Regional sports network FSN Detroit scored the trifecta, inking long-term deals with three of the area’s top sports franchises: Major League Baseball’s Detroit Tigers, the National Basketball Association’s Detroit Pistons and the National Hockey League’s Detroit Red Wings. The arrangement…
The Sundance Channel has put itself up for sale in recent weeks, according to a report by analyst Richard Greenfield of Pali Capital’s research arm, who cited “multiple” sources. Sundance had no immediate comment on the report, which said the…
At this year’s upfronts, MTV Entertainment will focus on male audiences, original programming and multiplatform content, according to JackMyers Media Business Report. Nielsen data indicated that the Viacom channels had a greater reach among young males in 2007 than all…
Comcast passed 7 billion video-on-demand views, representing 1 billion hours of content since 2003, the cable company announced today. The company said that means Comcast’s VOD service is accessed about 115 times per second by customers. The cable operator now…
Tribune Co. will combine the broadcast and interactive operations of WSFL-TV, its CW affiliate in Miami, and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, its newspaper based in Fort Lauderdale. The move, announced Wednesday, is being made to utilize the Sun-Sentinel as an…
HBO agreed to a two-year contract with “Entourage” executive producer Rob Weiss worth seven figures, Daily Variety reports. In addition to continuing to work on “Entourage,” Weiss will help develop other projects for the network, the newspaper says.
A Federal Communications Commission auction of governmental airwaves fetched a record $19.6 billion, though the section of airwaves committed to an emergency network didn’t receive the minimum bid required by the FCC, the Associated Press reports. The FCC won’t reveal…
Robin Williams will guest star on the 200th episode of “Law & Order: SVU” on April 29, Daily Variety reports. Williams, who got his start 30 years ago on comedy series “Mork & Mindy,” received an Emmy nomination for a…
ABC ordered a yet-to-be-titled reality series featuring competing Americans going overseas to complete various tasks, the Hollywood Reporter says. The show was created by A. Smith & Co., which produced “Kitchen Nightmares” and “The Swan,” the newspaper reports.
Sci Fi Channel commissioned a pilot that will serve as a prequel to its fan favorite, “Battlestar Galactica.” The pilot, “Caprica,” comes as “Battlestar is set to air its final 20 episodes this year, Daily Variety reports. Sci Fi also…