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Jennifer Turner has been tapped by NBC Universal as the VP of licensing and strategic partnerships for Bravo Media and Oxygen Media, Daily Variety reports. In the newly created position, Turner will develop licensing and merchandising opportunities for the cable…
Hallmark Channel will announce that it has 30 films in the pipeline, including a new installment in the “Love Comes Softly” series starring Cloris Leachman and Hayley Duff and four holiday films, Daily Variety reports. Other films include “Accidental Friendship”…
Sources estimate the cable upfront market wrapped up with dollar-volume gains in the 8% to 10% range and nearly $8 billion in sales, Multichannel News reports. The cable upfront came in healthier than expected thanks to advertisers switching their buys…
MTV Networks, Dish Network and Cadbury are partnering for an interactive ad campaign presented by Cadbury’s Sour Patch Kids, Multichannel News reports. The campaign will present interactive TV voting and polling during The N’s new reality series “Queen Bees,” in…
Spike TV has enlisted Wizzard Media’s LibsynPRO 2.0 service to host a podcast of bonus footage from its new original series “Factory,” Online Media Daily reports. Spike TV will run an ad campaign on Wizzard Media Network as a part…
Kevin McKidd, star of last season’s NBC drama “Journeyman,” is in talks to join the cast of ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” Entertainment Weekly reports. McKidd would play a doctor who comes to the hospital after serving in Iraq, the magazine says….
CNBC’s “Squawk Box” will host a series of debates on the economy with advisers from the Obama and McCain campaigns, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The first debate will air July 10 at 7:30 a.m., with another debate to follow once…
Sci Fi Channel will add reruns of “Lost” to its schedule this fall, the Futon Critic reports. The network will air a block of four episodes every Monday at 7 p.m. starting Sept. 15, the Web site says. New drama…
Jay Karnes will join the cast of FX’s new series “Sons of Anarchy” for a six-episode arc as an ATF agent, the Hollywood Reporter says. Over at The CW, Meghan Markle and Kellan Lutz have landed recurring roles on “90210,”…
Jamila Hunter is returning to NBC as the senior VP of programming and development, alternative and digital, the Hollywood Reporter says. Hunter was a comedy development executive for two years at 20th Century Fox TV, the newspaper says. Hunter started…