The Minority Media & Telecommunications Council urged the Federal Communications Commission to rethink reinstating a rule that would require broadcasters to locate their main studio in their city of license, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The move was proposed to support…
ABC plans to pick up Web series “In the Motherhood” for midseason, Mediaweek reports. The MindShare Entertainment-produced MSN series, which features storylines suggested by viewers as well as actresses Leah Remini and Jenny McCarthy, was streamed 16 million times in…
The Ski Channel is being targeted for an August launch, Broadcasting & Cable reports, citing an unnamed source. Founder Steve Bellamy declined to comment, but revealed the channel had acquired the rights to Skiers World series, the United States Snowshoe…
Negotiations between AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers have hit a roadblock concerning the production of new media and the use of TV programs in new media, the Hollywood Reporter says. The AMPTP had proposed creating…
“Friday Night Smackdown” drop-kicks onto the MyNetwork schedule on Friday, Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. The two-hour show is making its move from The CW, which has had the program in some form since its UPN days in 1999. MyNet…
Cable operators at the NCTA’s Cable Show ’08 said they “are playing offense,” continuing to give consumers more choice, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Several cable operators have joined with Web companies to build a national wireless broadband network that will…
TV One will launch a 24-hour high-definition simulcast channel in the fourth quarter of 2008. The channel, which airs entertainment and lifestyle programming aimed at African American adults, has begun producing its original lineup in high definition and acquiring new…
Billboard and Fluid Music have partnered to launch the reality competition series “Billboard Next,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Aspiring singers will submit performances to the “Billboard Next” Web site, which will be voted on by the public, the newspaper says….
FX executive Matt Cherniss is expected to be announced as Kevin Reilly’s vice president at Fox, Daily Variety reports. Cherniss is currently the senior VP of original programming at FX, which was also once home to Reilly and Fox Entertainment…
Sigourney Weaver will star in and co-produce the Lifetime television film “Prayers for Bobby,” Daily Variety reports. Weaver will play a conservative and devout Christian who begins to question her opposition to homosexuality after her gay son commits suicide, the…