Walt Disney unit ESPN is planning to bid on broadcasting rights for German’s top soccer league, while German cable network Premier, whose biggest shareholder is Rupert Murdoch, may make a similar bid, Daily Variety reports. The rights would last as…
U.K. pay-cable service BSkyB said it boosted its fiscal first-quarter customer base by 87,000 to about 9.1 million, though its profit fell 13% from a year earlier as many customers downgraded their service to save money, Daily Variety reports. The…
Former “Sex and the City” cast member Willie Garson will appear on the USA pilot “White Collar,” playing a sidekick to one of the central characters, played by Matthew Bomer, the Hollywood Reporter says. Additionally, Alison Pill, whose credits include…
Comedy Central is using instant-messaging site Meebo to host live user comment and blogging on Election Day, Media Post reports. In addition to connecting “amateur pundits” in chat rooms, the site will have a live blog from Patton Oswalt from…
The 2008 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, which aired Oct. 24-25 on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2, attracted 19.8 million viewers. The horse-racing championship was up 62% in viewers from last year’s 12.2 million viewers. The event also attracted a 0.7 household…
The federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., today ruled to uphold the FCC’s decision to require cable systems to make the digital signals of local broadcast must-carry stations viewable to all subscribers, including analog subscribers. The decision was made despite…
The Comcast Entertainment Group said Friday it made a deal with ABC Radio Networks that will bring content from E! Entertainment, Style Network and G4 to radio listeners. E! is expected to create celebrity and entertainment content for radio. Style…
Lauren Zalaznick, the boss of Bravo Media, whose gray hair is sometime untamed and has toenails painted canary yellow, takes the business of being hip very seriously, according to a story in Sunday’s New York Times. “Since she arrived at…
Market conditions are forcing John Malone to reassess Liberty Media’s plan to spin off DirecTV, the Wall Street Journal reports. Not doing the spinoff would be a disappointment to investors, the paper said. But Malone, who had to sell almost…
Bravo’s “Top Chef” continues to be successful at attracting sponsors by integrating their products into the cooking-reality show, Advertising Age reports. Campbell’s Soup, Dr Pepper and Quaker are among the show’s new sponsors, while long-time advertisers Toyota, Clorox and Food…