Street analysts are suggesting that the time might finally have come to buy the woefully underperforming satellite radio stocks again.

Reality psychic show predictably dubious (Reuters)Reuters -"Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead"is a six-part reality series about a woman who saw a market niche — no women on TV taking meetings with dead people — and decided to fill it.U.S. TV broadcasts leaving some Cubans in the […]

"Development"duo taking aim at bureaucrats (Reuters)Reuters - After skewering affluenza in Orange County, the creator of"Arrested Development"has set his sights on bureaucratic ineptitude.Networks hedge bets on new shows (Reuters)Reuters - Four more new series — ABC's"Help Me Help You,""The Nine"and"Men in Trees"and […]

China puts communications satellite into orbit (India Daily)China launched a domestically produced communications satellite into orbit Sunday to provide wider and more advanced television services across the country, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.China launches first direct broadcasting satellite (AFP via Yahoo! News)China reportedly successfully launched its first direct broadcasting satellite into space aboard a […]

China launches communications satellite (Reuters via Yahoo! News)China put a communications and broadcast satellite into orbit on Sunday, the latest in a 10-year string of successful space launches, the official Xinhua news agency said.Satellite will expand TV coverage (China Daily)China's first direct broadcast satellite, to be launched this weekend, will beam TV programmes to the […]

China launches communications satellite (Yahoo! India News)Beijing, Oct 29 (DPA) China launched a high-power communications and broadcast satellite into orbit on Sunday, continuing its successful programme of launches, state media said.Report: China puts communications satellite into orbit (The Star Online)BEIJING (AP): China launched a domestically produced communications satellite into orbit Sunday to provide wider and […]

China launches first direct broadcasting satellite (AFP via Yahoo! News)China reportedly successfully launched its first direct broadcasting satellite into space aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket.Satellite will expand TV coverage (China Daily)China's first direct broadcast satellite, to be launched this weekend, will beam TV programmes to the most remote countryside and shed light on the […]

"Grey's"Dempsey, Washington Get Physical (E! Online)E! Online - Come Emmy season, does a series win extra points if its characters engage in some off-camera drama of their own?"Tonight Show"Accused of Favoring the Governator (E! Online)E! Online - Usually actors use a late-night talk […]

Fox wears Thursday ratings crown with Game 4 (Reuters)Reuters - The Fox network is likely to be crowned the winner of Thursday night's prime-time ratings race with the rain-delayed World Series Game 4 competing against a lineup mostly of repeats.(AP)AP - Jay-Z has no problem with people […]

"Tonight Show"Accused of Favoring the Governator (E! Online)E! Online - Usually actors use a late-night talk show to announce that they're engaged, or that their wives are pregnant, or that they're really, really sorry for having been caught with that hooker.Dick Clark returning for'07 show […]

Karnataka plans five satellite cities to decongest Bangalore (New Kerala)Bangalore, Oct 27: The Karnataka government has decided to set up five satellite cities around Bangalore to decongest India's silicon hub and attract investments in the knowledge sector in the IT-savvy state.Comcast Says Competition From Satellite Operators Helps (ContactMusic)Competition from satellite operators forced cable companies to […]

NBC rejects TV ads for Dixie Chicks film (Reuters)Reuters - Citing its policy barring ads dealing with"public controversy,"the NBC network said on Friday it rejected a TV commercial for a new film documenting the furor over the Dixie Chicks'criticism of President George W. Bush.Fox wears Thursday […]

'Big Brother' may cost Four moreReality TV: B'caster forced to pay big bucks for reality skein — U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 could be forced to pay£70 million ($132 million) to retain reality hit "Big Brother" when its deal with production company Endemol ends next year.'Dancing' stars hit the roadReality TV: Cross-country tour to begin in […]