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Daily Archives : May 28, 2008

‘Dear Food Network’ Fields Questions

The Food Network is launching a new series, “Dear Food Network,” the New York Post reports. Viewers can submit a two-minute video explaining why their question should be answered on the program by a celebrity Food Network chef, the newspaper…

Vivendi Takes DIC Shows Online, on the Road

Children’s programming company DIC Entertainment has partnered with content manager and distributor Vivendi Entertainment to offer DIC’s shows online and through portable media and mobile devices. DIC has over 3,000 half-hours of programming in its library, including “Inspector Gadget” and…

Rogers Media Buys CW Sunday Lineup

Canadian broadcaster Rogers Media has bought the rights to Media Rights Capital’s Sunday night CW lineup as part of a deal with Shine Reveille International, the Hollywood Reporter says. Rogers Media also acquired animated series “The Life and Times of…

Disney Channel Tests Cinema Advertising With ‘Camp Rock’

The Disney Channel has partnered with cinema advertiser Screenvision to promote the cable network’s upcoming original movie “Camp Rock,” starring the Jonas Brothers. The campaign marks the Disney Channel’s first attempt at cinema advertising. Under the agreement, Screenvision will feature…

Ion’s ‘The Summit’ Set for June

Ion Television Network will premiere RHI Entertainment’s four-hour original miniseries “The Summit” on June 15 at 7 p.m., TVNewsday reports. The miniseries will air in its entirety during the “RHI Movie Weekend,” the Web site says. Christopher Plummer, Bruce Greenwood…

‘Ice Road Truckers’ Find New Road

The History Channel’s “Ice Road Truckers” will move to a road running from Inuvik, Canada, to Tuktoyaktuk after diamond mine owners wouldn’t let them return to the roads outside Yellowknife, the New York Post reports. The truckers will haul oil-exploration…

Talk, Magazine Shows Hold Ratings

The week ending May 18, the third full week of sweeps, found five talk shows up in the ratings, with six others holding steady, TVNewsday reports. Syndicated magazine shows also performed well, in particular “Entertainment Tonight,” which rose 17% during…

Discovery’s ‘911’ Chronicles Bronx E.R.

Discovery Channel cameras followed the traumas and staff of an emergency room for the series “911: The Bronx,” New York Daily News reports. The programming was shot last summer at St. Barnabas, a teaching hospital in the Bronx, the newspaper…

Daytime Emmy Nominees on YouTube

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will partner with YouTube to present Daytime Entertainment Emmy-nominated shows on the YouTube Emmy Channel, TVNewsday reports. Fifty-seven videos, spanning 13 categories, will be available for viewing at www.youtube.com/emmys, the Web site…

Free Disney Channel in Spain

The Walt Disney Co. will make the Disney Channel available for free in Spain through digital terrestrial television in July, the Wall Street Journal reports. The channel is currently broadcast on a number of Spanish cable networks, but Spain’s low…