ATandT has expanded the list of Spanish-language viewing options available to customers with the addition of 19 new Spanish-language channels to its ATandT U TV lineup.

Hispanic TV homes will rise 3%, or 400,000, to 13.4 million for the 2010-2011 broadcast season. Nielsen says this represents 40% of 1 million U.S. TV homes that will be added this season. The 3% hike is higher than the 2.3% gain in Hispanic homes for the 2009-2010 broadcast season.

Virtually everyone wants to be a video mogul -- especially these days, when we may believe we have enough inside information to make it happen. That lone gunman in the Discovery Communications lobby had an idea about a reality TV show. Who doesn't? Apparently he had a bigger problem with rejection -- and other stuff.

As government regulators review the proposed Comcast-NBC Universal joint venture, top executives at the French company that stands to benefit said they continue to expect the deal to close by Jan. 1. Nonetheless, $2 billion is coming Vivendi's way this month, since the transaction did not close by Oct. 1.

Satellite radio and navigation systems are continuing to make inroads in the U.S. automobile market, up 66% this year, according to J.D. Power and Associates, which tracks the penetration of various audio technologies as part of its comprehensive survey of market trends.

The devastating Gulf Coast oil spill has increased the coffers of media companies and angered one Florida congresswoman. BP has told Congress that it spent $93.4 million in advertising from April through July, more than three times what it spent a year ago in the span.

According to a recent Nielsen analysis of mobile use, African-Americans use the most cellphone voice minutes every month, averaging more than 1,300. Hispanics are the next most talkative group, at 826 minutes a month. And, even Asians/Pacific Islanders, with 692 average monthly minutes, talk more than Whites, who use roughly 647 voice minutes a month.

All right, all you "privacy advocates," exposand#233;-minded journalists and general whiners about cookie tracking -- get out your wallets, for the price of content has been handed down from Mt. Cupertino to the prophet Job(s) and saith the lawd, that price will be .99.

Nielsen final Wednesday results show that Fox and its two hours of "MasterChef" gave the network a 2.0 rating/6.3 share among 18-49 -- just edging CBS' 2.0/6.0 and NBC's 1.9/6.0. 'Big Brother' continues to be the No. 1 show of the night.

Location-based services from Foursquare and Loopt to the new Shopkick app have generated lots of buzz and interest among marketers and investors. But how much spending will they lead to? According to a new report from ABI Research, location-based marketing will increase from only about $43 million this year to $1.8 billion by 1015 as part of overall mobile marketing budgets.

Sprite is sponsoring the last leg of a nationwide NBA contest to pick top amateur dunkers.

Ford's Fiesta compact car is getting a star turn in a new Web-TV program that looks to be a cross between a 20something reality show and "Subservient Chicken."

TV games network PlayJam is set to become a global leader in connected TV games. Currently available in millions of homes worldwide, PlayJam reveals conversion rates from free to pay players of 56%, with a unique repeat games purchase per month of 4.8.

After being folded by Conde Nast last October, Gourmet is creeping back, first with a series of new Gourmet-branded digital offerings, and more recently, with new print products for the newsstand. But there's no word so far on a possible return for the defunct (but much-beloved) epicurean magazine itself.

The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman was is out of jail after four months.