Don S. Davis, a college professor who made a second career out of playing character parts, died June 29 after suffering a heart attack at his home in Gibsons, Canada, the Los Angeles Times reports. Davis portrayed Gen. George S….
Jennifer Turner has been tapped by NBC Universal as the VP of licensing and strategic partnerships for Bravo Media and Oxygen Media, Daily Variety reports. In the newly created position, Turner will develop licensing and merchandising opportunities for the cable…
Hallmark Channel will announce that it has 30 films in the pipeline, including a new installment in the “Love Comes Softly” series starring Cloris Leachman and Hayley Duff and four holiday films, Daily Variety reports. Other films include “Accidental Friendship”…
Sci Fi Channel has renewed its Ani-Monday block of anime programming, moving it to Monday nights at 1 a.m. starting in July. The lineup will feature movies, series and shorts from Starz Media’s anime distribution arm Manga Entertainment. Among the…
Cell phone users in the Tri-State area covered by New York station WNBC-TV will be able to get a look at real-time traffic 24 hours a day with the launch of NBC New York Traffic Cam. Free to mobile phone…
Veteran Hillary Clinton campaign aide Howard Wolfson has become a Fox News Channel contributor. He is expected to make his debut in that role Wednesday on the cable news channel. Mr. Wolfson, whose fierce persona and way with words has…
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama announced his official party nomination acceptance speech will take place in Denver’s 76,000-seat Mile High Stadium instead of the 21,000-seat Pepsi Center, where the rest of the convention is scheduled, TVWeek.com reports. The move has…
Horizon Media predicts Fox’s “Fringe” and CBS’ “Eleventh Hour” will get the highest ratings of the new fall series, the Hollywood Reporter says. While Horizon estimates high numbers for returning series “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Heroes,” things do not look as…
Cable operators including Charter Communications have backed away from using online advertising-targeting for fear the technology will anger privacy advocates and lawmakers, the Wall Street Journal says. Technology from firms including NebuAd tracks consumers wherever they go on the Web…