An agreement between Disney-ABC Domestic Television and CinemaNow will allow TiVo subscribers to rent Walt Disney Studios movies via their Internet-connected DVRs directly from the TV, Multichannel News reports. The movies will be available to view for a 24-hour period,…
Montreal-based Extenway Solutions has signed a multiyear agreement with Dish Network to distribute the satellite provider’s programming to hotel chains, Multichannel News reports. The agreement will bring new premium and HD channels to Extenway customers, forming the lineup of its…
Sophie Altman, the creator of long-running teenage quiz show “It’s Academic,” died of heart disease on May 24 in Washington, D.C., the Washington Post reports. Altman continued to produce the show, now entering its 48th season, until she was hospitalized…
Hispanic broadcast network TeleFutura will premiere “La Dama de Troya” (The Lady of Troy), its first primetime novela, on June 2, Mediaweek reports. The story centers around a woman whose husband is killed on her wedding night by a man…
Film critics Jeffrey Lyons and Alison Bailes, who host the nationally syndicated “Lyons and Bailes Reel Talk” program, will contribute to the pop culture Web site CelebrityEverything.com. Mr. Lyons and Ms. Bailes will provide CelebrityEverything.com with exclusive pieces regarding what…
Recalling the days of “Rock N Jock” and “MTV Sports,” MTV Networks Music Group is expanding its presence in the action sports industry, launching a strategic partnership with NBC Sports to expand the Action Sports Tour. The alliance, announced today,…
ABC will air a “Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night” half-hour special following the first four National Basketball Association Finals games beginning June 5, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Kimmel will continue to host the NBA specials if the best-of-seven series goes…
A USB study found that CBS Corp. and News Corp. are most exposed to advertising weakness because of their higher reliance on auto and financial ads in a sluggish economy, the Hollywood Reporter says. CBS Corp. and News Corp. also…