Cable-television company Comcast is in talks with peer-to-peer service BitTorrent on facilitating file sharing over Comcast’s broadband network, the Wall Street Journal reports. The cooperation takes place after some advocacy groups had accused Comcast of being anti-competitive by slowing traffic…
Verizon yesterday requested the Federal Communications Commission require cable companies to automatically disconnect customers who are switching to a different video provider, instead of requiring customers to make a separate disconnection request, Multichannel News reports. By requiring the additional call,…
An arbitrator ruled that telenovelas and other Spanish-language shows produced outside the U.S. are ineligible for a Spanish-language Emmy, a decision that favored the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Daily Variety reports. ATAS and legal rival National Academy of…
Elisha Cuthbert, formerly of Fox’s “24,” will play the female lead in the CBS pilot “Ny-lon,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Caterina Scorsone and Johnny Whitworth will also star in the pilot, which was adapted from a U.K. series, the newspaper…
ABC ordered two pilots to be produced this year, including a legal drama-comedy from “Kitchen Confidential” creator Dave Hemingson, and “The Prince of Motor City,” featuring a family in the Detroit auto industry, Daily Variety reports. “Prince” executive producers Chris…
G4 ordered a pilot episode of “Anytown Beatdown,” a reality series created by ex-Ultimate Fighting champion Tito Ortiz, the Hollywood Reporter says. Mr. Ortiz, eliminated by Donald Trump on “The Celebrity Apprentice” this month, will train contestants who will try…
Sundance Channel is making episodes of environmentally oriented series “The Green” available on Apple’s iTunes service, Multichannel News reports. Customers will be able to download the episodes the day after they debut on Sundance for $1.99 each, Multichannel News says….
Procter & Gamble will sponsor the premiere of USA Network’s new series “In Plain Sight.” The first episode of the show, airing June 8, will be 76 minutes long, with limited commercial interruptions. The other episodes in the series, which…
HBO plans to launch a pair of comedies on Friday nights starting in June. “The Life and Times of Tim” is an animated series about an average guy whose instincts take him down the wrong path. “Summer Heights High,” from…
The Writers Guild of America strike helped to accelerate the shift of viewers from broadcast to cable, according to an analysis of Nielsen data by Turner Broadcasting. Jack Wakshlag, chief research officer at Turner, said that before the strike began…