A hearing on the NBC Universal and the Weinstein Company suit over “Project Runway” has been moved to July 17, Multichannel reports. NBC is suing Weinstein for its deal that will take the show from Bravo to Lifetime for the…
Nickelodeon will launch two gaming groups to provide more user interaction on the network’s online properties, Daily Variety says. The Games unit will be in charge of paid and subscription-based content while a Virtual Worlds division will oversee Nick’s online…
Guillaume de Posch will step down as CEO of ProSiebenSat.1, a European broadcasting group, Daily Variety reports. The company has faced falling ad sales and accrued billions of euros in debt, reflected in its 28% drop in share price during…
Disney-ABC Television Group president Anne Sweeney will be the keynote speaker at the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia convention, Daily Variety reports. Casbaa, scheduled for this October in Hong Kong, will address several topics in pay TV services,…
Police officials arrested 70 Sikh demonstrators for vandalizing MTV’s offices in Mumbai, Daily Variety reports. MTV posters that depicted a Sikh girl massaging a man outraged the protestors, who were later released on bail, Variety says. —Sergio Ibarra
Nickelodeon will become available 24 hours a day in various African countries after the network secured a deal with MultiChoice and MTV Networks, Daily Variety says. The channel will be broadcast through MultiChoice’s SWtv satellite service based Johannesburg and reach…
Pay Internet video streaming service ReelTime has signed a deal with Disney-ABC Domestic Television to carry titles from several of its production properties, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Among the title made available to ReelTime, which streams content directly to TV…
The John F. Kenney Center for the Performing Arts will present comedian George Carlin with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the Associated Press says. Carlin will be honored with a special ceremony on November 10 that will air…
Spike TV, which bills itself as a network for men, has conducted research on this frequently misunderstood gender to help the network and its advertisers better reach an often elusive demographic. The study, conducted with research companies Social Technologies and…
Kathy Crawford is retiring from MindShare, but she’s not leaving the media business altogether. One of industry’s top executives specializing in local media, Ms. Crawford said she is leaving her post as New York-based president of local broadcast because she…