History Explores ‘Dung’
History will debut “All About Dung” on Monday at 9 p.m., the Orlando Sentinel reports. The special will look at the historical, medical, scientific and evolutionary aspects of the subject, the newspaper notes. —Vlada Gelman
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Strahan Tackles NBC’s ‘Chuck’
Former New York Giants player Michael Strahan filmed a cameo on NBC’s “Chuck,” the New Jersey Star-Ledger reports. Strahan plays the manager of Mighty Jock, a sporting goods store in the same mall complex where Chuck works, the newspaper says….
CBS’ CNET Purchase to Close Soon
CBS’ tender offer for Web site CNET’s outstanding shares was completed Wednesday, with the $1.8 billion acquisition expected to close in “the next few business days,” Multichannel News reports. CNET will become a wholly owned, direct subsidiary of CBS upon…
Equity Media Sells Retro TV Net
Equity Media Holdings has sold its Retro Television Network to Luken Communications for $18.5 million, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Equity Media also sold its Univision- and TeleFutura-affiliated TV stations in six markets to Luken for $5 million, the newspaper says….
Hearst-Argyle TV Starts Polling
Hearst-Argyle Television is conducting national polls on the presidential race and national issues for the first time, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The first poll, conducted by Franklin & Marshall College, showed that Sen. Barack Obama was leading Sen. John McCain…
Comcast Picks Converter Box Venders
Comcast has chosen Motorola, Pace Micro Technology and Thomson as its digital-to-analog converter box supply vendors, Multichannel News reports. The operator will order up to 6 million converters in 2008 and 12 million next year to distribute to analog video…
U.K.’s All3Media Buys Zoo Prods.
Indie U.K. TV group All3Media has bought U.S.-based Zoo Productions, Daily Variety reports. One production company executive said European companies are taking advantage of the weak dollar by entering a market they view as unsaturated, the newspaper says. Zoo Prods….
Sony Maps Strategy, Eyes Profits
Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer promised that the company will be profitable in the TV and video game arenas during this fiscal year, which ends March 2009, the New York Times reports. The company plans to invest in networking…
Sonnenfeld Stays With Sony TV
Barry Sonnenfeld has signed a new one-year deal with Sony Pictures TV, the Hollywood Reporter says. The deal gives Sony TV first look at his unscripted and digital projects, the newspaper says. Sonnenfeld is developing several projects to be presented…