Sci Fi Channel has unveiled a “Battlestar Galactica” Cylon Detector application for the Apple App Store. The Cylon Detector app lets users take new or stored pictures and “scan” them. The subject’s face will appear in a “Battlestar” scene with…
Brian Michael Bendis’ “Powers” comic book series is in development at FX, MTV Movies reports. “I just handed a draft to the network,” Bendis told MTV at this year’s Comic-Con in New York. Bendis added that FX “seems like the…
“Trading Spaces” host Paige Davis said the TLC home makeover series has not been renewed by the network, NBCConnecticut.com reports. A TLC representative confirmed that there would be no new episodes going into production after eight seasons, the site says….
Speed has licensed MTV Networks’ “Pimp My Ride.” Speed will have access to 74 half-hour episodes of the series, which will start airing Feb. 16. The car-customizing show will air in a Monday-Thursday strip at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m.
E! Entertainment will launch the E! video channel on Verizon Wireless’ the Verizon Hub. The E! video channel will feature daily segments from the network’s “E! News,” “Daily 10” and “The Soup.” The Verizon Hub bridges wireline and wireless connectivity…
HBO has set its first pay-per-view boxing match in 2009 with a May 2 junior welterweight battle between Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton, Multichannel News reports. The fight will match up two fighters who have proven to draw viewers: about 1.25…
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs may have raised tensions with cable news outlets, suggesting today that they have a view of the world that doesn’t necessarily reflect real life. On board a plane to Elkhart, Ind., where President Obama…
“Project Runway” producers are trying to tweak the ending of the program, which has been tied up in a courtroom real-life drama, as the live finale catwalk takes place on the last day of New York’s fashion week, New York…
Dish Network founder Charles Ergen made a bid to take over Sirius XM Radio last year that was rebuffed, the Wall Street Journal reports. Ergen recently reiterated his interest in taking control of Sirius, the paper says. —Jon Lafayette
USA Network has purchased the network rights for Universal Pictures’ 2009 theatrical releases, an agreement worth at least $200 million, Daily Variety reports. The deal, likely one of the biggest in basic-cable, includes 24 movies such as Oscar nominees “Frost/Nixon”…