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"Zombieland" director weighs flurry of offers Steven Zeitchik LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - With the undead of "Zombieland" stalking the box office, one person involved with the picture may be enlivened more than any Comcast Splices VOD Ads in Fla. Multichannel News Comcast's Jacksonville, Fla., system has gone live with a dynamic-advertising system that can insert ads on the fly into video-on-demand content. The MSO officially launched the VOD ad-insertion system, supplied by BlackArrow, on June 22. For now, Comcast is inserting 15-, 20- and 30-second promos for PBS Kids Sprout and FearNet — two networks in which it holds an ownership..... Carrie Underwood headlines Fox variety show Nellie Andreeva LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Country star Carrie Underwood is returning to Fox, the network that catapulted her to stardom with "American idol," to host "Reno 911!" stars bring comedy to NBC Nellie Andreeva LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Two months after he broke the news of his Comedy Central show "Reno 911!" coming to an end, series star/co-creator Thomas Le TLC Charts Life-Changing 'Plane Crash Survivors' Special?? Multichannel News
TLC has commissioned a show looking at the "life-changing" effects of surviving a plane crash, according to the show's producers.UK producer Darlow Smithson Productions (Discovery Channel's "Stephen Hawking's Universe") said Tuesday the cable channel has ordered the one-off doc, Plane Crash Survivors, with TLC's Sandra Brown executive producing along with Viv McGrath fo..... ALN To Air Controversial Docs About Radical Islam The Third Jihad, Obsession Have Stirred Protest Over Images Multichannel News
AmericanLife Network will give two controversial documentaries about
radical Islam their world TV premieres.
The Third Jihad: Radical Islam's Vision for America will premiere first, on Sunday, Oct. 18,
at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT while Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West
will premiere Sunday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
Obs..... Lauren Corrao Exits Comedy Central Original programming topper exits post Broadcasting & Cable
Lauren Corrao is stepping down from her post as prexy of original programming for Comedy Central after seven years with the cabler.
Corrao intends to return to her roots as a p..... Intel Chips In For Amino Set-top maker uses new CE chip Broadcasting & Cable
IPTV set-top manufacturer Amino Communications announced that it has developed an IPTV set-top that uses Intel’s Atom Processor CE4100, the system-on-chip based on the Intel Atom core and architecture which is aimed at consumer electronics devices. It demonstrated the device at Intel’s recent Developers Forum.
The new Intel chip, formerly codenamed “Sodavi..... TBS Delivers Double-Digit Gains Through First Five Days Of Division Series Dozen Telecasts Produce 4.73 Million-Viewer Average Multichannel News
Baseball's been good to TBS over the first five days of its exclusive coverage of the Division Series, with the network hitting double-digit gains in ratings and viewers over the comparable stage of last year's postseason. Covering the 12 games played through Oct. 11, TBS averaged a 3.1 U.S. household rating, a 3.6 cable rating and 4.73 million viewers, according to Nielsen..... 'Girls Next Door,' 'Lamas' Debut Nicely For E! 'Knocked Up' Notches Top Spot In Network's Movie Franchise Multichannel News
The premiere of the sixth season of Girls Next Door, the debut of Leave It To Lamas and the network homecoming of theatrical Knocked Up netted strong performances for E! Sunday night.
The 10:30 p.m.season premiere of The Girls Next Door -- which showcased a new cast to replace the departing Kendra Wilkinson and Holly Madison -- became the highest..... Net Neutrality Opponents Continue to Press Case in Washington Phoenix Center bulletin warns that limits on net management burdensome to operators Broadcasting & Cable
Free market think tank Phoenix Center circulated a policy bulletin Monday, warning limits on network management could actually expand the digital divide, while free market think tank the American Consumer Institute (ACI) in a "consumergram" warned about applying new formal network openness rules to wireless as well as wired networks, as FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and his Democrat..... Cable Ratings: Ardi Discovers Viewers For Discovery 1.8 million viewers tune into special documentary Broadcasting & Cable
Discovering Ardi, a two hour special for Discovery Channel about Ardipithecus ramidus (or Ardi for short) a hominid that helps shed new light on human evolution, delivered solid numbers for the network Sunday, October 11.
