The FCC is expected to weigh in on the battle between tech companies like Google and broadcasters over soon-to-be unused airwaves in a report due out as early as today, Reuters reports. The FCC report will consider the feasibility of…
A report out from Leichtman Research found that 34% of U.S. households with at least one TV could lose their signal next year when the country moves to digital TV, TV Predictions reports. Leichtman found that 14% of TV households…
ABC is refusing to run an ad from Al Gore’s We Campaign that attacks oil companies for spending hundreds of millions lobbying and advertising to block clean energy, Advertising Age reports. The We Campaign asked ABC to run its “Repower…
Twentieth Century Fox Television is in development on a spec script about a small town female mayor in the wake of Sarah Palin’s VP bid, the New York Post reports. The series, tentatively titled “Cadillac Ranch,” has “Hairspray” director Adam…
NBC ordered four more scripts of the new “Knight Rider,” Variety reports. The first three episodes of the updated 1980s talking car drama have performed o.k. in the ratings for its Wednesday 8 p.m. time slot, but the show is…
The Advertising Council in a partnership with the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, launched its first series of national ads this week aimed at combating anti-gay language and harassment among teens, MediaDailyNews reports. Hilary Duff and comedian Wanda Sykes…
IFC and Sundance Channel have formed a new division to focus on sales and business development across both cable channels and a variety of other platforms such as on-demand and film festivals, Broadcasting and Cable reports. Allen Klein, previously IFC’s…
A group of low-power TV stations have gathered more than 150 signatures from station representatives calling on the FCC to start the process of moving them to full-power status, securing their carriage on cable, Broadcasting and Cable reports. The group…
Time Warner Cable is facing another retransmission-consent dispute as it enters its second week in a similar fight with LIN TV, Multichannel News reports. The cable company and LIN TV are still negotiating a new retransmission-consent deal, but 15 LIN…
Cartoon Network is in pre-production on a live-action, CGI movie based on bestselling young adult novel “Tiger’s Apprentice” by Lawrence Yep, Multichannel News reports. The film is casting now and set to premiere in 2010. Oscar-nominated screenwriter David Magee adapted…