The first four installments of the “Harry Potter” film franchise will air Dec. 5-7 during ABC Family’s “25 Days of Christmas,” TV Guide reports. Sneak peeks of the upcoming theatrical release “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” will be peppered…
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The CW is close to renewing “America’s Next Top Model” for a 13th season, the Hollywood Reporter says. Wednesday’s season finale of the competitive reality show was up 21% from the previous week’s airing. Just last week the network announced…
Fox’s “Talkshow With Spike Feresten” will begin airing weeknights at 11 p.m. for a six-week trial run beginning Jan. 17, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The show will increase in length from 30 minutes to an hour. Fox wants to know…
Fox Cable Networks has named Jessica Fang VP of national accounts, Multichannel News reports. Fang, a six-year veteran at FCN, has been instrumental in some of the national accounts team’s most complex deals, including ones with Comcast, Cox and Insight,…
Live streaming of sports is all the rage as it provides new opportunities for fans, networks, leagues, Internet providers and advertisers, Multichannel News reports. Networks are given another medium to cover more sports while fans are given better access and…
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…