“The Hills” stars Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag are in talks with MTV to televise their wedding live, EOnline reports. The couple wants to have a the wedding at Richard Branson’s island in the Virgin Islands with catering by Wolfgang…
Rodney King, whose 1991 televised beating led to Los Angeles rioting, will appear on VH’’s “Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew,” the Associated Press reports. Mr. King will be featured in the show’s next season, which starts in October and includes…
CEO Glenn Britt says Time Warner Cable is developing a prototype that will allow subscribers to access the Internet directly from their televisions, Fox Business News reports. Mr. Britt also says Time Warner Cable will also demand immediate video-on-demand rights…
While the country’s housing market remains depressed, television shows about real estate and home improvement are booming on channels including TLC and HGTV, the New York Times says. Viewers continue to tune in to shows like “Designed to Sell” and…
Drake Bell and Josh Peck, stars of Nickelodeon’s “Drake & Josh” series, will appear in a holiday-themed television movie scheduled to start shooting next month, Daily Variety reports. “Drake & Josh: Best Christmas Ever” will be the third film the…
Showtime’s new series, “Secret Diary of a Call Girl,” may be criticized for presenting a sanitized version of the sex trade, the New York Times says. The producers of the series, originally broadcast in the U.K., and its star disagreed….
Satellite providers, the largest category of alternative delivery systems, continue to take away from cable’s market share, reaching 28.1% of TV households in May, Multichannel News reports. The number of TV households with satellite increased to 27.7%, while cable households…
National arts and culture channel Ovation TV is teaming with cultural institutions, such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, for marketing partnerships and integrated promotions, AdAge reports. Ovation TV…
Robert Doodian has been promoted to senior VP of corporate employee relations and staffing for Cablevision Systems Corp. He will oversee employee services, staffing functions and international communications for all of Cablevision’s business units, including Rainbow Media Holdings, News 12…
The Discovery Channel will premiere “Koppel on Discovery: The People’s Republic of Capitalism” on July 9, Multichannel News reports. The four-part documentary, which runs through July 12, follows Ted Koppel and his team in China as they investigate the earthquake…