Verizon Communications will stop transmitting analog signals of local broadcasts to FiOS TV subscribers in New Jersey on June 2, Multichannel News reports. The proposed shutoff is part of Verizon’s plan to transition to digital television before the Feb. 17…
Portia de Rossi has joined the cast of ABC’s untitled Victor Fresco comedy pilot, TV Guide reports. The workplace sitcom centers around a moral guy trying to do the right thing in an amoral world, TV Guide says. Rossi’s most…
Showtime’s “Weeds” will have a new theme song and a new locale when it returns for its fourth season on June 16, the New York Post reports. Nancy’s new life as a pot dealer near the California/Mexico border also means…
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The United States Tennis Association on Monday is expected to announce a deal to move cable rights for the U.S. Open to ESPN and the Tennis Channel beginning next year, according to a source familiar with the deal. USA Network…
A new bill that would preserve net neutrality was introduced by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) on Wednesday, Media Daily News reports. The Internet Freedom & Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 would prohibit Internet service providers from discriminating against “lawful content” by…
NBC has made full episodes of some of its shows available for streaming on the iPhone, Silicon Alley Insider reports. Episodes of “The Office” and “30 Rock” have been converted to the iPhone’s Quicktime format without commercials and are accessible…
E.W. Scripps Co.’s board of directors approved a plan to divide Scripps into two public companies on July 1, TVNewsday reports. E.W. Scripps Co. will remain in control of its local newspapers, television stations and licensing and syndication businesses, the…
NBC has been using Skype’s video-over-IP service to transmit live footage back to the studio, unnamed sources confirm to Television Broadcast. Network affiliates claim the free service has “little or no delay” compared to satellite phone transmission, creating an immediacy…
Days before the start of broadcast network upfront presentations, television advertising sales veteran David Barrington is switching sides again. Mr. Barrington, who was hired by media buyer MPG as executive VP, managing director of video investments in January, is expected…