Sony has inked a deal with FIFA to telecast as many as 25 World Cup soccer matches from the upcoming 2010 tournament, reports B&C. Sony’s 3-D technology will capture the games in a unique new way and Sony Pictures Entertainment…
Comcast ad sales executive Dave Cassaro is expected to get the plum assignment overseeing ad sales for the new Comcast-controlled NBC Universal, B&C reports. The $9 billion TV advertising realm will include the NBC broadcast network and cable networks ranging…
Tareq and Michaele Salahi, who slipped into a White House state dinner uninvited last week, declined a request to testify before Congress today, which is looking into the security breach, the Associated Press reports. That prompted the threat of a…
Paul Allen’s name wasn’t on a just-released list of board members of Charter Communications, Multichannel News reports. The cable company emerged from bankruptcy protection earlier this week. Allen, who helped build the company by using his billions of wealth to…
Comcast has a new name for its OnDemand Online service launching this month, B&C reports. According to promotional materials obtained by B&C, the new name is Fancast Xfinity TV. –Elizabeth Jensen
Biker drama “Sons of Anarchy” will return for a third season on FX, Variety reports. Ratings soared for the series this past season, with the Tuesday night finale drawing its largest audience ever of 4.3 million viewers. The new season…
HBO’s “True Blood" is adding a werewolf and vampire to its cast, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Theo Alexander will play Talbot, an "intensely beautiful" vampire. Grant Bowler ("Ugly Betty") will play Coot, a werewolf. The show started production of its…
Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) CEO Christina Norman says the the kind of show Winfrey will create on her network will not be a talk show like she’s been doing the past 24 years in syndication, according to USA Today. Norman…