Teens Choose Pirates, High School(E! Online)E! Online - Just what the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise needed: more booty.Sexuality on mtvU syllabus(Reuters)Reuters - MTV Networks' 24-hourcollege network, mtvU, unveiled its fall programming slateMonday, including the new series"Sex Cred With Dr. Ruth" andthe student-produced"How Do I Say This? I'm Gay."Kid Nation Meets Adult World(E! Online)E! Online […]

Sexuality on mtvU syllabus(Reuters)Reuters - MTV Networks' 24-hourcollege network, mtvU, unveiled its fall programming slateMonday, including the new series"Sex Cred With Dr. Ruth" andthe student-produced"How Do I Say This? I'm Gay."Logue goes to head of class in Fox series(Reuters)Reuters - Donal Logue, whorecently starred in ABC's short-lived comedy"The Knights ofProsperity," will play a bad-boy literary […]

Navteq Announces Digital Terrain Model and Satellite Imagery (GPS World)Digital map data supplier Navteq this week launched a digital terrain model along with satellite imagery, suggesting that these will enable richer, more realistic map displays in location-based and navigation applications.College Football Kicks Off on XM Satellite Radio with the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big […]

Lifetime boosts reality team with hireReality TV: Varo to handle development for network — Lifetime is expanding its reality team, hiring CBS exec Sandy Varo to a top post.MTV's 'Punk'd' goes into syndicationReality TV: Kutcher's reality show to air reruns in fall 2008 — "Punk'd," the MTV reality show that uses hidden cameras to play […]

DataPath Wins $7.8 Million Contract to Support U.S. CENTCOM Satellite Communications Hubs (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)DataPath, Inc., a leading provider of satellite and wireless communications networks around the world, has been awarded a $7.8 million contract to provide field services for a critical network of 32 DataPath Deployable Ku Band Earth Terminals in the […]

Walla!-YES venture makes Bezeq an Internet player (Globes Online)Internet portal Walla! and satellite broadcaster YES, both Bezeq units, are launching an advertising-financed content site.Mosport: Acura Teams race report (Motorsport.com)Andretti Green Racing drivers Marino Franchitti and Bryan Herta drove the No.26 XM Satellite Radio Acura ARX-01a prototype in a sensational fashion Sunday in the Grand Prix […]

Sony PSP to launch satellite navigation (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)Sony Corp plans to sell a satellite navigation accessory from February 2008 that turns its handheld PSP games console into a navigation device.Satellite TV aims for backseat viewers (Eagle-Tribune Online)Playing backseat movies on road trips and even while riding around town has become popular, especially among […]

Nancy, Lionsgate plot 'Nut' job for TVReality TV: Reality show based on comic author's books — Jerry Seinfeld's good pal Ted L. Nancy is once again plotting a move into television, this time in conjunction with Lionsgate.'Hell's Kitchen' fires up finaleReality TV: Reality show ends summer run on top — Fox's "Hell's Kitchen" ended its […]

Risk-taking comes with the territory in"Lockup"(Reuters)Reuters - Chances are, field crewsworking on most unscripted programs don't continually put theirlives — or their subjects' lives — in as much danger as thepeople behind MSNBC's documentary series"Lockup."British TV network axes Celebrity Big Brother 2008(Reuters)Reuters - Britain's Channel 4 said on Friday ithas scrapped next year's"Celebrity Big Brother," […]

MTV's 'Punk'd' goes into syndicationReality TV: Kutcher's reality show to air reruns in fall 2008 — "Punk'd," the MTV reality show that uses hidden cameras to play pranks on celebrities, is going into TV syndication as a rerun half-hour in fall 2008.Ventriloquist wins 'Talent' contestReality TV: Puppet master takes trophy in NBC show — Working […]

Promofilm catches 'Bee'Reality TV: Company lands format rights — Promofilm has acquired format rights to “The Singing Bee” for Latin America and is preparing to produce the first versions in Argentina and Chile.E! sets Kim Kardashian showReality TV: Unscripted comedy to revolve around socialite — Forget Paris — E! is now all about Kim. As […]

Sony PSP to launch satellite navigation (The West Australian)Sony Corp plans to sell a satellite navigation accessory from February 2008 that turns its handheld PSP games console into a navigation device, the company announced at the Leipzig Games Convention on Wednesday.Blue Sky Network and Iridium Provide British Ministry of Defense Satellite-Based Flight … (ThomasNet)LA JOLLA, […]

Ebert: No thumbs, up or down, on TV show(AP)AP - Roger Ebert has turned thumbs down on thumb reviews for"At the Movies with Ebert& Roeper."New Fox cop drama"K-Ville" gets Web peek(Reuters)Reuters - Fox Broadcasting Co. haspremiered its police drama"K-Ville" online ahead of itsSeptember 17 broadcast debut.TV Lookout: Highlights for Aug 26-Sept 1(AP)AP - With another […]

A Roundhouse Blow to Hannah Montana(E! Online)E! Online - What do a cult-favorite 1990s kids' TV show and current tween hit Hannah Montana have in common? According to a new lawsuit, a brain.Bob Saget revels in naughty words(Reuters)Reuters - Success continues toscrew with Bob Saget's head.British TV network axes Celebrity Big Brother 2008(Reuters)Reuters - Britain's […]

Housing woes affect reality showsReality TV: Cable's real estate series redraw blueprints — As the housing market shifts, so does cable's cottage industry of real estate shows.E! sets Kim Kardashian showReality TV: Unscripted comedy to revolve around socialite — Forget Paris — E! is now all about Kim. As it bids farewell to "The Simple […]

Globetrotters get dose of realityReality TV: Basketball franchise headed for small screen — The Harlem Globetrotters are partnering with “Hell’s Kitchen” producer A. Smith&Co., signing a deal with the company to develop smallscreen properties linked to the 81-year-old basketball franchise’s brand.Ventriloquist wins 'Talent' contestReality TV: Puppet master takes trophy in NBC show — Working with […]

Anchorwoman Away at Fox(E! Online)E! Online - Maybe if it were more Naked News than Broadcast News viewers might have cared.Hasselhoff accepts libel damages(AP)AP - David Hasselhoff accepted libel damages Friday from the publisher of magazines that accused him of being drunk and abusive in a Hollywood nightclub.Rugby World Cup gaining wide popularity(Reuters)Reuters - The […]

ABC greenlights 'Newlyweds'Reality TV: Blumenfield, Marsh exec producing show — ABC has greenlit production on "Here Come the Newlyweds," a six-episode skein the producers are calling reality TV's version of a romantic comedy.

DeSanto joins reality brigadeReality TV: Producer pacts with 44 Blue for 'Declassified' — "Transformers" producer Tom DeSanto is getting into the reality TV biz, pacting with 44 Blue Prods. to develop a military-themed docudrama dubbed "Declassified."Darnell signs new deal with FoxReality TV: Reality guru snags president title, more coin — After seriously flirting with several […]

China nips and tucks transsexual TV(Reuters)Reuters - Not content with banning"vulgar"reality TV shows, China's culture guardians have addedtranssexuals and plastic surgery patients to the burgeoninghit-list of proscribed content on the country's airways.