TV News: Will net find itself in a good Situation with skein? — “Jersey Shore” is heading for Italy in an audacious attempt by MTV to lure Italo auds with subtitled guidos and guidettes.

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MTV Italia airs ‘Shore’
TV News: Will net find itself in a good Situation with skein? — “Jersey Shore” is heading for Italy in an audacious attempt by MTV to lure Italo auds with subtitled guidos and guidettes.

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MTV Italia airs ‘Shore’
TV News: ‘Sex and the City,’ ‘The X-Files’ among successful leaps — We know that few are better at stopping a nuclear explosion or saving a president’s life than Jack Bauer.

TV News: Cable providers had argued that rules were outdated — Major cable providers lost a key battle with government regulators on Friday, as a federal appeals court ruled that companies like Cablevision and Comcast must continue to make programming they own available to satellite companies.

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Court upholds FCC ban on cable contracts
TV News: Fines pile up as web pulls political ads and bows Hi-TV — Mexico’s no. 2 broadcaster TV Azteca has seen its legal woes go from bad to worse in recent weeks.

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Azteca raises ire of government agencies
TV News: Telepics drop Mafia theme for more uplifting subjects — Italo media mogul-turned-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi made international headlines recently when he slammed local pics and TV dramas about the Mafia, calling them an “ugly trend” that gives Italy a “negative image abroad.”

TV News: Net’s contract up as changes to tournament loom — Ah, March Madness and the NCAA basketball tournament — TV’s ticket to hoops heaven. The buzzer beaters

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CBS ponders basketball future
TV News: Logistics, high costs derail discussions for scripted series — The Bachelor” women tell all. The “Survivor” tribes gather live for one final ceremony. But where’s the on-air postgame discussion for scripted series?

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Where are the post-show specials?
TV News: NBC’s ‘The Marriage Ref’ down 21% in key demo — This week’s “American Idol” results show, which produced the 12 finalists for this year’s competition, lifted Fox to a primetime victory among adults 18-49 on an uneventful Thursday, according to preliminary nationals from Nielsen.

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‘American Idol’ tops Thursday ratings
TV News: Youth drama to recast for second time — The high-profile, award-winning British teen TV drama “Skins” has been commissioned for another two series in Blighty.

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Channel 4 rolls with more ‘Skins’
TV News: Service to be carried on BSkyB, Virgin, Freeview — U.K. terrestrial giant ITV is to finally bow an HD channel on local payboxes BSkyB and Virgin Media following lengthy negotiations.

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ITV launches first HD channel