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Montreal-based Extenway Solutions has signed a multiyear agreement with Dish Network to distribute the satellite provider’s programming to hotel chains, Multichannel News reports. The agreement will bring new premium and HD channels to Extenway customers, forming the lineup of its…
Sophie Altman, the creator of long-running teenage quiz show “It’s Academic,” died of heart disease on May 24 in Washington, D.C., the Washington Post reports. Altman continued to produce the show, now entering its 48th season, until she was hospitalized…
Hispanic broadcast network TeleFutura will premiere “La Dama de Troya” (The Lady of Troy), its first primetime novela, on June 2, Mediaweek reports. The story centers around a woman whose husband is killed on her wedding night by a man…
ABC will air a “Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night” half-hour special following the first four National Basketball Association Finals games beginning June 5, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Kimmel will continue to host the NBA specials if the best-of-seven series goes…
A USB study found that CBS Corp. and News Corp. are most exposed to advertising weakness because of their higher reliance on auto and financial ads in a sluggish economy, the Hollywood Reporter says. CBS Corp. and News Corp. also…
Roger Bart has been cast in ABC’s untitled David Hemingson pilot from 20th Century Fox TV, Daily Variety reports. Bart will play a volatile but likable partner at a law firm, where he works alongside his wife, the newspaper says….
British comedian Russell Brand (“Forgetting Sarah Marshall”) has been signed to host his own U.S. talk show in which he will interview A-list actors, the Sunday Mirror reports, citing unnamed sources. U.K.-based production company Box TV snapped up the comedian…
Brad Garrett will appear in the season premiere of USA’s “Monk” on July 18, TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello reports. He will play a handyman doing some home renovations for Monk, the magazine says. Additionally, Dan Rather will return as himself…