Redstones Seek Divorce
Sumner Redstone, who has been forced by the stock market downturn to sell shares in Viacom and CBS, is seeking a divorce from his wife after 5½ years of marriage, the Wall Street Journal says. A prenuptial agreement calls for…
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Comcast Plans 300 Job Cuts
Comcast Corp. will be cutting 300 positions across its Eastern Division, the Philadelphia Business Journal reports. The cuts come after the company merged six of the unit’s regions into four. The company will eliminate jobs mostly at the division and…
Gospel Takes the Road to Reality
Gospel Music Channel on Friday makes its entry into the unscripted reality world with a series called “Revolve: Rockin’ the Road.” The series targets teen viewers by focusing on four young women working with Women of Faith, the organization that…
O’Donnell’s ‘America’ Pledges Lifetime
Rosie O’Donnell will executive produce and star in the upcoming Lifetime movie “America,” Daily Variety reports. The movie, scheduled for a February debut, will follow the story of a teenager in foster care. Producer Larry Sanitsky and writer Joyce Eliason…
U.K. Pay TV May Take Hit from Crisis
Pay T.V. companies in Britain will be hard-hit by the current global economic crisis as subscribers are expected to downgrade or cancel their services altogether, Daily Variety reports, citing a Continental Research study. According to the London-based research firm, about…
OWN Taps Tercek to Head Digital Media
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has named Robert Tercek its president of digital media. Mr. Tercek will oversee all multimedia ventures for the network beginning Nov. 3. Mr. Tercek will be responsible for creating and marketing multiplatform opportunities for OWN…
USA Orders ‘White Collar’ Pilot
USA Network has given the greenlight to the pilot “White Collar.” The series stars Matthew Bomer and Tim DeKay as a con artist and an FBI agent, respectively, who have been playing cat-and-mouse for years. Bronwen Hughes (USA’s “Burn Notice,”…
Showtime’s EliteXC Shutting Down
Entertainment and media company ProElite, as well as its mixed martial arts promotional brand EliteXC, are out of business, Sports Illustrated reports. Despite forming a partnership with Showtime and parent company CBS, which brought EliteXC events to a prime-time network…
Kids Elect Obama as President
If kids who watch Nickelodeon were the ones voting for president, Sen. Barack Obama would be in the White House come January, Broadcasting & Cable reports. A record 2.2 million votes were cast in the network’s online poll that has,…
Rather, Koppel Reveal Election Night Plans
Two faces long a part of Election Night in this country, former CBS anchor Dan Rather and former “Nightline” anchor Ted Koppel, will be part of the TV scene on Nov. 4, when history will be made no matter what…