BET named new two presidents to run its programming operations. Former MTV executive Loretha Jones joins BET as president of programming. She will be responsible for original programming, news development, planning and acquisition. The Viacom-owned cable network promoted Stephen Hill,…
Mobile video technology firm Transpera landed $8.25 million in a Series B round of funding, the company announced today. The round was led by Flybridge Capital Partners and included investment from Labrador Ventures. The cash is earmarked for product expansion…
NBC has canceled freshman series “My Own Worst Enemy” and sophomore show “Lipstick Jungle” due to struggling ratings, TelevisionWeek reports. The CW, meanwhile, has ordered another five episodes of its first-year dramedy “Privileged,” bringing the episodes count to 18 for…
A real estate investor who helped create A&E’s “Flip This House” was awarded $4 million by a federal jury in South Carolina, the Los Angeles Times reports. He had sued A&E for allegedly reneging on a promise to share half…
Liberty Media’s QVC shopping channel expects to lay off 700 workers over the next 14 months, after already having pared 160, the Wall Street Journal reports. The cuts will trim operating costs by $30 million to $40 million, the paper…
Showtime is developing a gay superhero project with comic book legend Stan Lee, Daily Variety reports. The hour-long series, based on Perry Moore’s book “Hero,” will follow a superhero and the challenges he faces while hiding his secret identities. Lee…
Google’s YouTube, the biggest Web-video sharing site, introduced a service that sells video advertisements linked to search results on the site, the Wall Street Journal says. The program will deliver users online commercials next to their search results and advertisers…
New England Patriot fans in the Northeast who don’t live in the Boston metropolitan area and Manchester N.H. will have to search for the game tonight versus the New York Jets on the NFL Network, a cable channel that only…
An extra two-episode order for Fox’s “Prison Break” could mean the end of the series, the Hollywood Reporter says. The actors on the show were told that production might be extended for the extra episodes, which some believe could be…
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” has added to new female comedians to its cast, Daily Variety reports. One is Abby Elliott, daughter of comedian Chris Elliott and a former member of the Upright Citizens Brigade. The other is Michaela Watkins, who…