The new CW network will present the most popular shows from UPN and WB, while trying to lure viewers under 35

ABC and CBS have signed up some familiar names to underwrite the networks' HDTV programming for the upcoming season. Zenith will sponsor the HDTV programming costs for ABC and will partner with Samsung to sponsor hi-def costs for CBS. In addition, ABC says it will expand its HDTV lineup to include all scripted series

AZCAR has been contracted by Turner Entertainment Networks (TEN) to design a new HDTV network that will launch in the first half of 2004 and originate from TEN's Atlanta headquarters. AZCAR completed the conceptual design of the automated, video server-based facility in 1999-2001, which now originates all Turner Enter

The WB network's Distribution Department recently upgraded the title of Hal Protter to senior vice president, Distribution Development, in order to reflect his work in keeping the network and its affiliates up-to-date technologically, particularly with HDTV and digital signals. He will continue his work as the network

iN Demand plans to kick off its first HDTV channel, INHD, on Sept. 1 and may ultimately have as many as three HDTV channels showing movies, sports and general entertainment. The network has already delivered a live hi-def broadcast of the 2003 NBA All Star Game and several HD VOD movies are scheduled for the upcoming m

The WB network has chosen KTech's Integrated Receiver Decoder, the DVM-100, for all its stations, KTech announced. KTech calls the decoder, also known as the 8-VSB Professional Reference Receiver, the "Swiss Army Knife" of receivers because the unit can handle a wide range of inputs and can create a wide range of outp

In a first for a broadcast network, America Online is teaming up with The WB to stream a preview of an upcoming network series exclusively on AOL's broadband service. A commercial-free episode of "Jack & Bobby," will be available online and on-demand exclusively for AOL for Broadband subscribers starting sometime late

Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution says it teamed with Pathfire to successfully initiate the first -ever digital IP store-and-forward delivery of "for-air" syndicated programming in the U.S. and Canada. Using Pathfire's Digital Media Gateway technology, WB is transmitting "The Drew Carey Show," "Street Smar