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TLC and Real Simple has announced that REAL SIMPLE. REAL LIFE., will be premiered on Saturday October 18, 2008 at 8 PM ET/PT. Brand New Entertainment with Executive Producers Jude Weng and Fernando Mills has produced the series REAL SIMPLE. REAL LIFE. for TLC and Real Simple. Kit Hoover to host the show will help women to make life easier by tackling their daily challenges and sharing strategies.

A working mother of three, REAL SIMPLE. REAL LIFE., will pair each week’s makeover subject with a team of experts who will assess the challenges and share accessible solutions to help get these families back on track. Kit, who made her television debut as an original member of the series ROAD RULES, and was a recent correspondent for the TV GUIDE network, will connect the makeover subjects with the series experts, including:

Makeup - Ashlee Barnes
Food - Nate Lyon
Design - Gia Russo
Fitness - Lana Titus
Fashion - Sam Saboura
Finance - Farnoosh Torabi
Organization - Jodie Watson
Career & Life Coach - Nicole Williams

“Each week we’ll feature a comprehensive, 360-degree lifestyle makeover, using best-in-class experts in a variety of areas to help our real women identify their day-to-day challenges, and offer realistic solutions and ‘aha’ tips to help them live an even better life. Viewers at home will identify with these women and be impacted by the makeovers,” explains Executive Producer Jude Weng. “We embrace the reality that it’s not about making the perfect meal or having the most organized closet; we’re working with them to make time-saving changes that will let them add more of the fun ‘me’ time they’re craving back into their lives.”

Verizon’s FiOS TV is launching 75 new channels, including 55 additional high-definition (HD) channels in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. FiOS TV says that they offer more than 480 high-definition choices; with a total of 85 HD channels and more than 400 HD video-on-demand (VOD) titles offered each month in this area. Verizon also claims that they have more HD offering to consumers than Comcast, Charter, RCN and Cox Communications. Verizon also have plans to deliver all major programming in HD by year-end, with its continuous HD expansion. FiOS TV subscribers in Massachusetts and Rhode Island will now have a total of 85 HD channels new HD channels include:
Animal Planet
Bravo
CNBC
CNN
History Channel
Lifetime
SCI FI
Science Channel
Smithsonian Channel
TBS
TLC
USA and
Weather Channel
FiOS TV also offers 11 new channels from Cinemax and 13 new channels from HBO in high-definition and further FiOS TV’s Movie Package includes 13 new HD channels from The Movie Channel, Starz and Showtime, including The Movie Channel Xtra, Starz Edge, Starz Comedy, Starz Kids and Family, Showtime, Showtime Showcase, Showtime Extreme and Showtime 2.
“FiOS TV is the only service to consider if you want the ultimate HD experience,” said Bob Driscoll, Verizon vice president of sales and marketing in New England. “With our increased number of HD channels, along with HD video-on-demand programming and our current HD DVR and premium movie promotion, we’re blowing cable away.”

Chicago’s leading morning television show, Chicago’s WGN Morning News will broadcast Julian’s Band “Lights” by Journey at 8 AM CST morning show. The Worlds Most Talented Kid Julian Pavone at the age of 2 1/2 became “The World’s Youngest Drummer,” will perform the show on August 29 at Chicago’s WGN Morning News.
Four year old, Julian Pavone has made headlines around the world, has appeared on 29 TV shows, including “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” “Good Morning America,” “Martha Stewart,” “Inside Edition,” “MSNBC,” “WGN,” “FOX News Dayside” and “Good Company.” He has also starred in a television show pilot, “Finding Julian’s Band” and was featured in a Korean documentary produced by Seoul Broadcasting Systems in 2007.

The New York Television Festival (NYTVF) and its partners ABC, FOX, CBS, Media Rights Capital, The CW, NBC and HBO have announced the programming lineup for the NYTVF’s third annual Premiere Week screening series, taking place September 12-17. Following are expected shows of this season:

ABC - Life on Mars
FOX - Fringe
CBS - Worst Week
The CW and Media Rights Capital - Easy Money
NBC - Life and
HBO - The Life and Times of Tim

“In its third year, Premiere Week has established itself as a valuable way for networks to introduce their new Fall shows with the hottest buzz to trendsetting New York audiences,” said NYTVF founder Terence Gray. “We are thrilled to feature new programs from all of the major broadcast networks and a major premium network at this year’s Premiere Week.”

After Congress mandated the conversion to all-digital television broadcasting before February 17, 2009, satellite television providers and Cable operators are gearing up in helping consumers in digital transition. Now DISH Network has announced two more affordable solutions for consumers affected by the upcoming digital transition. Following are the two options suggested by the country’s third largest
pay-TV provider:

DISH Network has announced that digital-to-analog converter box, TR-40 CRA, an entry level is launched for sale with the providers’ retailers and consumers may also join DISH Network’s recently-introduced American or Latino Welcome Packs. The analog converter box adds to DISH Network’s programming lineup of digital-to-analog converter boxes and also has unique analog pass-through feature, an easy-to-follow setup wizard, an electronic program guide with up to seven days of program listings, parental controls, program search, auto tune timers for program recording on a connected VCR, closed caption support, a remote control and signal strength screen pop-ups that can troubleshoot lost signals.

Another option for the consumers to get ready with the digital transition is to subscribe to pay television. The satcaster offers many programming packages that suits the consumers budget as they have various options like DISH Network American and Latino Welcome Packs, DishFAMILY package and DISH Network’s new TurboHD programming packages.

“We made a commitment to sell a $40 coupon-eligible converter box — making it free when a government coupon is applied — and are delivering on that commitment with our entry-level TR-40 CRA,” said Tom Stingley, executive vice president of Sales and Distribution for DISH Network. “Our digital-to-analog converter boxes, along with the $9.99 programming package solutions, are additional ways DISH Network is making high quality TV more accessible to consumers nationwide.”