Ardi drew 1.8 million viewers, including 859,000 P25-54 fro 9-11 p.m. That was despite a very small timeframe to promote the series, which had been in the..... ABC Orders Full Season of 'FlashForward' Sci-fi thriller has performed solidly in 8 p.m. time slot, topping the once-dominant 'Survivor' on CBS Broadcasting & Cable
ABC has ordered a full season of FlashForward. The Thursday night drama has performed solidly in its 8 p.m. time slot, topping the once-dominant Survivor on CBS in the 18-49 demographic that advertisers pay a premium to reach.
Additionally, the show is showing an extra boost from DVR playback. The premiere of FlashForward added 2 million viewers (12.5 million to 14.5..... 'Real Housewives' Sold in More Than 60% of U.S. Franchise has been sold in more than 60% of country Broadcasting & Cable
Next fall broadcast syndication will get "real". Bravo’s breakout hit franchise The Real Housewives has been sold in more than 60% of the country and is set to launch on broadcast stations in fall 2010.
The series’ Monday-Friday off-net syndication debut has been sold by NBCU Domestic Television Distribution to local stations owned by NBC Local Media and ..... Cable Ratings: 'Knocked Up', New 'Girls Next Door,' Propel E! ???Leave It To Lamas??? premieres solid Broadcasting & Cable
The network premiere of Judd Apatow film Knocked Up, the season premiere of The Girls Next Door and the series premiere of Leave It to Lamas performed well for E! Entertainment Television Sunday, Oct. 11.
Knocked Up, starring Katherine Heigl who plays a staffer at E!, became the highest-rated and most-watched edition of the network’s “Movies We Love” franc..... Cable Ratings: 'Knocked Up, 'New 'Girls Next Door,' Propel E! ???Leave It To Lamas??? premieres solid Broadcasting & Cable
The network premiere of Judd Apatow film Knocked Up, the season premiere of The Girls Next Door and the series premiere of Leave It to Lamas performed well for E! Entertainment Television Sunday, Oct. 11.
Knocked Up, starring Katherine Heigl who plays a staffer at E!, became the highest-rated and most-watched edition of the network’s “Movies We Love” franc..... DirecTV Kicks Off Sophomore Season Of Ulimate Displaced Fan Search Most Obsessed Fan Will Win Trip To Super Bowl XLIV In Miami Multichannel News
Die-hard NFL fans, who are far removed from their favorite squads, can show their devotion and win a trip to Super Bowl XLIV in Miami.Zealots can show just how passionate they are about their club of choice by entering the "2009 DirecTV Ultimate Displaced Fan Search."For the second season, DirecTV, home to the league's out-of-market NFL Sunday Ticket package, is giving fans the c..... Starz Media Names Dixon SVP Of Distribution Exec Charged With Selling Starz Originals, Overture Films, Anchor Bay Properties Multichannel News
Alecia Dixon, senior vice president of international pay TV and digital media for MGM, has joined Starz Media to head up its expansion in domestic distribution.
As vice president, domestic TV sales, she will be responsible for selling titles from Starz Overture Films and Anchor Bay Entertainment, as well as Starz original productions.
She will also have oversig..... Discovery Provides Second Exec to Oprah's OWN Kathleen Kayse joins as EVP ad sales Broadcasting & Cable
Discovery Communications has drafted a second senior executive to work on Oprah Winfrey's yet-to-launch cable channel OWN. The two partners confirmed Monday (Oct. 12) Kathleen Kayse is the channels new executive-VP of ad sales.Kayse was previously head of digital media sales at Discovery. She will report to both Joe Abruzzese, president ad sales at Discovery Communications and Ch..... Primetime Ratings: 'Three Rivers' Swims Upstream New CBS medical drama remains in fourth but shows improvement over debut Broadcasting & Cable
CBS' freshman medical drama
Three Rivers
, which debuted with a disappointing 2.0/5 on Oct. 11, remained in fourth place in the 9 p.m. hour Sunday night, though it rose half a point to 2.5/6.
CBS was first at 7 p.m. with overrun of NFL games followed by 60 Minutes. The network registered a 6.6/19 and 20.7 million viewer.....
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