The National Association of Broadcasters is teaming with the National Black Church Initiative to educate people about the upcoming digital television switch, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The two groups plan to put DTV-education materials on every church bulletin, hand out…
The National Association of Television Program Executives has scheduled its second annual LATV Festival for July 30-Aug. 1 in Hollywood, Daily Variety reports. The event is designed to provide nonprofessionals pursuing careers in TV with networking and educational opportunities, the…
FX’s “Rescue Me” will premiere 10 five-minute minisodes on June 24, Daily Variety reports. The segments, starring Denis Leary and the rest of the regular cast, will air weekly in the show’s usual timeslot of Tuesdays at 10 p.m., the…
Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals was a triple-overtime thriller on NBC that scored the best metered-market ratings in nearly five years for a Stanley Cup game. However, entertainment repeats on Fox and CBS kept the Pittsburgh Penguins-Detroit Red…
After rival union AFTRA reached a deal with the major studios, it will be tough for the Screen Actors Guild to get a much better agreement for its members, Daily Variety says. SAG’s current agreement expires at the end of…
NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker is employing creative ways to finance deals to keep the media company growing without relying on the financial muscle of parent General Electric, the New York Post says. NBC Universal is working with private equity…
Producers of TV shows and movies are taking bigger precautions to try to slow the growth of “spoilers” that give away key plot points and surprise endings before viewers can see them, Entertainment Weekly says.
Cablevision’s Voom HD said last week in an amended complaint that Dish Network’s removal of Voom’s suite of high-definition channels cost the company more than $1 billion, Multichannel News reports. Dish, which as EchoStar signed a 15-year agreement with Voom…
Media buyer GroupM has agreed to upfront buys with NBC and Disney-affiliated cable channels, ABC Family, Lifetime and A&E, according to Mediaweek. GroupM denied that any deals have been made, as did Lifetime. NBC and A&E had no comment and…
“Ugly Betty” and “Life on Mars” may be the first of many television shows to switch production to New York from Los Angeles because of production tax benefits, the Los Angeles Times reports. New York State tripled the tax credit…