A spinoff to Cartoon Network’s “Total Drama Island” has been acquired by the cable network, Daily Variety reports. Like “Island,” “Total Drama Action” will take aim at the reality TV genre but, instead of an island, “Action” will have contestants…
Spanish-language network Univision is teaming with Microsoft’s music and entertainment service Zune to launch a music download service accessible via its Web site, Univision.com, Adweek reports. Baja Zune Musica en Univision.com offers Zune music charts, artist profiles and access to…
StrikeTV, the online venture formed during the writers strike, has finally launched, Daily Variety reports. Today’s site debut features 10 original series, including “Global Warming,” starring Kristen Wiig, “House Poor With Mindy Kaling” and “The Challenge,” featuring Bob Newhart. The…
MSNBC and anchor Keith Olbermann were slammed during a media event titled “Hollywood, America and Election ’08,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The news network and the newsman were taken to task because of their left-leaning election coverage and personal attacks…
Maria Grasso has officially joined OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, as was expected when it was reported last month that she was leaving Lifetime. Ms. Grasso was named senior VP for programming. She will work with Nina Wass, senior VP, creative…
E! Entertainment Television will premiere the reality competition series “Party Monsters: Cabo” on Dec. 2. The series takes nine party planners to the LG Villa in Cabo in a competition to see who can throw the best party for Hollywood…
The popularity of online video is moving beyond the early adopters and growing significantly among women and older consumers, reports a study from Ipsos Media released Monday. The study found that about 54% of female Internet users ages 12 and…
Disney-ABC Television Group has made a deal with Verizon to make ABC shows available on video-on-demand to FiOS TV subscribers. Terms of the deal call for Verizon to disable the fast-forward button so that viewers cannot skip through the commercials…
Less than a week before Election Day, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama plans to appear on Comedy Central’s fake newscast “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” Wednesday, the network said today. Mr. Obama will appear via satellite from Florida,…
AOL will lean on online television technology provider Brightcove to deliver video throughout the AOL network, the companies announced today. When the deal kicks in early next year, AOL and its programming partners will use Brightcove’s technology to deliver video…