Virgin Media has picked up “Prom Queen” from Michael Eisner’s Vuguru, says the Hollywood Reporter. The 80 90-second webisodes will air on all Virgin Media platforms, including linear television, broadband, VOD and mobile. In the U.K., the show can be…
The Directors Guild of America issued a letter today defending the new-media deal it made with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, amid stalled talks between the producers and the Screen Actors Guild, Daily Variety reports. The letter,…
Because the debate apparently still rages on, MillerCoors, owner of Miller Lite, is reviving its 30 year-old “Great taste, less filling” tagline just in time for football season. The tagline will return Sept. 1 in revised versions of last year’s…
Hotel heiress and professional celebrity Paris Hilton needs a best friend during her travels to London, and what better way to find one than on TV? E! Online reports Hilton will star in her own reality show for the U.K.’s…
Comcast Entertainment Group has signed a new multiyear agreement with Ryan Seacrest. The deal expands Seacrest’s television and new-media production business across Comcast’s networks through his independent production company, Ryan Seacrest Productions. The production company will develop programming for Comcast…
SoapNet will air a 24-hour marathon of the original “Beverly Hills, 90210” on Sept. 1 starting at midnight. Twenty-four episodes from the show’s first four seasons will be featured. The marathon is in anticipation of the premiere of The CW’s…
“The Early Show” executive producer Zev Shalev has named Anthony Batson a senior producer on the CBS morning show, effective Sept. 22. Mr. Batson, an award-winning veteran of eight years with “48 Hours Mystery,” will oversee taped “Early Show” segments…
CNN’s plan to reallocate resources domestically will result in a 25% reduction in staff at its Chicago bureau to nine positions, the Chicago Tribune reports. The larger plan is to scatter journalists who can work across different media such as…
They face stiff competition on television, but on the Web the Atlanta-based CNN and Weather Channel are clobbering their competitors, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Thanks in part to their large staffs devoted solely to producing Web content, CNN.com is in…
Hulu, the joint venture between News Corp. and NBC, is now the eighth-largest video site in the U.S., reports the Silicon Alley Insider. Based on statistics released by Nielsen, Hulu served up 105 million video streams in July, 25 million…