Verizon’s FiOS finished atop a satisfaction survey of television services, with about nine out of 10 customers at least “somewhat” pleased with the service, Multichannel News reports. Time Warner Cable finished on the bottom of the list, with fewer than…
ESPN and Discovery Channel were atop the list of channels that surveyed television watchers said they would most want to keep, Multichannel News reports, citing Solutions Research Group. ABC was the broadcast network viewers most wanted to keep, while Fox…
California will earmark $100 million a year worth of tax breaks to television and movie producers who film at least three-quarters of their content within the state, Web site DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com reports, citing the California Film Commission. The program will be…
CNN will create more Internet-only news content, exemplified by its coverage of Barack Obama’s Feb. 24 address to Congress, while working with social-networking site Facebook on creating online communities related to certain events, Broadcasting & Cable reports. CNN newscasters John…
The Federal Communications Commission said calls to its digital-TV transition help lines decreased Wednesday, the day after 417 stations switched away from analog signals. The decline may suggest that more viewers were concerned about the prospect of the DTV transition…
TodayShow.com has received a makeover. The new Web site allows users to customize their TodayShow.com homepage, while extending the broadcast’s brand with headlines and video from the show. Visitors can watch the entire show online and then embed or share…
Automaker Infiniti has become the exclusive sponsor of college basketball in the Big Ten and SEC conferences. It also has signed new multimedia ad deals with ESPN and CBS. ESPN will air an “Infiniti Pre-Game Showcase” before key games, and…
Isaac Mizrahi and Kelly Rowland will host Bravo’s competition series “The Fashion Show.” “The Fashion Show’s” professional designer contestants will have their fate determined in each week’s challenge by a studio audience and a panel of judges. IMG Fashion Senior…
TV Land has cast Stacey Anderson as the star of its elimination dating series “The Cougar.” The 40-year-old Ms. Anderson is a realtor from Scottsdale, Ariz. Vivca A. Fox hosts the eight-episode series, which premieres April 15 on TV Land…
Inspired by the success of Canadian import “Flashpoint,” CBS has picked up 13 episodes of the Canadian TV series “The Bridge,” which it will again share with CTV. The series was originally developed as a two-hour movie and backdoor pilot…