Handing a procedural win to NBC Universal in the case over “Project Runway,” a federal judge on Tuesday rejected Lifetime’s attempt to move the dispute out of state court. NBC Universal had sued to keep “Project Runway’s” production company, Weinstein…
Charter Communications is in a retransmission battle with two Belo Corp. television stations, St. Louis CBS affiliate KMOV-TV and WFAA-TV, the ABC affiliate in Dallas/Ft. Worth, Multichannel News reports. Both KMOV and WFAA said they are asking for about one…
ESPN is developing three interactive television products called ESPN My Vote, ESPN In Game Extra and My Bottom Line, with the goal of starting them in summer 2009, Advertising Age says. Each service will provide logo placement for advertisers, while…
Lillo Brancato Jr., 32, a former actor on “The Sopranos” who played a young mobster, was cleared in the killing of an off-duty New York City police officer by a New York State Supreme Court jury, the New York Times…
A second Viacom cable network is planning its own ball at the inauguration of Barack Obama. BET Networks will join with America’s Promise Alliance, the nonprofit organization set up by former Secretary of State Colin Powell and his wife, Alma,…
The mayor and city officials from the city of Oakland, Calif., are concerned about the production of HBO’s new pimp-themed show and what it may do to the city’s reputation, the San Jose Mercury News reports. “Gentlemen of Leisure,” an…
Tennis Channel’s executive VP of programming and network strategy, Victoria Quoss, will focus on broader, large-scale network initiatives as part of the channel’s programming and network strategy division restructuring. Ms. Quoss will focus on aggressive multiplatform development and international distribution…
NBC News President Steve Capus said one of his mandates is to continue the growth of MSNBC on its online and cable platforms, Broadcasting & Cable reports, citing an interview with Capus. Online display advertising on MSNBC.com ” has fallen…
MSNBC “Hardball” host Chris Matthews may decide soon whether to stay at the network or return to Pennsylvannia to run for the U.S. Senate against Arlen Specter, the Hollywood Reporter says. MSNBC president Phil Griffin said there will be “clarity”…
Nickelodeon is starting a Web site that will allow young viewers to discuss and vote on topics that interest them, the New York Daily News says. The site, called UPickDaily.com, was developed after the cable network received a large response…