“Project Runway” will split its time between New York and Los Angeles for the sixth season on Lifetime, Entertainment Weekly reports, citing unnamed sources. The change comes in a move to accommodate host Heidi Klum’s schedule and home life, the…
Lindsay Lohan is in negotiations to guest star on the May 22 season finale of “Ugly Betty,” TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello reports, citing unnamed sources. Producers also are talking to Lohan’s representatives about coming back for an eight-episode arc next…
ABC Family is touting two things most advertisers crave: original programming year-round and viewers who pay attention to commercials. With the Writers Guild of America strike cutting into its development time, ABC Family will have three new original series airing…
ABC’s Miami affiliate WPLG-TV is making preparations to move into a state-of-the-art facility next spring, TVNewsday.com reports. The new station will feature tapeless, file-based operations, HD news, automation and a new transmitter, which will help WPLG transition to digital broadcasting,…
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Sezmi Corp., formerly Building B, will release a new set-top box that combines traditional broadcast TV, cable programming, movies and Internet video into one streamlined reception system. The company announced it is starting to test the technology in pilot markets…
Ion Media Networks has obtained the rights to air seasons 11 through 14 of the NBC drama “ER,” TVNewsday.com reports. The deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Television brings the series to Ion Television’s prime-time lineup beginning in June, the Web…
The National Association of Broadcasters and the Consumer Electronics Association have launched a nationwide competition to encourage over-the-air viewers to transition to digital television before the Feb. 17 deadline, TVNewsday.com reports. The “Rabbit Ears Pioneers” contest seeks stories and anecdotes…
ICM has named Greg Lipstone sole head of its international TV and media division, Daily Variety reports. Lipstone’s former co-head, Steve Wohl, has left the talent agency, the newspaper says. ICM formed the division last year to produce alternative programming,…
Full speed ahead. With the adoption of liquid-crystal display televisions going worldwide and the U.S. switchover to digital broadcasts less than 10 months away, that’s the attitude Sony is taking with its factories as it attempts to ensure it has…