Major League Baseball is set to launch its new cable channel in 50 million homes on Jan. 1, Advertising Age notices. MLB Network CEO Tony Petitti concedes the launch comes amid a tough economy. “Things are challenging out there,” he…
HBO comedy “Flight of the Conchords” generated 250,000 streams for the premiere episode of its second season on Will Ferrell’s FunnyOrDie Web site, the Hollywood Reporter says. The series, which starts New Zealanders Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, attracted about…
NBC’s broadcast network may not be too exciting, but online, the network is brimming with original programming, the New York Times says. In addition to web extensions of prime time shows such as “The Office,” and “Chuck” in comedy, NBC.com…
Procter & Gamble and Ryan Seacrest agreed to a promotion in which the consumer-goods company and maker of Scope mouthwash will make a donation to the Operation Smile children’s charity for each time a couple is caught kissing on Scope’s…
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, CNN’s Anderson Cooper says that despite the success of Rachel Maddow and Campbell Brown on cable, he doesn’t plan to begin to inject his opinion into his prime time newscast. “I’m just…
John Malone’s Liberty Media is slowly selling off part of its stake in Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp., the Wall Street Journal reports. The latest sale disclosed was 333,600 shares of a $27.9 share stake valued at $440 million, the Journal says….
A new documentary on HBO takes a look at the fabled restaurant Le Cirque, its founder Sirio Maccioni and his sons, who help run the eatery, the New York Times says. “Everybody thinks it’s like this elitist institution, and in…
USA Today offers a quiz about the year in sports on TV. One sample question: Where did NBC announcers go to call all live coverage of 13 sports of the Beijing Olympics? Hint: They didn’t need a passport to leave…