Campaign surrogates for John McCain said the Republican presidential candidate would not support network neutrality legislation, pushing for regulation that would separate broadcast, cable and possibly the Internet instead, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Meanwhile, Barack Obama’s representatives said the Democratic…
Katherine Heigl has withdrawn herself from the list of Emmy contenders in the supporting actress category, the Los Angeles Times reports. “I did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination,” the “Grey’s…
The seventh annual Positively Outstanding Programming (Pop) Awards saw a diverse group of networks and individuals take home honors for exceptional HIV/AIDS-related cable television. The ceremony was held June 10 in New York at the Time Warner Center, hosted by…
Cable and satellite television network ReelzChannel has promoted two of its executives to vice president positions. Juli Biondi and Chris Pulis have been promoted to vice president of broadcast/localization and production operations, respectively. They have been employed in an executive…
GoTV Networks and talent agency CESD will partner to combine the efforts of the company’s production studio, GoTV Productions, and its multiplatform distribution network with CESD’s roster of A-list clients. The two companies will create short-form serialized brand-support content for…
“Gossip Girl” creator Josh Schwartz says talk of a spinoff from the hit CW series is premature, Entertainment Weekly reports. While Schwartz does not rule out doing one in the future, he currently has no plans for a TV spinoff,…
Comcast Entertainment Group has promoted John Najarian to executive vice president of digital media and business development. Mr. Najarian will be responsible for mobile, broadband and emerging businesses for Comcast networks E! Entertainment, Style Network and G4. He joined Comcast…
John McCain’s campaign says it is buying the first post-primary TV advertisements of the presidential election, making the buy on cable networks including Fox News Channel, CNN and Lifetime. The campaign will use the time to give national airing to…
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” and Game 3 of the NBA finals proved to be a winning combination Tuesday, when ABC won the night with an average of nearly 10 million viewers and a dramatic 4.0 rating in the key demographic group…
Jamie Kennedy will join the cast of CBS’ “Ghost Whisperer” next season as a regular, the Hollywood Reporter says. He will play a graduate student who forms a bond with Jennifer Love Hewitt’s character, the newspaper says. Kennedy fills the…