Robert Gibbs, President Obama’s press secretary, said that cable television doesn’t always give a true picture of what the public wants to hear, the Associated Press reports. He said that key issues involved in Obama’s proposed stimulus package “sometimes get…
Although Lauren Conrad says she plans to leave MTV’s “The Hills,” the network is thinking about continuing the series without her, according to the Los Angeles Times, citing an insider. Conrad’s final 10-episode season on “The Hills” is due to…
Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” will return to production in Los Angeles next week, the New York Post reports. HBO had first said the show would start production in December for an early 2009 debut, the paper says. —Aimee Picchi
Executives from Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable speaking Wednesday at the Deutsche Bank Media and Telecommunications said they don’t see advertising trends recovering any time soon, the Hollywood Reporter says. “We are not forecasting a rebound at all” for…
DirecTV joined the list of media companies saying they’re open to an online video venture called “TV Everywhere” by Time Warner, the Associated Press reports. The companies, including Comcast, Cox, NBC Universal, Viacom and News Corp., are looking for ways…
Viacom’s CMT has signed three agreements to integrate brands into its content, MediaPost reports. Procter & Gamble will start a weekly vignette that links to CMT]s video series “Top 20 Countdown.” The network has signed similar deals with Ask.com and…
Sundance Channel has renewed FremantleMedia Enterprises’ U.K. music program “Live From Abbey Road,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The network has bought the third season, with 12 hour-long episodes shot at the Abbey Road studios with artists including James Taylor, Lyle…
ESPN will televise its first heavyweight championship fight on March 21, Multichannel News reports. The fight will pit World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko against Juan Carlos Gomez, the trade magazine says. —Aimee Picchi
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman said the company is open to Time Warner’s “TV Everywhere” plan, Advertising Age reports. Dauman, on a panel at the Deutsche Bank Media and Telecommunications Conference in Palm Beach, Fla., said the company was ready to…
Crown Media Holdings announced its fourth-quarter earnings results Wednesday after an e-mail accidentally went out that released the figures prematurely. Crown, which owns the Hallmark Channel, had been scheduled to release its earnings Thursday. For TVWeek’s comprehensive coverage of how…