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NEW YORK: To promote its fall lineup, CBS is using new technology to run video advertising in an upcoming print edition of Entertainment Weekly, via tiny screens that will be embedded in the issue. The VIP (Video-in-Print) technology will be …

SINGAPORE: The Jay Leno Show, the highly anticipated variety show set to debut in NBC’s fall lineup, has been given an 11 p.m. slot Monday through Friday in Asia exclusively on Universal Channel. Universal Channel will air the show within …

NEW YORK/SAN BRUNO: Time Warner has agreed to make clips from a range of movies, TV shows and news reports available on YouTube, after launching a branded HBO channel on the video-sharing site last year. The agreement will allow Warner …

TORONTO: VisionTV is bringing back a host of comedy and drama titles for its fall lineup, and has also added new original factual offerings, all geared to viewers 45-plus. For 2009-2010, VisionTV will refresh its weeknight British comedy block with …

LONDON: Adding tens of thousands of hours of classic television and film clip content to its collection, ITN Source has signed an exclusive international program-clip archive representation deal with ITV Global Entertainment. ITN Source already represents Granada, Survival and LWT …

BALTIMORE: PBS KIDS is to feature a number of series that foster preschoolers’ science exploration in its fall lineup, while PBS KIDS GO! targets early elementary school kids with new literacy content. On September 7, the CGI-animated series Dinosaur Train …

NEW YORK: Don Hewitt, the creator and former executive producer of CBS’s long-running news magazine 60 Minutes, passed away yesterday at the age of 86. In this personal essay, Art Kane, a retired CBS News and CBS Broadcast International executive, reflects …

LOS ANGELES: CBS Fall Preview, a prime-time special looking at the network’s upcoming lineup, will be hosted by the stars of How I Met Your Mother, and will air on September 2. Airing at 8:30 p.m., CBS Fall Preview will …

OAKBROOK TERRACE: Redbox this morning announced that it has filed suit against Warner Home Video, taking issue with the studio’s new distribution terms. It has been a busy few weeks for the DVD kiosk operator as it takes on the …

NASHVILLE: Four international documentaries are to make their U.S. TV premieres on The Documentary Channel (DOC) in its Monday night Primetime Premieres lineup this September. DOC will present the U.S. TV premiere of The Water Project: Bahrain on September 7 …