TV News: Dish, Comcast grapple over net, Style; Sinclair, Time Warner Cable scuffle — There was smoke but no New Year’s Day fire from two TV carriage fights that went down to the wire this weekend.

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TV News: New series gets two-week jump on new season of ‘Idol’ — After years of playing off Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest on the “American Idol” stage, Paula Abdul will be in the smallscreen spotlight as the broadcast TV calendar turns to 2011 and a wave of premieres looks to find some January traction.

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TV News: Bob Kusbit to depart network at year’s end — CMT’s Bob Kusbit, the architect behind CMT’s unscripted expansion and recent move into scripted programming, is departing the network.

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CMT loses development topper
TV News: Experience brings its own set of advantages — We hear a lot in modern media discussions about “thinking outside the box.” The box is presumed to be old-fashioned — filled with people foolishly shackled by tradition.

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Mixed bag of results for out-of-the-box hires
Last week ended with big news in the reality TV world: Big Brother’s Brendon admitted to cheating on Rachel after his Skype affair with a woman was exposed on Twitter; that exposure included a naked picture of him. Meanwhile, Twitter is a little quieter now that several reality stars, including Ryan Seacrest, are still offline because their fans haven’t donated enough money to bring them back. But mostly, this week was marked with lots of..
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This week: Little People, Big World ends forever, Apprentice concludes, Katie Lee Joel returns on Top Chef
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Pit Bulls and Parolees ratings double during special episode, so Animal Planet giving $50K (Realityblurred.com)
TV News: Company may float Oz media business — PBL Media, owner of Nine Network, has been rebranded as Nine Entertainment Co., announced new topper David Gyngell on Thursday.

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PBL rebrands as Nine Ent. Co.
TV News: Israeli sitcom ‘Traffic Light’s’ comedy win augurs well for pickup — What’s good for the Israeli sitcom “Traffic Light” could also be good for Fox.

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IEmmy victory is hopeful ‘Signals’ for Fox
TV News: Gina Rinehart takes 10% stake in Oz broadcaster — In a surprise move, Aussie iron-ore heiress Gina Rinehart has made a raid on the Ten Network, taking a 10% stake in the broadcaster.

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