Comcast Corp. is helping consumers prepare for February’s DTV switch through its new “Get Ready” campaign aimed to entice the public into subscribing to the company’s cable TV services. As part of the campaign Comcast is offering a 12-month free…
Laura Galietta has been promoted to Scripps Networks senior vice president of ad sales marketing. She joined the company in 2006 as vice president of ad sales marketing for Food Network and Fine Living. In her new role Ms. Galietta…
Fox News Channel has re-signed Sean Hannity to continue serving as host of “Hannity & Colmes” and “Hannity’s America” in a multiyear deal extending through 2012. “Hannity & Colmes,” co-hosted by Mr. Hannity and Allan Colmes, is the second-highest-rated cable…
Comcast is gearing up for February’s national transition from analog to digital television by offering broadcast-only homes a basic cable package for $10, Multichannel News reports. Part of its “Get Ready” initiative, Comcast will honor the $10 price point for…
Time Warner Cable launched interactive television services from technology provider ActiveVideo in the Hawaii market, the companies announced today. The ActiveVideo service streams both traditional TV programming and Web programming to a digital set-top box. The interactive content deployed in…
The two lead roles in HBO’s single-camera pilot “How to Make It in America” have been cast, the Hollywood Reporter says. Bryan Greenberg and Victor Rasuk will play Ben and Cam, respectively – two enterprising twenty-somethings trying to make it…
Jack Kenny has signed on as the showrunner and executive producer of Sci Fi Channel’s upcoming series “Warehouse 13,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The project reunites Kenny with executive producer David Simkins after the two worked together on NBC’s short-lived…
TNT will air the first outdoor NBA match-up in the U.S. on Oct. 11. The AutoTrader.com Open preseason game between the Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets will be broadcast exclusively from the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells,…
Spike TV has ordered a two-hour drama pilot about Boston’s Irish mob from executive producers Dana White and Tom Lynch and director Walter Hill, the Hollywood Reporter says. The untitled project, to be produced by MGM Television Entertainment, will center…
ABC Family said it has greenlighted production of two pilots, “Ruby and the Rockits” and “10 Things I Hate About You.” “Ruby” is a half-hour multicamera comedy about a former teen idol that has three members of the Cassidy family…