U.K.-based ITV is rethinking a documentary series fronted by Sarah Ferguson following the arrest of one of its participants, reports Daily Variety. “The Duchess in Hull” follows the Duchess of York as she spends a week with the Sargerson family…
Ondrej Zach has been appointed vice president of programming and acquisitions for HBO Central Europe, reports Daily Variety. The Prague-based Zach previously was HBO’s executive director for the Czech Republic. —Vlada Gelman
Warner Bros. Television Group will resurrect its former broadcast network, The WB, as a new ad-supported Web video-based interactive site, TheWB.com. The site will feature some of the studio’s most popular shows from its library targeted to the 16- to…
The Republican National Committee is calling on CNN and MSNBC to pull down a new ad from the Democratic National Committee about Sen. John McCain’s Iraq statements. The RNC said the ad is a “gross distortion” and demonstrates illegal coordination…
Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown will occupy a prime-time national anchor chair once again this summer as the host of “Wide Angle.” The public broadcasting series, focused on international issues and foreign policy, is produced by New York station WNET-TV….
The Associated Press has signed a deal with mobile video services provider Transpera to power the mobile content distribution of the AP’s Mobile News Network. Mobile News Network, scheduled to launch later this quarter, is the first product of the…
Sure, iTunes was instrumental in singlehandedly unleashing the digital video revolution in 2005 when Disney inked the deal with Apple. For the first time, TV shows really were freed from the TV set. But consider the numbers since then. Two…
TVGuide.com has seen record traffic on its Web site after a year of major renovations. TV Guide Online, a division of Gemstar-TV Guide International, estimates 12 million unique visitors monthly to its flagship site, representing a 40% annual increase in…
KCET-TV, the Los Angeles-based public television station, will become the new U.S. partner making “BBC World News” newscasts available to broadcast audiences in this country. The deal is set to take effect after the current agreement with Long Island public…
Spike plans to launch its first original comedy, “Factory,” on June 29. The series is directed, produced and stars Mitch Rouse, who co-created “Strangers with Candy” for Comedy Central. It follows the story of four workers in a small town…