Cable channel IFC inked a deal with independent music resource guide Pitchfork Media to be the TV distributor for Pitchfork’s catalogue of Web videos. The videos come from Pitchfork.tv and will include live performances, interviews, documentary segments and music videos….
NFL Network plans to televise Brett Favre’s first preseason game as a New York Jet nationally on Saturday, the network said. The network will be picking up the local feed of the game between the Jets and the Washington Redskins….
WPIX-TV (CW 11) has renewed its multi-year contract for the rights to broadcast the New York Mets through 2011. WPIX will air 25 Mets games each season for three years, with both home and away games available in HD. All…
Fine Living Network plans to launch a new comedy series poking fun at Martha Stewart, and the show was the idea of Stewart herself, the New York Times reports. Stewart thought up the show, “Whatever, Martha!”, while watching reruns of…
The Beijing Olypmics are on pace to become the most-watched Olympics ever, TelevisionWeek reports. The high ratings are a sign that coverage of the Games on the Internet doesn’t necessarily detract from the traditional primetime broadcast, the Wall Street Journal…
The financial woe the auto industry is experiencing is being felt in lower profits and revenues by traditional media companies, the New York Times reports. In the first quarter of this earnings period, the car business spent $414 million less…
ABC News “Nightline” has been on a winning streak, but the program could be dead in its track if the network manages to sign Jay Leno when he concludes his reign with the “Tonight” show, the Los Angeles Times says….
Tori Spelling pulled out of reprising her role in the new version of “90210” because the CW wasn’t paying her as much as her former co-stars, Deadline Hollywood Daily reports. The network signed Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty for $35,000…
Political campaigns are paying lower prices for television commercials than they did two years ago, TelevisionWeek reports. In some markets, prices are as much as 15% to 20% lower, the paper says.
Salma Hayek and her producing partner Jose Tames are working with Merv Griffin Television president Roy Bank on a wedding-themed hour-long reality series, Daily Variety reports. Bank created Fox’s “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?”, while Hayek’s and Tamez’s…