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The University Network, which delivers programming to more than 280 campuses in the U.S., will launch socially conscious music program “BeFree” late this summer, Media Daily News reports. The 10 segments will feature “artists who are facilitating social change through…
IMG Sports Media will take over the international distribution of Fox Sports International programming beginning July 1, the Hollywood Reporter says. While Fox Sports does have the international rights to some sports, it does not own the international rights to…
Fisher Communications Inc. revealed that it rejected a takeover bid in April, TVNewsday reports. The Seattle-based company owns and operates 13 full-power TV stations and eight low-power TV stations, the Web site notes. —Vlada Gelman
ESPN wants to expand into late-night television with “ESPN Timeline” next April, Broadcasting & Cable reports. A format for the program has not been decided, but the network wants to follow it up with a more comedic-slanted show along the…
Tuesday’s premiere of “Wipeout” and “I Survived a Japanese Game Show” on ABC will create the most competitive night of broadcast TV this summer, MediaWeek reports. Tuesday night will also mark the premiere of NBC’s “Celebrity Family Feud,” which was…
MSNBC will temporarily replace “The Tim Russert Show” with documentaries in the program’s Saturday timeslots, Multichannel News reports. Live news will replace the Sunday at 11 a.m. encore, the newspaper notes. —Vlada Gelman
Argentina’s Eyeworks Cuatro Cabezas, a production company, is filming a U.S. pilot of its politically incorrect comedy show “CQC” (Spanish for “Caiga Quien Caiga,” meaning “whoever might fall”), the Hollywood Reporter says. The one-hour pilot, which is co-hosted by “Lost’s”…
Motley Crue is trying to get out of a deal made in 2006 with MTV Films/Paramount to produce a biopic based on their best-selling autobiography “The Dirt,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The band is looking for new producing partners, claiming…