PBS will use Comcast’s thePlatform to publish online video on PBS.org and local PBS station Web sites, Multichannel News reports. The broadband video company also will allow local PBS stations to publish locally produced content to their Web sites and…
The CW will begin rolling out its new fall lineup on Monday, Sept. 1. The network confirmed its autumn plans Tuesday afternoon at a combination party/upfront presentation outside Lincoln Center in New York. CW Entertainment President Dawn Ostroff said in…
Outdoor Channel clarified confusion over carriage of the channel on DirecTV, Multichannel News reports. Outdoor Channel Holdings said the satellite provider did not move the network and had always offered it on its sports tier, but the channel was mistakenly…
Dish Network plans to stop carrying the Rainbow Media Voom HD networks, having already cut 10 of the 15 networks, Multichannel News reports. The satellite provider claims Voom is in breach of its carriage deal, the newspaper says. The cutback…
Creative Television Marketing has added “Eye for an Eye,” a courtroom show from Atlas Worldwide, to its syndicated barter ad sales roster. CTM, which also represents the courtroom shows “Judge Judy” and “Judge Joe Brown,” will step in to handle…
Frances Fragos Townsend is joining CNN as an on-air contributor providing analysis on national security issues, TVNewser.com reports. Townsend recently stepped down as President George W. Bush’s chief anti-terrorism and homeland security adviser. She remains a member of President Bush’s…
Fine Living Network has added four original series to its lineup, Multichannel News reports. The design competition show “From the Ground Up,” featuring Canadian designer Debbie Travis, will premiere June 1, followed by eco-series “It’s Easy Being Green” on June…
Ion Media Networks signed a deal with satcaster SES Americom’s IP-Prime to distribute its suite of programming, Multichannel News reports. IP-PRIME will carry Ion Television Network, children’s network qubo and Ion Life, the newspaper says. —Vlada Gelman
The 21st season of MTV’s “The Real World” will be set in Brooklyn, the New York Observer reports. MTV also is expanding the series into 13 one-hour episodes to air in early 2009, the newspaper says. —Vlada Gelman
Interim Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir will star in Spike TV’s “The Ultimate Fighter,” Multichannel News reports. The two champions will also square off in the ring for a UFC…