Dan Brenner, who has been legal counsel for the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, will leave the group to join Washington, D.C., law firm Hogan & Hartson, Multichannel News reports. Mr. Brenner helped the NCTA gain legal victories such as…
A bill introduced by Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., that would force No.2 U.S. satellite company Dish Network to carry noncommercial stations’ multicast channels was praised by the Association of Public Television Stations, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Rep. Eshoo said the…
Like Fox’s ‘Fringe,’ A&E Series Will Air With Limited Commercials in Exchange for Higher Rates
Former WLVI-TV, Boston, reporter Kristen Caira, who still freelances for New England Cable News, has opened a drive through café in Plymouth called Caira’s Curbside, the Boston Herald reports. “I still love reporting and I love working for NECN, but…
Former HBO CEO Chris Albrecht will executive produce a series about the Borgia family for the French production company Lagardere Entertainment and Canal Plus, Daily Variety says. The 12-episode first season will be filmed in English to help sales of…
Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Dhani Jones is featured on a new series on the Travel Channel visiting various countries and trying out the native sports, USA Today reports. On one episode of “Dhani Tackles the Globe, he loses to a 170-pounder…
MC Hammer’s new reality show on A&E will focus on his wife and kids, who live in Oakland, the Associated Press reports. “You’re going to see an American family in the current environment of America,” Hammer tells the wire service….
Former Bulls star and broadcaster “Stormin’ Norman” Van Lier died Thursday moring, the Chicago Tribune reports. When Van Lier, 61, didn’t show up for work Wednesday, Comcast SportsNet staffers suspected something was wrong because he never missed a day of…
Bright House Networks on Sunday added Gospel Music Channel to its lineup in Central Florida, the Orlando Sentinal reports. “We have heard from customers asking for the Gospel Music Channel,” said Bright House spokeswoman Sara Brady. “It carries a wide…
Bright House Networks will carry the Sportsman Channel in central Florida, adding almost 600,000 subscribers to the hunting and fishing network, Multichannel News says. Sportsman, which was launched in 2003 and will have more than 15.5 million subscribers, will start…