Former CNN business news mainstay Myron Kandel says he tried to add a “common sense report” to his coverage of the markets, he tells MarketWatch.com, setting a standard for the industry. Mr. Kandel, who can still be seen on PBS’s…
Comcast Center, the U.S. cable leader’s headquarters set to open in Philadelphia this week, looks like a “giant flash drive,” the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The city’s tallest building, designed by Robert Stern and Graham Wyatt, is “clean” but “lacks conviction,”…
Princell Hair is joining Comcast SportsNet as senior VP of news operations, TVNewser reports. He will be in charge of news, studio programming and digital content for the Comcast networks, the Web site says. Hair was formerly the executive VP…
The kickoff of USA’s “In Plain Sight” Sunday trumped several recent program premieres on USA, giving the hourlong series about officers of the witness-protection program a hardy start. Starring Mary McCormack, “Sight” averaged 2.3 million viewers in the 18- to…
The third season of BBC’s “Torchwood” will begin filming in August for a spring 2009 premiere on BBC1, TV Guide reports. The series will shoot five episodes to be aired as a one-week miniseries, the magazine says. “Torchwood,” starring John…
“Odyssey: Driving Around the World” will premiere on DirecTV’s The 101 on June 5, Multichannel News reports. The 13-episode series follows seven adventure seekers as they attempt to raise money and awareness for Parkinson’s disease, the newspaper says. The trip,…
Sci Fi Channel is partnering with video game publisher Trion World Network to develop a new TV show, Multichannel News reports. The show will live on a cross-platform design with a connected video-game franchise that will expand the storylines, the…
Turner will offer advertisers an ad network made up of its 19 Web sites, Mediaweek reports. The company will offer both display and video ad packages for Web sites such as CNN.com, CartoonNetwork.com and partner sites NBA.com and PGA.com, while…
Julie Rothman has been named vice president of communications for Oxygen, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Rothman was previously VP of East Coast entertainment publicity for NBC, which co-owns Oxygen, the newspaper notes. —Vlada Gelman
Keke Palmer will star in Nickelodeon’s live-action pilot “True Fashion,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Palmer will play a 15-year-old who heads the teen division of a fashion label and finds that corporate life is a lot like high school, the…