Outdoor Channel has ordered 13 episodes of “L.L. Bean’s Guide to the Outdoors,” Media Daily News reports. L.L. Bean’s great-grandson Bill Gorman, an outdoorsman, and master fly-fisherman Tim Rajeff will host the program about hunting and fishing spots around the…
Dawn Ostroff, entertainment president of The CW, talks about the female-oriented flow of the network’s “OMGTV” fall schedule. She also explains to TVWeek’s Josef Adalian and Andrew Krukowski the strategy behind The CW’s plan to launch its shows early, dishes…
CBS and interactive entertainment company EQAL are teaming up to produce content for television, online and mobile distribution. The partnership, announced Wednesday, gives CBS a non-exclusive first look at the work of EQAL founders Miles Beckett and Greg Goodfried, who…
MTV announced at its upfront presentation that its bilingual entertainment channel Tres is adding satirical animated series “Lugar Heights,” talent search program “Dame un Break” and music block “Fresh Music Mondays” to its schedule, the Hollywood Reporter says. A high…
AT&T is seeking to get Energy Star certification for its U-verse TV set-top boxes, Multichannel News reports. The Environmental Protection Agency revised its energy-efficiency guidelines for the voluntary program to require all new cable, satellite and telco set-top boxes that…
Dish Network made good on its promise to drop the last five of the 15 Rainbow Media Voom HD channels it used to carry, Multichannel News reports. The satellite provider claims that Voom is in violation of its carriage agreement,…
Dana Delany will return for the fourth season of ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” Entertainment Tonight reports. Her character’s current mysterious storyline will be resolved in Sunday’s two-hour season finale, the Web site says. —Vlada Gelman
USTelematics is using WiMax wireless technology to bring live television to cars, Wired reports. IPTV will be delivered to Voyager in-car entertainment systems along with 4VDO, a “mobilecast” program delivering broadcast and video programming, the magazine says. The technology can…
“Law & Order” boss Dick Wolf stated at William Morris’ annual upfront party that he would create Web-only programming for NBC when “they start paying some money,” Silicon Alley Insider reports. Meanwhile, Hulu CEO Jason Kilar revealed at the Web…
Fox’s renewal of “‘Til Death” came with a caveat—the elimination of the characters played by Kat Thomas and Eddie Kaye Thomas, Entertainment Weekly reports, citing unnamed sources. Their absence will be filled with a new storyline featuring Kenny Westchester, the…