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AP - "Star Trek Online" is finally going warp speed ahead.

Reuters - ABC will carry the Indianapolis 500 through 2012, marking nearly 50 years that the network has televised the race.

Reuters - Beach volleyball's popularity has created something of a love-hate relationship with television.

Reuters - Ryan Seacrest has been named permanent co-host of ABC's "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," three years after the ubiquitous broadcaster stepped into the breach when Clark suffered a stroke.

Reuters - Martin Scorsese is in negotiations to make a rare foray into television by directing HBO's drama pilot "Boardwalk Empire," which chronicles the 1920s origins of Atlantic City.

Reuters - NBC's Olympic ratings fortunes and ad sales bounty are riding in part on the broad shoulders of a 23-year-old swimmer who will be going for a record eight gold medals.

As the L-Word enters its final season, television networks might have found their replacement with The Seer (www.watchtheseer.com). (PRWeb Aug 8, 2008)

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Job Search Television Network, a new cable channel that launched in the Chicago market in July, is using TV to reinvent the traditional job search. Television distribution has allowed JSTN to take want ads and on-line job boards to the next level by featuring the company-behind-the-job. With the appeal of television and mainstream exposure, JSTN shows all the signs of building steady momentum among viewers and is already preparing to expand into other markets with plans to become a national network on Comcast. (PRWeb Aug 7, 2008)

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Online poker site UltimateBet on board as sponsor of casino night to benefit Eva Longorias charity organization (PRWeb Aug 7, 2008)

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The Weather Channel and weather.com Keep Tabs on Weathers Influence on the Beijing Games. (PRWeb Aug 7, 2008)

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CDNetworks Hybrid Live Streaming service will deliver the first buffer-free, HD-grade, peer-assisted live Internet broadcast for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games website of SBS, a top Korean broadcaster. The service will be based on the comprehensive technology partnership between CDNetworks and Octoshape. (PRWeb Aug 8, 2008)

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YourMilitary.com has announced the winners of the military spouse contest occasioned by Season 2 of Lifetime TVs ARMY WIVES. In addition, this military relocation service is now offering a free estate planning special report for military personnel prepared by Mitchell R. Miller, attorney at law, of EstatePlanningforYou.com. (PRWeb Aug 8, 2008)

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