Scripps Networks has promoted Rhonda Powell to vice president of business affairs. She will oversee the business affairs team servicing Food Network. Ms. Powell was previously the director of legal affairs for Scripps Networks. She also serves on the company’s…
The Dish Network has added Eurochannel, which offers movies, music, television shows and original productions from all over Europe in original audio with English subtitles. The channel will be available at no extra cost to its French Bouquet subscribers (who…
Bravo announced “Project Runway’s” fifth season will premiere July 16 at 9 p.m., a new earlier time slot. This marks the last season of “Runway” on Bravo, as the series is slated to move to Lifetime for season six. The…
HBO and “Empire” screenwriter Franc Reyes are developing a Latino-themed hour drama titled “Palladium,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The series centers on a New York nightclub and the owner’s tense relationship with his son, the newspaper says. Reyes will write…
Cable providers are hoping to get rid of bandwidth-consuming analog channels to make room for digital high-definition channels and interactive services, USA Today reports. Comcast will drop analog expanded basic service in 20% of its markets by year’s end, with…
A study by Bortz Media & Sports Group reveals that the U.S. cable industry comprises 1.5 million jobs nationwide and directly employs 365,300 workers, producing nearly $62 billion in personal income and a gross economic output of about $227 billion,…
Fox News Channel apologized for the third time in three weeks for what it said was poor judgment related to coverage of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, the New York Times reports. The most recent incident involved a headline…
The Weather Channel, for which Time Warner is making a bid, would be complementary with TW’s CNN because of the news channel’s thorough weather coverage and cross-promotional opportunities, the New York Times says. Weather Channel Web site Weather.com, which attracts…
Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have urged people to boycott cable news coverage for what they say was sexist coverage of the New York senator, the New York Times reports. Media members including NBC senior VP Phil Griffin…
Associated Television will produce a 90-minute documentary about black entertainers, Daily Variety reports. The executive producer will be Intrepid, whose co-founders are Blair Underwood and Tommy Morgan Jr., the newspaper says. —Danny King