Disney-ABC Television Group has promoted Kevin Brockman to executive vice president of global communications. “A consummate professional and a skilled communications executive, [Mr. Brockman] is simply the best of the best,” Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney said in a…
Howcast Media, founded by two Google and YouTube alums, has signed deals with several companies and content producers to expand Howcast.com’s library of how-to clips. The new partners include 60Frames Entertainment, Ford Models, LX.tv, Playboy Enterprises, Popular Science, and WatchMojo….
Verizon Communications will add more than 60 channels to its FiOS lineup this summer, including at least 25 high-definition channels, Multichannel News reports. Among the channels to be offered in HD are Lifetime, Animal Planet, TLC, Science Channel, Smithsonian Channel…
SAG President Alan Rosenberg and National Executive Director Doug Allen will urge SAG members who are also AFTRA members to reject ratification of the agreement made by AFTRA and the producers, the Hollywood Reporter says. SAG has not made clear…
Fox has tapped Wayne McClammy to direct the comedy pilot “Cool School,” the Hollywood Reporter says. McClammy, the man behind the Sarah Silverman/Jimmy Kimmel “I’m F***ing Matt Damon” and “I’m F***ing Ben Affleck” videos, will make his directorial debut with…
MyNetworkTV has added “The Tony Rock Project,” featuring the younger brother of comedian Chris Rock, to its fall slate. The comedic reality series, produced by Langley Productions and C to the B Productions, is slated to air Wednesdays at 8:30…
Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group and publisher Glu Mobile have launched a mobile phone game for the Sci Fi Channel’s “Battlestar Galactica,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The downloadable game is available for purchase at around $3 to play for a…
Disney’s Kevin Mayer, executive VP of corporate strategy and business development, praised Hulu, calling it “a great site,” Wired reports. Speaking at the Intel CEO Summit in San Francisco, Mayer hinted the company may participate in the News Corp.-NBC Universal…
DirecTV is opposing a proposed regulation by the Federal Communications Commission that would require the company to provide duplicative carriage of digital TV stations signals in high-definition and standard-definition formats, Multichannel News reports. The satellite provider argued that the rule…
Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired Dutch company 2waytraffic, which owns the rights to “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” as well as British TV series “You Are What You Eat” and the quiz shows “Take It or Leave It” and…