CBS-owned independent station KTXA in Dallas-Fort Worth will conduct an analog signal switch-off test on July 23 between 7 and 9 p.m., TVNewsday reports. Engineers will shut off the station’s analog transmitter for about 15 seconds, during which only viewers…
Claudio Guzman died Saturday of pneumonia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times reports. He was 80. Guzman produced the children’s program “Villa Alegre” for PBS and directed episodes of nearly 30 TV shows, including “The…
NBC Universal’s iVillage, the online destination for women, and women’s blogging community BlogHer have entered into a strategic partnership. As a part of the deal, iVillage will have access to BlogHer’s network of 2,200 blogs for promotional opportunities. In return,…
Nickelodeon will premiere “Nick News With Linda Ellerbee: Torchlight on Tibet: Politics, the Olympics and You” on July 20. The program will tackle the issue of Tibet with Chinese, American and Tibetan children. The kids will debate whether politics should…
Kevin Bennett has been promoted to vice president of programming and development for Discovery Emerging Networks. He will be responsible for overseeing programming strategies and development for Investigation Discovery and Military Channel. Bennett has worked in programming and development for…
Tennis Channel will premiere original series “Only at the Open” July 20. The half-hour weekly show chronicles the most dramatic champions and championship moments in U.S. Open history. The first installment will highlight John McEnroe, with Monica Seles, Arthur Ashe,…
ABC will stick to a fairly traditional premiere-week strategy, rolling out the bulk of its lineup the week of Sept. 22. Big guns such as “Dancing With the Stars,” “Ugly Betty,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” and…
Video search engine Blinkx introduced a private-label video search offering for any Web site to use. Blinkx is the latest niche video search engine to shift to a private-label model rather than concentrating on becoming a destination for video search….
Cost-cutting at General Motors could mean tough times for the advertising and media businesses, the Wall Street Journal says. GM was the fourth-largest advertiser in the U.S. with $2.1 billion in spending in 2007, having already sliced spending by 7.7%…
“Saturday Night Live’s” Amy Poehler is in talks to star in the upcoming spinoff of “The Office,” TelevisionWeek reports. The new series, set to premiere after next year’s Super Bowl telecast, is expected to join NBC’s Thursday night Lineup. Poehler’s…