National Public Radio has asked Fox News Channel to stop identifying Juan Williams, the commentator the two networks share, as an NPR commentator, after some NPR listeners were angered by Williams’ comments on Fox’s “The O’Reilly Factor” about first lady…
House Communications, Technology & Internet Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., said he’ll push to require satellite companies to carry all local TV stations, and that his top priority as head of the subcommittee is broadband deployment, Broadcasting & Cable…
Walt Disney Co., whose princesses are popular with little girls, is launching Disney XD, a brand aimed at six to 14-year-old boys, the New York Times reports. “We realized that a true headquarters for boys has been missing from the…
MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann apologized for reporting that Rupert Murdoch had said that Fox News Channel owner News Corp. has “never been a company that tolerates facts,” based on an erroneous transcript of an earnings call, the Huffington Post reports. Murdoch…
Time magazine has Scripps Networks exec Burton Jablin on its list of 25 people responsible for the economic crisis because of his role in putting programs like “House Hunters” on HGTV. “His shows pumped air into the real estate froth…
The National Basketball Association and TNT will be showing 3D broadcasts of All Star Saturday night in theaters, USA Today reports. “You have to produce it differently,” Steve Hellmuth, executive VP at NBA Entertainment tells the paper. “You want to…
E! has ordered a show called “Hot Girls in Scary Places,” which features three University of Southern California cheer squad friends taking a dare to spend the night in a supposedly haunted, out-of-use hospital, the Hollywood Reporter says. The show,…
Bravo is working on a reality-show series about New York City’s private-school children, which is expected to debut later this year, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The show is described as a real-life “Gossip Girl,” although it won’t feature any of…
As the Obama administration struggles to get its stimulus package passed and its appointees confirmed, Fox News Channel’s ratings are pulling away from CNN and MSNBC, CNN co-founder Reese Schonfeld writes in the Huffington Post. “Judging by the ratings, over…
ESPN is sticking with a global marketing campaign that includes New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, who acknowledged that he has used steroids, Multichannel News reports. The campaign, with the tagline “National pastime. International stars,” is set to start on…