AT&T will start providing mobile-television service through a Qualcomm affiliate in May, including content from channels such as ESPN Mobile and Comedy Central, Multichannel News reports. AT&T initially set a December 2007 deadline when it announced the Qualcomm partnership last…
Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists committees agreed on a joint labor proposal that will be reviewed by the unions’ boards on Saturday before talks begin with studios, both guilds said in statements on their…
Renee Zellweger and David Beckham are among celebrities Tracey Ullman impersonates and makes fun of in Showtime’s “Tracey Ullman’ s State of the Union,” which premiers this weekend, the New York Times reports. Ullman, whose first series aired on Fox…
Disney Channel approved the start of production for “Jungle Junction,” an animated series teaching environmental lessons that will start airing next year, Daily Variety reports. Disney Channel also ordered new seasons of “My Friends Tigger & Pooh” and “Mickey Mouse…
A trailer for the yet-to-be titled “X-Files” movie, which will premier in July, was shown by series creator Chris Carter at the William S. Paley Television Festival in Hollywood last night, the Los Angeles Times reports. Stars David Duchovny and…
ABC and “Fear Factor” showrunner Matt Kunitz will produce reality show “Wipe Out,” where contestants race through obstacle courses designed to make them “crash and burn,” Daily Variety reports. The show, to be hosted by John Anderson of ESPN’s “SportsCenter,”…
Ex-“Arrested Development” star Jason Bateman will direct the Fox comedy pilot “The Inn,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Mr. Bateman, who directed some “Arrested” episodes, is debuting as a pilot director, the newspaper says. — Danny King
Time Warner Cable’s Barry Rosenblum, who’d overseen the New York region before moving to West Coast operations last year, will take over the company’s Texas region, replacing the retiring Wayne Knighton, Multichannel News reports. Mr. Rosenblum’s New York and West…
More than a half-dozen Arab satellite business channels have been launched during the past five years as rising oil prices have boosted financial interest in the region, Daily Variety reports. CNBC affiliate Arabiya, started in 2003, is the largest channel…
The New York State government is close to an agreement that would boost the tax credit on some television and film production costs to 30% from 10%, the