Newsperson Ashleigh Banfield will have a new network in the new year, according to TV Newser. The former MSNBC anchor and war correspondent will be joining ABC News for "potential news projects down the road," the article said. Banfield’s last…
Hasbro’s “My Little Pony" has been put into development for a TV series for the new Hasbro-Discovery kids TV channel, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The brand got top pick among potential Hasbro properties after a one-hour special "My Little Pony:…
A new TV service debuts in Los Angeles today, eventually hoping to become an alternative to programming distributed by cable and satellite providers. It’s called Sezmi, and snares programming through over-the-air signals (including cable channels that it gets by leasing…
FX apparently saw the potential in the end-days film “2012,” grabbing the TV rights in advance of the movie’s $225 million opening weekend, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The Sony film will air on the basic cable network in 2012. Given…
Anonymous ‘Secret Diary of a Call Girl’ author Belle de Jour decided to reveal her true identity, after worrying that an ex-boyfriend would do it for her, the Associated Press reports. Brooke Magnanti, the 34-year-old woman whose blog became the…
Comcast’s On Demand Online service will launch sometime before Dec. 12, Multichannel News reports. More than 15 million of the company’s broadband and video customers will be able to access the Web-video service from as many as three computers, including…
When Lou Dobbs abruptly ended his employment at CNN during Wednesday’s broadcast of his show, he walked away from a $9 million balance on his contract, which still had a year and a half to go, reports the New York Post….