Popular Wall Street Journal “Personal Technology” columnist Walt Mossberg will begin making weekly appearances on Fox Business Network this week. Mr. Mossberg will make his debut at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, but his regularly scheduled appearances are going to be on…
Fidelity Communications, the Missouri-based parent of Fidelity Cablevision, bought Oklahoma cable system Lawton Cablevision, Multichannel News reports. Fidelity will gain about 20,000 video subscribers, 4,000 broadband subscribers and 500 phone subscribers from Lawton Cablevision, the newspaper notes. —Vlada Gelman
The Walt Disney Co. is making a significant gift to 91 small cable operators in the markets served by the 10 local TV stations Disney’s ABC owns and operates: No retransmission consent charges or requirements to carry additional Disney-affiliated networks…
Nickelodeon will bring a taste of the Beijing Olympics to the network with sports-themed episodes of animated series “The Fairly OddParents,” “The Backyardigans,” “Dora the Explorer” and “Ni Hao, Kai-lan.” The network will begin with an “OddParents” special, “The Fairly…
The AMC original series “Breaking Bad” will begin production on its second season July 15 in Albuquerque, N.M. Series star Bryan Cranston will direct the second-season premiere, his first time directing for the series. Cranston directed several episodes of “Malcolm…
National music TV network Fuse has greenlit production on three new original series. “Redemption Song,” which gives singers a second chance, the music travel series “Tour Me a New One” and “Rock Bottom,” a program about troubled bands, will premiere…
FX has passed on Ryan Murphy’s transsexual drama “Pretty/Handsome,” the Hollywood Reporter says. A pilot, starring Joseph Fiennes and executive produced by Murphy, Brad Pitt and Dede Gardner, was ordered by the network, which chose not to pick it up,…
Jennifer Turner has been tapped by NBC Universal as the VP of licensing and strategic partnerships for Bravo Media and Oxygen Media, Daily Variety reports. In the newly created position, Turner will develop licensing and merchandising opportunities for the cable…
Hallmark Channel will announce that it has 30 films in the pipeline, including a new installment in the “Love Comes Softly” series starring Cloris Leachman and Hayley Duff and four holiday films, Daily Variety reports. Other films include “Accidental Friendship”…
Sci Fi Channel has renewed its Ani-Monday block of anime programming, moving it to Monday nights at 1 a.m. starting in July. The lineup will feature movies, series and shorts from Starz Media’s anime distribution arm Manga Entertainment. Among the…