Spike TV has ordered a two-hour drama pilot about Boston’s Irish mob from executive producers Dana White and Tom Lynch and director Walter Hill, the Hollywood Reporter says. The untitled project, to be produced by MGM Television Entertainment, will center…
Comcast Media Center has purchased Radiance Technologies for $5 million, CedMagazine.com reports. Radiance’s assets include patented technologies for scheduling and executing data transfers, and for controlling data transfer rates, Ced says. According to the Web site, the acquisition will boost…
ABC Family said it has greenlighted production of two pilots, “Ruby and the Rockits” and “10 Things I Hate About You.” “Ruby” is a half-hour multicamera comedy about a former teen idol that has three members of the Cassidy family…
Viacom is going after YouTube’s earliest investors in an effort to prove the video hub Web site’s business model depends on copyright infringement, MarketWatch reports. Viacom has filed discovery requests against Sequoia Capital, Artis Capital Management and TriplePoint Capital in…
ABC’s win streak with debate coverage was extended to three Tuesday night when the network averaged 12.8 million viewers through 90 minutes of debate and a half-hour of analysis of the second of three face-offs between presidential candidates Sen. John…
NBC says it will close up shop on its digital channel Weather Plus by the end of the year, TelevisionWeek reports. Weather Plus, a 24/7 weather service the network owned with its affiliates, appears on 10 NBC owned stations and…
Many second-year series that had their debut seasons cut short due to the Writers Guild of America strike are having difficulty bringing back the viewers that originally watched them, USA Today reports. Shari Ann Brill from media buyer Carat tells…
Tuesday night’s presidential debate bettween Republican candidate John McCain and Democratic nominee Barack Obama lacked any “particularly electrifying performance,” the Washington Post says. The New York Times adds that the candidates displayed “less vigor and venom than expected.” Some of…
DirecTV’s broadcast of the season premiere of “Friday Night Lights” may have only attracted 400,000 of the satellite TV service’s viewers, but the airing still marks a win for the show, the New York Times reports. “FNL’s” audience is down…