NBC has given a series order to “Kings,” the two-hour drama pilot starring Ian McShane (“Deadwood”). The greenlight is somewhat anticlimatic, since the network announced last month that “Kings” would be part of its Sunday schedule come January. However, NBC’s…
Michael Weston will join the cast of “House” for several episodes next season, the Hollywood Reporter says. Weston will play a private investigator, and his appearances could be spun off into his own show, the newspaper says. “House” is already…
The White House is blasting NBC News for what it contends is “deceitful editing” of correspondent Richard Engel’s interview of President Bush that aired last night on “NBC Nightly News” and this morning on “Today.” It also is questioning the…
Television services provider TVN Entertainment is upgrading its video-on-demand infrastructure, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The $28 million investment in an expanded facility, improved technology and research and development spending will allow the company to reprice, reposition and relabel content on…
Comcast said at the NCTA’s Cable Show ’08 that it is now providing 500 on-demand programming choices in HD, with 1,000 planned by the end of the year, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Cablevision Systems also introduced new applications for VOD,…
Media researcher SNL Kagan says that multichannel video businesses will only grow at a 2.1% rate annually, Media Daily News reports. However, cable operators will get a boost in the number of households due to the digital television transition in…
Web video celebrity Amanda Congdon has signed with production studio Media Rights Capital to host a new online series, “Sometimes Daily,” a variety show covering news, technology, politics, the environment and other topics. “[Ms. Congdon] is the world’s first videoblog…
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed fraud charges against eight former AOL Time Warner executives, the Wall Street Journal reports. The SEC claims that the executives overstated the company’s online advertising revenue by more than $1 billion, the newspaper says….
“Living With Ed,” an eco-friendly series starring actor and environmentalist Ed Begley Jr., will move from HGTV to Discovery Communications’ Planet Green when the new network launches June 4. “[Mr. Begley] is a veteran of green living and a passionate…
Spanish-language broadcast network Univision will offer more than 1,000 hours of video-on-demand content through its distribution partners, the company announced at the Cable Show in New Orleans. Among the programming offered through the service will be the 2010 FIFA World…