Gospel Music Channel will air footage of a Blind Boys of Alabama concert from New Orleans the day before the Blind Boys new CD “Live in New Orleans” is released on Feb. 24, Multichannel News reports. The group, recipients of…
U.S. cable leader Comcast will carry men’s channel MavTV in high definition, though it hasn’t disclosed when the network will debut, Web site TVPredictions.com reports. Charter, Cablevision and Verizon’sFiOS already air the channel, which features sports, gaming programs and women,…
Verizon’s FiOS finished atop a satisfaction survey of television services, with about nine out of 10 customers at least “somewhat” pleased with the service, Multichannel News reports. Time Warner Cable finished on the bottom of the list, with fewer than…
ESPN and Discovery Channel were atop the list of channels that surveyed television watchers said they would most want to keep, Multichannel News reports, citing Solutions Research Group. ABC was the broadcast network viewers most wanted to keep, while Fox…
CNN will create more Internet-only news content, exemplified by its coverage of Barack Obama’s Feb. 24 address to Congress, while working with social-networking site Facebook on creating online communities related to certain events, Broadcasting & Cable reports. CNN newscasters John…
Automaker Infiniti has become the exclusive sponsor of college basketball in the Big Ten and SEC conferences. It also has signed new multimedia ad deals with ESPN and CBS. ESPN will air an “Infiniti Pre-Game Showcase” before key games, and…
Isaac Mizrahi and Kelly Rowland will host Bravo’s competition series “The Fashion Show.” “The Fashion Show’s” professional designer contestants will have their fate determined in each week’s challenge by a studio audience and a panel of judges. IMG Fashion Senior…
TV Land has cast Stacey Anderson as the star of its elimination dating series “The Cougar.” The 40-year-old Ms. Anderson is a realtor from Scottsdale, Ariz. Vivca A. Fox hosts the eight-episode series, which premieres April 15 on TV Land…
Comcast will make its so-called “wideband” high-speed Internet service available to more than 30 million homes by the end of the year, Multichannel News reports. The U.S. cable leader provides the service to 10 markets, including Minneapolis-St. Paul, Boston and…
E.W. Scripps’ fourth-quarter television sales rose 2.1% on a jump in spending on political advertising, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Despite $26 million in revenue from political ads, overall revenue fell 6.2% because of newspaper declines, B&C says. —Danny King