About a dozen independent cable networks, including WealthTV, HDNet, the Hispanic Information & Telecommunications Network and the Horror Channel, have joined to form the National Association of Independent Networks, Multichannel News reports. The group is asking the Federal Communications Commission…
Sony Corp. will add YouTube and Wired.com to its Internet Video Link module, AP reports. Yahoo, AOL, Sports Illustrated and Style.com already provide video for the device, which fits into Sony’s LCD flat-panel TVs, the wire service says. —Vlada Gelman
The Discovery Channel will present “When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions” on June 15 and June 22 at 9 p.m., the Miami Herald reports. The program will feature 50 years’ worth of restored space mission footage in high-definition format,…
Nielsen’s annual “Television Audience” report found that the percentage of TV channels watched has fallen to its lowest number since the 1980s, Media Daily News reports. Only 16 channels were viewed in 2007 despite the number of average channels hitting…
The Los Angeles City attorney sued Time Warner Cable, accusing it of “unlawful, unfair and fraudulent business practices” and deceptive advertising, the New York Times says. The city is seeking $2,500 in civil penalties for each violation. “Time Warner Cable…
With a new round of bidding for The Weather Channel and its Weather.com Web site due today, Time Warner’s CFO told investors the company will be “extremely price disciplined and price sensitive,” according to the
Fox Television extended its agreement with “Saving Grace” creator Nancy Miller, Daily Variety reports. Ms. Miller, a one-time co-executive producer of TNT’s “The Closer,” will continue to run “Grace” while developing other projects, the newspaper says. —Danny King
Dennis Rodman and Danny Bonaduce will be among the participants in CMT’s “Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The eight-episode series, scheduled to debut in the fall, will also include Todd Bridges, Dustin “Screech” Diamond and former…
Former “Friends” star David Schwimmer is directing the Los Angeles segments of HBO’s “Little Britain USA,” Daily Variety reports. Mr. Schwimmer, who directed some episodes of “Friends,” has guest stars such as Sting and Rosie O’Donnell in his segments, the…
MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann may owe New York State almost $2,300 in unpaid business taxes, leading one blog to call him a “deadbeat,” the Associated Press reports, citing a tax warrant. MSNBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines said the debt was taken care…