Sony is starting a Web video channel that will feature comedy shows such as Penn Jillette’s “Penn Says” and Kevin Pollack’s “The Writer’s Room,” TelevisionWeek reports. C-Spot, which will launch with a 13-week programming run, will be ad supported, the…
Jay Leno rejected NBC’s offer for him to host a U.S. version of U.K. auto series “Top Gear,” Broadcasting & Cable reports, citing an article Mr. Leno wrote for the U.K.’s Sunday Times. Mr. Leno wrote that it would be…
CBS signed “Sleeper Cell” creators Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff as executive producers and showrunners for the Jerry Bruckheimer pilot “Eleventh Hour,” the Hollywood Reporter says. CBS ordered the pilot, based on U.K. sci-fi series, in September, the newspaper reports….
Paul Telegdy, BBC Worldwide America’s executive VP of content and production, will also oversee television sales as the network streamlines operations, Daily Variety reports. Mr. Telegdy oversaw the U.S. adaptations of shows such as ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” and…
Judy Kenny was named executive VP for ad sales at MyNetworkTV, Mediaweek reports. Ms. Kenny joins the News Corp.-owned broadcast network from Univision. Before working at Univision she was at ABC.
Comcast executive VP David Cohen said in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission last week that he was “disappointed” with and “perplexed” at FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s comments about a Comcast agreement with peer-to-peer service BitTorrent, Multichannel News reports….