MTV has hired Brent Haynes as its senior vice president of series development, East Coast. The newly created position will report to Senior VP of Series Development Liz Gateley. Mr. Haynes will oversee development and production for reality and scripted…
Indie U.K. TV group All3Media has bought U.S.-based Zoo Productions, Daily Variety reports. One production company executive said European companies are taking advantage of the weak dollar by entering a market they view as unsaturated, the newspaper says. Zoo Prods….
Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer promised that the company will be profitable in the TV and video game arenas during this fiscal year, which ends March 2009, the New York Times reports. The company plans to invest in networking…
“CSI” won’t begin its ninth season until Oct. 9 — and fans can blame John McCain and Barack Obama for the delay. The top-rated crime drama will stay off the air until the third week of the 2008-09 television season…
Barry Sonnenfeld has signed a new one-year deal with Sony Pictures TV, the Hollywood Reporter says. The deal gives Sony TV first look at his unscripted and digital projects, the newspaper says. Sonnenfeld is developing several projects to be presented…
A judge has ordered NBC Universal to provide actor Jack Klugman with access to his contract for “Quincy, M.E.,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The actor sued NBC in March, seeking a court order to access contracts after NBC claimed the…
Samir Shah, a member of the BBC’s board of directors, said U.K. broadcasters have overcompensated for a lack of minority executives by littering television programs with ethnic actors, regardless of whether they fit the cultural context of the program, the…
Sen. Barack Obama’s press secretary, Michael Ortiz, said the presidential candidate “does not support reimposing the Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters,” calling it a distraction from talking about opening up airwaves to a diversity of voices, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Instead,…
A survey by Alloy Media & Marketing found 62% of college students watch TV shows online, Media Daily News reports. Students’ percentage of TV ownership fell from 82% to 79%, while laptop ownership rose from 63% to 70%, the Web…
Luke Perry will guest star on CBS’ “Criminal Minds” next season as “a baddie,” TV Guide reports. His episode will air toward the beginning of the season, the magazine notes. —Vlada Gelman