Comcast’s regional network CN8 will disband by year’s end, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Comcast will replace it with the Comcast Network, a new network that will focus on the Philadelphia/Pittsburgh and Washington/Baltimore regions, Broadcasting & Cable says. Some 300 CN8…
Overbrook Entertainment and Science Channel are partnering to produce “Young Scientist Challenge.” The two-hour program, which is scheduled to air Jan. 18, follows the joy and drama of the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge and its top 10 finalists….
Sony-owned online video destination Crackle.com said it will launch its new season next week with shows featuring such familiar faces as Neil Patrick Harris, John Stamos and Christina Applegate. The lineup for the winter season includes new series “Anytime With…
Google said it instituted new search technology today for the Google TV Ads Platform that will let advertisers make their TV spots more targeted. Google TV Ads is the search giant’s foray into the TV advertising business that lets marketers…
Fine Living Network will premiere the original dating series “Wingman” on Feb. 10. The half-hour show follows dating-challenged men and women, who will be guided by standup comic Michael Somerville. Mr. Somerville is also a relationship columnist, penning Glamour’s monthly…
Rosie O’Donnell took her feud with Barbara Walters and “The View” to the set of NBC’s “Today” this morning in an interview with another “View” alum, Meredith Vieira, the Los Angeles Times reports. O’Donnell, who was on the show to…
After submitting a video message for Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics and telling “60 Minutes” he’d support an effort to get the BCS to change to a playoff post-season format, Advertising Age is calling Barack Obama “sports…
The Walt Disney Co., whose divisions include ABC and ESPN, spent $1.7 million lobbying the government during the third quarter, the Associated Press reports. The company’s subsidiary, Disney, lobbied on legislation ranging from tax treatment of film productions, theme park…
Online video technology service blip.tv today released an iPhone application that plays blip.tv-hosted clips on the popular mobile phone. iPhone users must view the videos through the mobile Safari browser, blip.tv said. The application represents a step toward making Web…
Twitter has rejected a takeover offer worth $500 million from Facebook, the Silicon Valley Insider reports. The offer was in all-stock form. Twitter felt the figure was inflated and the shares should be valued at the lower figures that have…