This year's Summer Olympics is in Beijing, which is 12 hours ahead of EDT. Yep, that means many events will take place while Americans are sleeping. Of course, this isn't a new problem; it's happened many times before when the Olympics was held in locales with such a time differential.

FIRST LAUNCH IN WESTERN EUROPE

London – 9th May 2008 - KidsCo, the joint venture channel owned by leading media companies NBC Universal, DIC Entertainment (DIC) and Corus Entertainment Inc. (Corus), has launched in Spain via local operator Teuve. The new children’s and family channel will also see a VOD service following later this year.

MSN Health & Fitness and NBC's "The Biggest Loser" today announced "The Biggest Loser" Million Pound Match-Up, a challenge to America to lose 1 million pounds during the course of the show "The Biggest Loser: Couples."

NBC has announced a premiere date for its Celebrity Apprentice. The seventh edition of the show, which will feature 14 reasonably famous people vying to raise money for their favorite charities, is scheduled to premiere at 9 p.m. ET Thursday, Jan. 3, reports Zap2it.

The long awaited and talked about Youtube rival, Hulu, is finally here, or at least for some it is, as News Corporation and NBC began testing their site publicly Monday.

Apple® today announced that it will not be selling NBC television shows for the upcoming television season on its online iTunes® Store (www.itunes.com). The move follows NBC’s decision to not renew its agreement with iTunes after Apple declined to pay more than double the wholesale price for each NBC TV episode, which would have resulted in the retail price to consumers increasing to $4.99 per episode from the current $1.99.

NBC aired a one-hour show "Victoria Beckham: Coming to America" just after Beckham‘s arrival in Los Angeles.

NBC 5 Chicago reporter Amy Jacobson is caught in bikini at Craig Stebic's (who's wife has disappeared) pool party.

NBC starts tonight a new show called Age of Love. 40 love? Tongue-twisting tennis pro Mark Philippoussis encounters middle-aged Dallas "cougar" Jodie Fisher on NBC's new Age of Love.

Drudge is saying a deal to take Campbell Brown to CNN is "imminent." NBC NEWS star Campbell Brown expected to join CNN, media sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT. Announcement imminent as final deal points are being completed.

Tonight NBC aired the first episode of America's Got Talent Show, hosted by Jerry Springer. The idea of the show is great and welcome, however, watching the show may not be the most entertaining experience a viewer can have.

NBC's last season was the less watched among TV networks. It came the fourth last season and fired its entertainment president Kevin Reilly.