iN Demand Networks is bringing back “The Yule Log” on Dec. 8 due to popular demand. The high-definition “Yule Log,” featuring a crackling fireplace and holiday music, is available free to Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable and Bright House…
Comedy Central has relaunched its Jokes.com Web site, which now offers and cross-references 5,000 standup comedy clips and 12,000 text-based jokes. The revamp of the site follows updates of the network’s other sites, including ComedyCentral.com, TheDailyShow.com, SouthParkStudios.com and ColbertNation.com. Together,…
Hallmark Channel signed a deal with Google that allows the search giant to sell ads on the cable channel through its Google TV Ads platform. Google, which has been looking to use its targeting and analysis tools to move into…
VH1 has ordered eight episodes of a new reality series “Tough Love” from Nancy Juvonen and Drew Barrymore’s production company Flower Films, Daily Variety reports. The series will follow a group of women picked to live in a house as…
Several industry organizations have yet to sign TV deals to air their annual award ceremonies, some by choice rather than circumstance, Daily Variety reports. Smaller organizations, such as the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America, would…
Responding to tabloid reports he might die soon from pancreatic cancer, Patrick Swayze, star of A&E’s new series “The Beast,” says he’s winning his fight against the disease, the Associated Press says. “They’re reporting that I’m on my last legs…
Gospel music can move people, but can it get them to go to Bermuda? The Bermuda Department of Tourism is betting yes, and has made a deal with the Gospel Music Channel to get viewers interested in faith-based travel to…
Looking to follow up on its successful launch of “The Locator” featuring Troy Dunn, WE tv is getting ready to premiere another original reality show, “I Want to Save Your Life.” In the new series, Charles Platkin, known as the…
Cable offering the New England Sports Network this week will start airing “The Instigators,” which features Boston Bruins broadcasters Mike Milbury, Andy Brickley and Jack Edwards discussing controversial hockey topics, Multichannel News reports. Fighting, firings and rules changes will be…