Inaugural National Youth Baseball Championships to be played on Thursday, August 21 through Sunday, 24 premiering 16 teams from nine states in Gameday Baseball’s First Tennessee Fields in Memphis, Tennessee. Major Youth Baseball Alliance (MYBA) organizes National Youth Baseball Championships and MYBA is formed by eight major youth organizations like American Amateur Baseball Congress (AABC), Amateur Athletic Union of the United States (AAU), National Amateur Baseball Federation (NABF), Babe Ruth Baseball, Dixie Youth Baseball, United States Specialty Sports Association (USSA), PONY Baseball and Super Series Baseball of America.

Major League Baseball’s MLB.com will broadcast live video of these games on MLB TV and will broadcast on Saturday and Sunday the semi-final and championship rounds.

Eddie Einhorn, Vice Chairman of the Chicago White Sox and founder of the MYBA said “I am thrilled that MLB.com has stepped up to provide national exposure for these long-established youth baseball organizations that will be competing in the National Youth Baseball Championships, All of the teams coming to Memphis are already champions of their own organizations and it will be exciting to see them compete for a national championship.”

The first channel dedicated to covering every aspect of the angling and sport fishing industry World Fishing Network (WFN), owned by Insight Sports Ltd. has announced that the channel is launched in high-definition to Verizon FiOS TV customers on channel 597 in the New York City Metro market areas. The programming includes parts of the five boroughs, Long Island, the suburbs just north of the city, and northern New Jersey. World Fishing Network HD delivers programming that includes American and Canadian angling, saltwater and freshwater fishing, professional competitions, expert advice, international tournaments, travel destinations and conservation.

“There are more than 50 million sport fishing enthusiasts in North America looking for a dedicated television network devoted exclusively to angling and related lifestyle programming in high-definition,” said Mark Rubinstein, President of WFN. “By partnering with Verizon FiOS TV, we are answering the call from the legions of fishing enthusiasts in the New York City Metro area who have been very vocal about wanting programming that serves their interests.”

The leader in women’s television Lifetime Networks will launch multi-platform 14th annual Stop Breast Cancer for Life campaign in October. Lifetime Networks to broadcast Lifetime Original Movie ‘Living Proof’ during the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Produced by Renee Zellweger, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, and Sony Pictures Television is a true story Dr. Dennis Slamon, the UCLA doctor who helped develop the revolutionary breast cancer drug, Herceptin, and his effort to keep the drug trials afloat and save the lives of thousands of women.

Amanda Bynes, Tammy Blanchard, Jennifer Coolidge, Angie Harmon, John Benjamin Hickey, Regina King, Swoosie Kurtz, Paula Cale Lisbe, Amy Madigan, Bernadette Peters and Trudie Styler also stars in the “Living Proof.”

Comcast is to launch 15 new high-definition channels in Chicago, Illinois on Aug. 19, 2008. Along with 14 other HD channels, Comcast will also launch Big Ten Network and with these new HD channels Chicago will have 54 HD channels in its programming line-up.
Big Ten Network HD
Bravo HD
Encore HD
Fox Business Network HD
Fox News Channel HD
Fuse HD
FX HD
Hallmark Movie Channel HD
Independent Film Channel HD
NBA TV HD
NHL Network HD
Speed Channel HD
WE HD and
Weather Channel HD

Comcast Corporation has launched ten new high-definition (HD) channels in Pennsylvania. Leading cable operator has announced on Aug. 14 that the new HD channels will add more family-friendly, educational and entertainment programming to its high-definition offering. Comcast also announced the launch of nine new HD Channels in Vermont. As announced earlier, Comcast is providing these new channels to expand its HD library and to offer 1,000 HD choices by the end of the year.

Comcast’s ten new HD channels on HD programming lineup are as follows:

AMC HD offers award-winning entertainment such as Mad Men along with the network’s library of popular movies and Hollywood

Animal Planet HD presents fans of the network’s animal-inspired programming, including Meerkat Manor, Orangutan Island, Lemur Kingdom and Escape to Chimp Eden, to view the channel’s original series and specials in HD.

Big Ten Network HD covers the Big Ten Conference and its 11-member institutions, Big Ten Network HD features unprecedented access to hundreds of conference sporting events each year, original campus programming and much more.

CNN Watching CNN in HD is an eye-grabbing experience that you won’t want to miss. CNN delivers the latest breaking news and information on the latest top.

Fox New Channel HD provides all the news and information in a fair and balanced format. You’ll get live news updates 24 hours a day, plus programming on key issues and events in politics, business, family, health and medicine, sports and entertainment.

FX HD a dynamic network famous for its daring original programs, distinctive acquired series and cutting-edge comedies. Its acclaimed original series include Rescue Me, Nip/Tuck, and The Shield.

The History Channel HD reveals the power and passion of history as an inviting place where people experience history personally and connect their own lives to the great lives and events of the past.

NHL Network HD devoted to National Hockey League and die-hard hockey fans now will have access to the ultimate hockey sports lineup with the launch of the NHL Network in both SD and simulcast in HD. The NHL Network will broadcast 50 live regular-season games this season in addition to its daily live signature show NHL on the Fly, classic games, documentaries, instructional shows, highlights and more.

Speed Channel HD is fast-paced programming for auto, boating and aviation enthusiasts. Features vehicle industry news, historical documentaries, instructional programs for the consumer and live racing events from around the world.

The Weather Channel HD provides 24-hour reports on national and local weather forecast for cities national worldwide, special weather-related features and reports on unusual weather phenomena