The Television Critics Association press tour and TCA Awards in July will be canceled if there is an actors strike, according to TCA President Dave Walker, the Hollywood Reporter says. The Beverly Hilton, home of the press tour, and rental…
LIN TV and Comcast Corp. have made a retransmission agreement that will cover analog and digital signals of LIN TV-owned and/or operated TV stations in 15 markets, TVNewsday reports. The deal includes 27 stations, the Web site notes. —Vlada Gelman
A study by Bortz Media & Sports Group reveals that the U.S. cable industry comprises 1.5 million jobs nationwide and directly employs 365,300 workers, producing nearly $62 billion in personal income and a gross economic output of about $227 billion,…
ABC News will be cutting and moving a dozen “Nightline” jobs from Washington, D.C., to its New York headquarters, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The cut staff will be able to reapply for the positions in New York, but there is…
Shout! Factory, which specializes in DVDs of classic, contemporary and cult TV series, is joining forces with the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum to produce a multipart original series of specials on the history of country music for…
MyDamnChannel inked an agreement with Southern Comfort to create a branded entertainment Web series, one of the first deals of its kind for the original comedy series Web site. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the deal reportedly is in…
NBC is planning to bring management of eight company-owned station Web sites back under its wings, Sillicon Alley Insider reports. NBC SVP of Local Integrated Media Brian Buchwald will helm the Web site operations with help from a stream of…
Jon Voight will join the cast of “24” to play the arch-enemy of Kiefer Sutherland’s Jack Bauer, the Hollywood Reporter says. Mr. Voight’s character will be introduced during the two-hour prequel to the series’ seventh season scheduled to air Nov….
Writers Guild of America members at Fox’s new animated comedy “Sit Down, Shut Up” walked off the job after discovering that co-producer Sony Pictures Television dictated that the writers would be covered by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees,…