The British comedian who appears as a correspondent on "Daily Show" and plays a professor on NBC’s "Community" is getting his own show on Comedy Central, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show," will begin filming…
Central Florida cable company Bright House Networks has expanded services, offering Orlando digital cable subscribers10 foreign-language pay channels from International Media Distribution, reports Multichannel News. Bright House will offer French, German, Italian, Russian, Vietnamese, Korean, Filipino, Japanese and Arabic channels, among others, starting Thursday. Prices for the channels…
Filmmaker Andrew Rossi (“Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven”) has been tailing some New York Times media reporters for a possible documentary, the New York Observer reports. Rossi, who has a development deal with HBO, said he’s interested in how…
The Discovery Communications-Hasbro kids TV channel hired four top staffers in advance of its launch, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Amber Fredman-Tarshis, from Victoria’s Secret, was named chief marketing officer; Dan Pimentel, a Discovery executive, was named chief financial officer; Brooke…
British producer-financier Graham King ("The Departed") is expanding his GK Films into the television business and has recruited Craig Cegielski from Lionsgate TV to head up the new GK-TV division, Variety reports. As with its film business, the TV unit…
“The Listener,” a Canadian series that NBC ran on Thursdays this summer before canceling it due to low ratings, is doing well in its home market and has been picked up for a second season, Variety reports. The show about…
Charlie Ergen has stepped down from his role as chief executive of EchoStar Corp. and named Michael Dugan as his replacement, Reuters reports. Dugan, who is a senior advisor and an EchoStar board member, will now be president and CEO….
President Barack Obama gave an interview to Fox News Channel’s Major Garrett in Beijing, perhaps signaling an end to the hostilities between the network and the administration, the Associated Press reports. The interview was one of a number of interviews…