China’s top network, CCTV, sold $1.4 billion in ad time during its version of an upfront, representing a 15% increase from last year, the Wall Street Journal says. “This is a tremendous amount of investment being committed to China at…
Mob Scene Creative + Productions has opened a New York branch in addition to adding Ben Coplon and Jason Rein to the company, the Hollywood Reporter says. The Los Angeles-based ad and content production company works on trailers, commercials and…
Lifetime filed a new lawsuit in federal court as it seeks to unfreeze “Project Runway,” a series it acquired but is now enjoined from airing by a state court order. “This is the next step in our dispute with NBCU…
The Writers Guild of America is filing arbitration against the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers for allegedly failing to comply with the new contract negotiated out of the 100-day strike that shut down Hollywood during the winter of…
Warner Bros. Animation has launched a new interactive Web site for fans of its Cartoon Network series “Batman: The Brave and the Bold,” which debuted Friday. The site, www.braveandthebold.com, is an interactive, ad-supported destination for fans of all ages. Among…
The Daily Beast recaps co-chairman of NBC Entertainment Ben Silverman’s meteoric rise up the ranks and repeats oft-heard speculation about his downfall, with NBC last among the Big Four networks in ratings. The blog touches upon Silverman’s reported predilection for…
Comcast Networks has enlisted the U.K.’s MirriAd to digitally insert product logos into existing video content, Mediaweek reports. MirriAd’s work includes digitally adding virtual containers of Rice Krispies cereal and Maxwell House coffee to the 2007 feature film “Welcome to…
Twentieth Television will host a memorial service Nov. 21 for executive Matthew Rodriguez, who died Nov. 14 in Los Angeles of cancer. The service for the Twentieth TV and MyNetworkTV senior vice president of marketing and creative will be held…
CNN’s awe-inspiring buying power is examined today in the New York Observer. CNN’s plethora of political pundits, its CNN Grills and those old chestnuts—the “Magic Wall” and those Election Night holograms—are used as exhibits A, B, C and D as…
The Los Angeles Times profiles Miss J. Alexander and Mr. Jay Manuel, Tyra Banks’ two sidekicks on “America’s Next Top Model,” as they prepare for their “Top Model” spinoff, “Operation Fabulous.” If picked up by The CW, the series will…