The South by Southwest conference this week in Austin is drawing Web video producers, networks and talent, and Daisy Whitney is covering the event live on video for TVWeek and Beet.TV. Daisy is scoring interviews with Lindsay Campbell of Wallstrip…
By the time you read this, I will be in Austin. For those of you who aren’t in the ultra hip know, that means I’ll be at South by Southwest. That’s SXSW, for the hipness-impaired. I’ll be there Sunday March…
Oxygen Media named Amy Introcaso-Davis as senior VP of original programming and development, bringing another Bravo executive to the network acquired by NBC Universal last year. Ms. Introcaso-Davis had been senior VP of development and production at Bravo, having joined…
NBC has widened its late-night lead over CBS since the Writers Guild of America strike ended Feb. 12, Television Week reports. For the two weeks after the end of the strike, NBC’s “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” averaged 49%…
“Gilmore Girls,” “Everwood” and “What I Like About You” will be part of a Web site that will bring the WB television network back to life, Media Week reports. Ad supported WB.com would run five-minute versions of episodes from shows…
Producers of Baltimore-based drama “The Wire,” which ended its five-year run on HBO yesterday, criticized U.S. drug-enforcement policy as “a venal war on our underclass” in a Time magazine editorial. Given the opportunity to serve on a drug-offense trial, the…
Some Time Warner Cable set top boxes failed to adjust for the start of daylight savings time Sunday morning, leaving millions of customers with program guides that appeared to be running a hour behind, the New York Times reports.
Time Warner’s Cartoon Network consolidated operations by moving its current series department from Atlanta to Burbank, where its development team works, Daily Variety reports. Sci Fi Channel executive Robert Swartz was named the network’s vice president of original series, the…
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists yesterday reached a tentative deal with the four major networks on an agreement that covers conditions for on- and off-camera talent during TV productions, Web site DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com reports. The agreement includes items…
WE tonight debuts “High School Confidential,” a documentary tracking 12 girls during their four years at a Kansas high school, the Los Angeles Times reports. The eight-part series profiles how the girls deal with issues such as drugs and sex,…