In a new ad campaign, Qwest Communications brands itself as a broadband provider, the Wall Street Journal says. The phone company’s Internet revenue has been growing while overall revenue, including its voice business is down, the paper says. —Jon Lafayette
Adult Swim has ordered nine episodes of “Titan Maximum,” a comedy series from the team that created its top-rated “Robot Chicken,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Like “Chicken,” the show is a stop-motion animation program about robots, but it takes place…
TNT released its summer schedule, which includes two new series as well as one unscripted show, TheWrap.com reports. The new dramas are “Dark Blue” and “Hawthorne,” while “Wedding Day” marks the network’s first reality title. Returning series include “The Closer,”…
Henry Schleiff is stepping down as president and CEO of Crown Media, effective May 31, he and the company announced Wednesday. Bill Abbott, the company’s executive VP for advertising sales, will replace Mr. Schlieff as CEO of Crown, which owns…
Rupert Murdoch says, “The worst is over.” The News Corp. CEO, noting he has been uncharacteristically pessimistic on recent earnings calls, now says “the days of precipitous declines are over” and that “we are beginning to see a number of…
Ion Television and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution have signed a major film package deal, which will bring movies including “Ocean’s Thirteen” and “The Departed” to the broadcast network, Ion announced today. Movies in the deal will begin airing this…
Dylan Ratigan will anchor MSNBC’s 9-11 a.m. weekday block following “Morning Joe” beginning June 29. Mr. Ratigan, who recently exited CNBC, also will serve as a contributor on NBC News programs. Mr. Ratigan had been anchor of CNBC’s “Fast Money,”…
National Amusements completed a $1.46 billion debt restructuring that should mean controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone won’t have to sell off more of its stake in Viacom and CBS, the Associated Press reports. National Amusements was forced by lenders to sell…
Ex-CNBC chief Bill Bolster is asking The Weather Channel to provide him with a private jet as part of his negotiations to take the cable network’s top job, the New York Post reports. Talks between Bolster and The Weather Channel’s…
HBO has ordered David Simon’s “Treme” to series, although the network is still working on the number of episodes to first be produced, Daily Variety reports. “Treme” is set in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and follows residents as they…