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During its presentation on Wednesday, College Sports Television (CSTV) Networks has announced its upcoming shows for next season. There will be four new offerings that will be seen only on CSTV.com broadband and five new original reality shows made for TV.

Marketing Vox reports:

"New broadband shows include The Brian Curtis Show; Tailgates and Traditions; Exit Stage Left; and trUe Story, which will use U-Wire service - CSTV's college newspaper wire - to uncover inside stories on college campuses.

"The fresh TV programming includes Coach for a Day, which follows sports stars as they coach their former college teams for a day; Brain Freeze, an academic quiz show for college athletes; The Big Whistle, where contestants fight for a Division 1 men's basketball coaching spot; The Write Stuff, in which sports reporters for college newspaper compete to work at Sports Illustrated; and Go Pro or Go Home, which introduces indoor volleyball players to the beach version of the sport."

Looking to extend its reach to a larger audience, the Sci Fi channel has lined up some new series with some big Hollywood names. Media Post reports:  "Freddie Prinze, Jr., "Will & Grace's" Eric McCormack, and Jesse Alexander - one... Continue Reading

Marvel, while making money on the majority of films, has taken in far more than could have from terrible deals made with the studios. Now they are taking a huge risk with potential great rewards as they have decided... Continue Reading

Catherine Zeta-Jones has become the celebrity of choice for companies looking for a big celebrity endorsements. With her $20 million contract with T-Mobile, she is the giant among all existing advertising deals by far. She is currently in the second... Continue Reading

With her past strategy aimed at women over 40, Martha Stewart is now entering into the younger female market with a new magazine called "Bluepring." Starting next Monday on May 1, "Stewart’s Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia will formally launch Blueprint,... Continue Reading

The huge and growing social-networking site MySpace.com is reportedly working on transforming its user-generated content into television programming according to MediaPost. Even now MySpace is growing at 230,000 new member a month to augment its current 77 million participants. Senior... Continue Reading

In a delayed reaction to the Sony-BMG merger, RCA Label Group Nashville and Sony Music Nashville have moved their separate operations under a single label now called Sony BMG Nashville. Former chairman of RLG Nashville Joe Galante, will head up... Continue Reading

Robin Schwartz, the third president of boutique TV studio Regency Television, is on a mission to assure that the “writers-driven studio” developed under Gail Berman, will thrive. Schwartz has learned many lessons from her early days in the business about... Continue Reading

Signatures Network, the artist licensing and merchandising company, has formed a new partnership with Major League Baseball's online marketing division, MLB Advanced Media. Reuters/Billboard reports that MLB.com will take care of the Web sites and online ticketing, fan clubs and... Continue Reading

This list below that was compiled by adweek, shows the top money earners among celebrities in the advertising world. One thought I had when I saw it is concerning comments that have been made concerning high-priced celebrities in the movie... Continue Reading

TVGuide.com is getting into the blogging act as it has launched what it is calling "one of the largest professional entertainment blog communities on the Internet," which was announced today by Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc.(NASDAQ: GMST). At this time there... Continue Reading

Where has all this push for writers to enter into this field come from?  "Shane Black, whose $4.5 million fee for "The Long Kiss Goodbye" kicked off the spec-script boom in 1996, remains especially upbeat about the profession, despite a... Continue Reading

In continuing our conversation about screenplays, we'll continue to look at the current landscape for all those that want to write a hit. An interesting reality concerning screenplay writing is that it is not just the amateurs that are looking... Continue Reading

Within the last ten years, things among writers have been changing. Around the mid-1990s is was still a goal of most writers to write the Great American Novel, to join the company of past greats. This great desire has dropped... Continue Reading

With Mariah Carey being the world's top-selling female artist, Pepsi(PBG) is now zeroing in on her current popularity having signed her to write and record 20 original cell phone ringtones via Motorola(MOT). I have to admit that I was somewhat... Continue Reading

The face of the new Philips(PHG) - a kinder and gentler technology? a Philips(PHG) the "diversified electronics" company is putting their boot in the faces of TV viewers as it has developed technology that will stop people from changing channels... Continue Reading

After a long wait, the first HD-DVD titles are ready to go on sale Tuesday, and in spite of a lot of speculation, the Toshiba (TOSBF.PK) players have arrived at some Best Buy stores and be available for sale at... Continue Reading

Michael Eisner former boss of Walt Disney Co.(DIS) and Time Warner Inc.(TWX) have together invested in an Internet start-up that focuses on video technology according to the two parties on Tuesday. Eisner who has an investment firm called The Tornante Co.... Continue Reading

Crown Media Holdings Inc.(CRWN), who has had rumors that it was going to sell the company, decided on Monday to stop the process after a long look at the overall situation. Crown Media Holdings owns the Hallmark channel as one of... Continue Reading

Codeblack Entertainment, an independent production company that was created to tell true-to-life stories about black America has released its first commercial film this weekend called Preaching to the Choir, which opened in 150 theatres. The movie presents the story about... Continue Reading