No. 2 satellite television service Dish Network will pay CBS for the right to carry the most-watched broadcast network, Bloomberg News says. Time Warner Cable and AT&T’s and Verizon’s television services earlier agreed to similar terms with CBS, the only…
Fox Sports Network’s “Sport Science” will start its second season on March 22. The series, hosted by creator and executive producer John Brenkus, tests the limits of athletic abilities and challenges assumptions about athletes and sports under the scientific guidance…
Ion Media Networks appointed Leslie Glenn Chesloff to the newly created position of executive VP of programming, TVNewsday reports. Ms. Chesloff will work out of Ion’s New York offices, TVNewsday says. —Danny King
Children’s cable networks such as the Disney Channel, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon will be less hurt by the overall decline in advertising sales than other channels because of steadier viewing habits, Advertising Age reports. Ad sales for kids’ networks this…
Disney XD, the network that’s replacing animated channel Toon Disney, launched last week in 73 million homes, Advertising Age reports. Live-action series “Aaron Stone” debuted on the network last weekend, while animated show “Phineas & Ferb” will start airing exclusively…
Investigation Discovery and author-journalist Aphrodite Jones have signed a two-part exclusive talent agreement. Ms. Jones will join the network, hosting nonfiction programming as well as developing content such as new series “Aphrodite Jones Files.” The show will be produced by…
Comcast Entertainment Group has promoted Cyndi McClellan to executive vice president of program strategy and research. Ms. McClellan will oversee research and strategic planning for E! Entertainment, Style Network, G4, FearNet and their digital properties, in addition to managing acquisitions…
Cable TV trade groups told the Federal Communications Commission that the regulator’s data-collection efforts would be useless because the industry doesn’t serve enough customers to warrant new laws, Multichannel News reports. While former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin estimated that cable…
U.S. cable leader Comcast said today that it will spend as much as $500 million to reclaim analog bandwidth to improve its broadband services, Multichannel News reports. The company plans to offer high-speed Internet to about two-thirds of its service…
Cartoon Network ordered a 26-episode season of “Marvel Super Hero Squad,” which is based on the toy brand and comic book created by Marvel Entertainment, io9.com reports. The series will debut at the end of this year, the Web site…