The FCC in September is expected to report its finding on whether TV airwaves can be shared with wireless gadgets that connect to the Internet, the Wall Street Journal reports. The fight over so-called white space is key because broadcasters…
General Motors Corp. won’t be advertising in this year’s Academy Awards telecast, leaving ABC without one of its biggest sponsors for the Oscar show in February, the Wall Street Journal says. Last year, the company spent $13.5 million for spots…
The final season of FX’s “The Shield,” which set edgy programming trends on basic cable and had difficulty garnering advertisers early on, will be sponsored by Budweiser, TelevisionWeek reports. The Anheuser-Busch brewing company will present the first three episodes of…
Next month, Seth MacFarlane, creator of Fox’s “The Family Guy,” will unveil an animated Web series called “Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy” that will be distributed solely on the Web through Google, the New York Times says. MacFarlane will…
Food Network is looking to enter the competitive eating programming game with its tentatively titled series, “Eat the Clock,” the Hollywood Reporter says. In “Clock” contestants must race through various Los Angeles restaurants and stuff their faces with several gastro-intestinal…
CBS Paramount TV has tapped Meg Liberman as senior vice president of casting, the Hollywood Reporter says. Liberman has a long history in casting, having founded her own company in the 1980s and partnered with March Hirschfield and Cami Patton…
CNN is hoping this November’s presidential election “feels like the first time” for many viewers, and has tapped the band Daughtry to remake the Foreigner’s 1977 song for the network’s “League of First Time Voters” segments, Daily Variety reports. The…
Warner Bros. is breathing life into the 1960s popular child program “The Banana Splits,” Daily Variety reports. The franchise will see new shorts and videos airing on Cartoon Network and its Web site. Future DVD and CD releases are also…
Universal Media Studios has signed John Eisendrath to join the upcoming “My Own Worst Enemy” as showrunner and executive producer as part of a two-year overall deal with the studio, Daily Variety reports. Eisendrath already served as a co-executive producer…
“Ugly Betty’s” America Ferrera was named Chevy Entertainer of the Year at the 2008 Alma Awards on Sunday, the Hollywood Reporter says. Singers Linda Rondstadt and Shakira were also recognized with the Trailblazer Award and the Humanitarian Award, respectively. The…