ESPN Tuesday formally announced an agreement to air all of the college football Bowl Championship Series games on cable television beginning in 2011. Fox on Monday said it wouldn’t match ESPN’s offer, said to be $500 million over four years….
Comedy Central’s “Jeff Dunham’s Very Special Christmas Special” became the most-watched program in the network’s history on Sunday, as 6.6 million viewers tuned in to the show. “Dunham” surpassed “South Park’s” 1998 cliffhanger resolution, “Cartman’s Mom Is Still a Dirty…
MTV Networks Entertainment Group has named Eddie Dalva its senior VP of content, Daily Variety reports. Dalva’s new responsibilities include pursuing international content opportunities, programming enterprises and digital content partnerships. Dalva previously served as a consultant to Spike TV and…
Mark Cuban took to his blog to comment on insider trading accusations from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Attorneys for Cuban say the HDNet chairman “intends to contest the allegations and to demonstrate that the Commission’s…
FremantleMedia North America is looking to buy Original Productions, Thom Beers’ company responsible for many popular “blue collar hero” reality TV series, the Hollywood Reporter says. Fremantle has previously signed an international distribution deal with Original for several of the…
Seth Rogen is teaming up with Showtime for a new porn-centric comedy, Daily Variety reports. Rogen, who stars in feature film “Zack and Miri Make a Porno,” is developing the comedy with his production partner Evan Goldberg. Both will serve…
Comcast, Time-Warner and Charter are teaming up with several legislators from Black, Hispanic and Asian Pacific caucuses for a series of public service announcements on the upcoming transition to digital television broadcasts, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The ads, targeted at…
Sundance Channel is working on a new documentary series on Newark, N.J. from Forest Whitaker, the Hollywood Reporter says. The show, “Brick City,” will focus on the people responsible for the changes happening throughout the city as it tries to…
HBO has greenlighted a new original film based on the life and death of comedian Sam Kinison, Daily Variety reports. The film, “Brother Sam,” will be based on the memoirs “Brother Sam: The Short, Spectacular Life of Sam Kinison” by…
A new series on the Independent Film Channel, “The IFC Media Project,” debuts tonight and will focus on declining news standards on television, the New York Times reports. Hosted by Gideon Yago, a veteran of MTV News and contributor to…