Mountain View, CA - CNET reports that Google (NASD: GOOG) announced on its AdWords blog that Google TV Ads, a program that has been in beta since June 2007, is now available to all U.S.-based advertisers. The program allows advertisers to reach over 13 million households nationwide on 94 channels. Like with Google’s AdWords service, which places ads on its Internet search pages, advertisers using Google TV Ads will bid for placement using an online tool that shows estimated costs to run a particular campaign and allows advertisers to increase or decrease their bids before placing them.

New York - Hearst-Argyle Television (NYSE: HTV), which operates 29 TV stations and their

San Francisco - A company that sued Google in 2003 for trademark infringement, over ads placed through its keyword-based online advertising service, has settled its lawsuit, Reuters reported.

Dulles, Va. - AOL has launched a new paid search marketplace, allowing advertisers to purchase sponsored links that will appear next to AOL's search results.

Englewood, Colo. - EchoStar Communications, operator of the DISH Network satellite TV service, announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Google on a new, automated system for buying, selling, delivering and measuring ads on the network's 125 national channels.