College basketball commentator Dick Vitale will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, in September as a contributor, ESPN says. The former high school, college and professional basketball coach has been an analyst on…
CNN will broadcast a forum for U.S. presidential candidates on faith-related issues from Pennsylvania’s Messiah College on April 13, Multichannel News reports. Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have agreed to take part in the 90-minute event while Republican…
Darren Aronofsky, whose directorial and writing credits include 2000’s “Requiem for a Dream,” will develop a psychological thriller series with Cablevision unit AMC, the Hollywood Reporter says. The script for “Riverview Towers,” featuring a family living in a paranormal-inhabited apartment…
The National Association of Broadcasters, spent almost $9 million last year lobbying issues related to cable and digital TV and satellite radio, the Associated Press reports. The trade group, representing more than 8,300 free local television and radio stations, has…
Conversations between CBS News and CNN about sharing off-air resources in Baghdad appear to have fallen apart, but not before turning into overblown rumors with exaggerated and incorrect implications. “We’re extremely satisfied with and proud of our newsgathering. No outside…
Web video studio Revision3 has launched new series “Scam School,” in which magician Brian Brushwood shows how to perform small tricks that will, according to the company, “entertain friends and strangers, and score you free drinks at the bar.” As…
Nielsen Online released the latest numbers from its VideoCensus measuring tool, which tracks video consumption across the Web. While the total number of unique Web video viewers decreased to 115.8 million during the shorter February from 116.7 million in January,…
Disney Channel Worldwide has acquired global rights to “Timmy,” a stop-motion animated series from the U.K.’s Aardman Animations (“Wallace and Gromit”). The short-form series, slated to premiere worldwide in 2009 on Playhouse Disney channels, is aimed at children between the…