Campaign surrogates for John McCain said the Republican presidential candidate would not support network neutrality legislation, pushing for regulation that would separate broadcast, cable and possibly the Internet instead, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Meanwhile, Barack Obama’s representatives said the Democratic…
The seventh annual Positively Outstanding Programming (Pop) Awards saw a diverse group of networks and individuals take home honors for exceptional HIV/AIDS-related cable television. The ceremony was held June 10 in New York at the Time Warner Center, hosted by…
Cable and satellite television network ReelzChannel has promoted two of its executives to vice president positions. Juli Biondi and Chris Pulis have been promoted to vice president of broadcast/localization and production operations, respectively. They have been employed in an executive…
Comcast Entertainment Group has promoted John Najarian to executive vice president of digital media and business development. Mr. Najarian will be responsible for mobile, broadband and emerging businesses for Comcast networks E! Entertainment, Style Network and G4. He joined Comcast…
Lifetime Television, which hasn’t had an original comedy in a decade, ordered 13 episodes of original half-hour sitcom “Rita Rocks,” from Media Rights Capital, the network said. The series stars Nicole Sullivan (“Kim Possible,” “The King of Queens”) as a…
WE tv has added five original documentary-style specials to its summer slate. “OMG! Sextuplets,” premiering June 18 at 10 p.m. ET, follows a couple pregnant with sextuplets after undergoing fertility treatments. “Chain Gang Girls” documents an actual female chain gang…
Fox cable outlet FSN will telecast 31 national games Big 12 and Pac-10 college football games this fall. Beginning Thursday, Aug. 28, FSN will air college football matchups and analysis in high definition, with 18 Big 12 football games and…
Bravo’s “Top Chef” is cooking up an offspring. The network said it is developing “Top Chef Junior,” an eight-episode series in which teens will take on culinary challenges, just like their grown-up counterparts on the top-rated cooking show. The network…
Keith Olbermann’s “Countdown” on MSNBC beat Bill O’Reilly’s “O’Reilly Factor” on Fox News Channel last week in ratings among viewers 25 to 54 years old or the first time, causing Mr. Olbermann to delay a planned vacation, the New York…
Oprah Winfrey has had talks with MTV Networks CEO Judy McGrath about joining her self-empowerment network OWN, which is set to debut in 2010, Web site DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com reports. Ms. McGrath has worked for the Viacom unit for 27 years, the…