TV News: Broadcaster overwhelmed by number of Israeli films — Israeli producers have been told to hold off on pitching projects for the next two years to Arte, the publicly-owned French-German cultural TV channel, because of a backlog of co-productions from the country that are waiting to be broadcast.
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Arte puts Israeli pix on hold
TV News: Gralnick is trying to expand newsie’s global footprint — Now that MSNBC has spent some time in the No. 2 cable news slot ahead of older, more moneyed competish CNN (and behind perennial No.
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MSNBC sends exec on international mission
TV News: Direct relationship between number of games and ratings — Fox isn’t rooting for either the San Francisco Giants or Texas Rangers, but the net is hoping each team wins at least two games to extend the World Series into November.
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Fox hoping for long World Series
TV News: Director takes aim at Kiwi unions in TV interview — In a television interview in New Zealand overnight Peter Jackson has put the blame for “The Hobbit” crisis on a handful of actors who “do not actually understand the real repercussions and the situation.”
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Jackson blames thesps for ‘Hobbit’ crisis
TV News: Net will see its dues rise as it fills the void left by b’caster — PBS is racing to turn Orange County’s KOCE into its primary Los Angeles affiliate by the end of the year.
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KOCE set for PBS spotlight
TV News: Net will see its dues rise as it fills the void left by b’caster — PBS is racing to turn Orange County’s KOCE into its primary Los Angeles affiliate by the end of the year.
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KOCE set for PBS spotlight
American Idol 8 winner Kris Allen’s success as an artist might be indicated by his latest gig: He’s opening for Lifehouse during their fall tour. This follows his record low sales for his debut album last fall, although Kris does get to headline some shows: three, to be exact, in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Indiana. 19 Entertainment’s press release says “Kris is no stranger to being on the road, as he spent his summer headlining shows..
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Kris Allen’s status illustrated by his new gig: opening for Lifehouse
TV News: Sitcom shies away from right-wing bashing — Even God took a swipe at President George W. Bush, asking him to downplay their relationship in the pilot of “American Dad.”
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‘American Dad’ not as politcal anymore
TV News: Incentives have turned state into top production hub — At a time when Michigan’s hard-hit industrial economy continues to sputter, the klieg lights are on for the state’s new growth engine: entertainment. But while filming in the state has experienced an unprecedented boom, some wonder how long that growth can be sustained.
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Scout & About: Made in Michigan
American Idol 10 had its big reveal of its new judges at 1 p.m. ET, and streaming the event live was a colossal failure. The video didn’t start until minutes after the event apparently did, and once the video went live, there was no sound until the very end
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American Idol 10: now with more technical screw-ups, and some new judges
