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The Documentary Channel is placing about 15% of its library on video channels offered on YouTube.com and Sling.com, Multichannel News reports. CEO Jim Ackerman tells the publication that the network’s movies and specials will air on the Web only after…
The FCC, seeking public comment on media content-control technologies, received about 10,000 comments, with the majority asking for technology to eliminate inappropriate words, Multichannel News reports. More than 95% of the comments referred to the product TV Guardian, which can…
AT&T said more than 60% of the customers who have joined its U-verse service have switched from cable, Multichannel News reports, citing comments from chief financial officer Rick Lindner. More than 90% of U-verse TV customers also subscribe to its…
Jon Hamm and Jennifer Westfeldt have formed a production company called Points West Pictures, the Hollywood Reporter says. The couple have three projects in development and are in negotiations for optioning other projects, the trade paper says. One of the…
Timothy Olyphant has been cast to play the lead in an untitled FX pilot, the Hollywood Reporter says. The project, based on Elmore Leonard’s short story “Fire in the Hole,” will feature Olyphant playing U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, who returns…
The CBS comedy pilot “Ace in the Hole” has cast Pamela Adlon, the Hollywood Reporter says. The pilot focuses a father who works as a driving instructor, played by Adam Carolla, with Adlon set to play his wife, a nurse,…
CBS News is turning to its documentary-style format “CBS Reports” in order to show stories of how the struggling economy is affecting children, the Associated Press reports. CBS will air these segments as part of its extensive coverage to be…
Former professional boxer Mike Tyson may consider joining an upcoming season of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” if his girlfriend gets her way, MTV News reports. Tyson’s girlfriend has helped him become a fan of the dance competition, and athletes…
“The View’s” Sherri Shepherd is scheduled to make an appearance in an upcoming episode of “WWE Friday Night Smackdown,” Newsday.com reports. Shepherd will appear in the corner of the ring in support of wrestler MVP during the May 1 episode,…