CBS’ “The Early Show” has added Anthony Batson as a senior producer, effective Sept. 22, TelevisionWeek reports. Batson was with the network’s “48 Hours Mystery.” In his new role he will manage the show’s taped segments and special projects, the…
Sci Fi Channel is wrapping up “Stargate Atlantis” after the series’ current fifth season ends its run in January, Multichannel News says. The network, however, will extend the life of the show with a two-hour movie that will air sometime…
While the 2008 Summer Olympics have been huge ratings hits for NBC, NBCOlympics.com has also been drawing record audiences online, the Hollywood Reporter says. The site has been drawing an average 6 million users per day for an average of…
Comcast is looking to bring viewers interactive widgets on their TV screens, Multichannel News reports. The Widget Channel, developed by Intel and Yahoo, will allow developers to create customized widgets, computer programs that would let consumers access stock quotes or…
Joel Silver has optioned “Fortune’s Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt” to HBO for a possible series, Daily Variety reports. The hour-long project is currently in the script-development stage under writer Jim Solomon, who will executive produce along…
ABC Studios has purchased a script from Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, the writing duo behind “Legally Blonde” and the upcoming “The House Bunny,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The script, inspired by an L.A. Times column and based on…
Endemol has sold the breakout summer competition series “Wipeout” to 17 international territories, Daily Variety reports. Among the countries that have purchased the format are Spain, the Netherlands, Israel and the U.K., with different production companies debuting their versions later…
Liquid-crystal display panel makers are likely to boost earnings in the fourth quarter, according to a report released this week. That’s after lagging demand from China and an oversupply caused LCD panel prices to drop as much as 20% since…
Blu-ray discs will outsell standard DVDs in the U.S. by a 3-to-2 margin by 2012 as Blu-ray player prices fall, retailers clear more space for the format and more people use videogame consoles and other devices to watch the high-definition…
The player: Martin Brown, video product marketing manager at Daktronics The play: Mr. Brown has helped Daktronics become the preeminent high-definition scoreboard maker for Major League Baseball. The Brookings, S.D.-based company has made or is making the primary scoreboards at…