Filmmaker Bud Greenspan’s most recent Olympics documentary will be shown on Showtime, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m., reports Multichannel News. "Bud Greenspan Presents: Beijing 2008 — America’s Olympic Glory" is the latest Olympics film featuring behind-the-scenes footage and in-depth reporting…
The Big Ten Network will deliver live sporting events to American fans outside North America with the help of thePlatform, Comcast’s online-video services unit, reports Multichannel News. BTN, a collaboration between Fox Cable Networks and the Big Ten Conference, will…
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, the star of "Morning Joe," is off from the show this week to recover from minor sinus surgery, according to the Huffington Post. Scarborough will be back on the air next week. — Allison J. Waldman Source:
By Elizabeth Jensen When Robert D. Novak died Aug. 18 at the age of 78 from a malignant brain tumor, his rueful prediction came true: The journalistic uproar he unleashed late in his career by disclosing the identity of CIA…
Wolf Blitzer anchors CNN’s afternoon “The Situation Room” and is CNN’s lead political anchor. During last year’s political campaign he also moderated numerous debates and anchored the Sunday newsmaker show (John King has since taken over). Blitzer’s regular presence on…
By Debra Kaufman To the viewers at home, and the pundits at their PCs, the TV reports looked like a civil war brewing: At town hall meetings across the country, angry groups of citizens seemed to confront their elected officials…
Apple has announced that app downloads for its iPhone and iPod touch customers has reached 2 billion, half a billion of those in the last quarter alone. Apple says there are more than 50 million iPhone and iPod touches in…
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge is expected to rule tomorrow on whether Charter Communications’ reorganization plan can go forward, after months of squabbling among the lenders, bondholders and shareholders, reports Multichannel News. Charter filed for Chapter 11 protection on March…
The New York medical examiner’s office ruled that DJ AM died accidentally from acute intoxication due to the combined effects of cocaine along with prescription drugs OxyContin, Hydrocodone or Vicodin, antianxiety drugs Xanax and Ativan, Klonopin, Benadryl and Levamisole, the…
TLC greenlit a docusoap, "BBQ Pit Masters," about the behind-the-scenes world of competition grilling, reports Variety. The network picked up eight hourlong episodes for a Dec. 2 debut. Two other food series, “Cake Boss” and “Ultimate Cake Off,” were also…