ESPN has promoted two 28-year veterans of its communications department to senior executive positions. Rosa Gatti will assume the position of senior vice president, communications counsel and corporate outreach. In her new role, she will manage ESPN’s V Foundation and…
ESPN2 will televise the Professional Bull Riders’ 2008 “PBR Team Shootout” beginning Aug. 10 from Del Mar Fairgrounds in California. The two-man team competition will feature the greatest bull riders from around the world in a five-event series across the…
Sesame Workshop, in association with the United Service Organizations, will begin a traveling Muppet USO show for soldiers and military families across the country. “The Sesame Street Experience for Military Families” will be produced by VEE Corp. as part of…
PBS.org chalked up a few major victories over the digital outlets of the leading commercial broadcast networks in Web traffic, according to a new study by Hitwise. For the 2007-08 television season, PBS.org garnered 18.87% of total Web traffic to…
By Global distribution group Entertainment Rights PLC will help bring Tiger Aspect Productions’ “Tinga Tinga Tales,” a series of animated African creation myths, to the United States and UK. In association with Kenya-based studio Homeboyz, Tiger Aspect will deliver 52…
Bravo will expand its “Real Housewives” franchise with “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.” A 30-minute preview special will air July 30 at midnight ET/PT. The seven-episode series will follow five women from Atlanta’s social elite circle, including an NBA wife…
The broadcast networks are jumping into the muck this summer as reruns of many of their best dramas are drawing lower ratings than original scripted shows on cable, the New York Times says. As a result, the networks are counting…
The Screen Actors Guild’s current contract expires Monday but little progress is expected in talks with the studios until the result of AFTRA’s vote to ratify its agreement becomes known on July 8, the Hollywood Reporter says. SAG, which has…
More and more shows are available on streaming video sites, but the quality of the offerings can be hit-or-miss, says USA Today. Alongside classics such as “Hill Street Blues” are a number of shows that were canceled and aren’t any…
The water the home-entertainment industry is treading is getting Blu-er. That’s the news that came out of an Entertainment Merchants Association report this week about U.S. consumer spending on DVDs. Studios celebrating Sony’s Blu-ray victory in the high-definition DVD format…