Spanish-language channel V-me made its programming presentation at the upfronts this week, Media Daily News reports. The network will premiere “Hoobs” from the Jim Henson Co., preschool show “The Fairies” and pregnancy reality series “Tu Bebe,” the Web site says….
InterMedia Outdoors will move nine series from Outdoor Channel to the Sportsman Channel during 2008-09, Multichannel News reports. Renewal talks with Outdoor Channel broke down over rates and exclusivity issues, according to InterMedia Outdoors CEO Jeff Paro, the newspaper says….
Rob Estes will play father Harry Mills in The CW’s “90210,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Estes, who is coming off a stint on ABC’s “Women’s Murder Club,” also starred in another “Beverly Hills, 90210” spinoff, “Melrose Place,” the newspaper notes.
A study released by the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems in Germany revealed that Cox Communications is blocking visits to peer-to-peer sites and other bandwidth-hungry Web sites, Online Media Daily reports. Cox responded that it does manage access to…
Tony Burman has been named managing director of Al Jazeera English, Online Media Daily reports. Burman plans to extend the reach of the English-language version of the Arabic news network into North America, the Web site says. Berman previously was…
Lauren Lee Smith will join the cast of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” as a regular next season, the Hollywood Reporter says. Smith will play a smart, flirtatious and nonconformist CSI hired for the night shift by William Petersen’s character, the…
Nielsen has closed on its purchase of IAG Research for $225 million, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Nielsen hopes to combine its ratings and demographics statistics with the consumer-engagement researcher’s psychographic information in order to help advertisers better understand how viewers…
Daphne Zuniga and Greg Evigan have joined the cast of the Hallmark Channel TV movie “Mail Order Bride,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Zuniga will play a woman who pretends to be a mail-order bride in order to escape from a…
ABC has tapped Mike Fresco to direct his brother Victor Fresco’s untitled comedy presentation, the Hollywood Reporter says. The single-camera office comedy revolves around a moral guy trying to do the right thing in an amoral world, the newspaper notes….
VH1 has purchased reruns of ABC’s “The Bachelor” to repurpose on the cable channel, Daily Variety reports. More than 130 hours of the program will begin airing on VH1 the first week of June, the newspaper says. —Vlada Gelman