Turner Classic Movies will pay tribute to Oscar-winning filmmaker Sydney Pollack on June 2 with an evening of programming. Beginning at 8 p.m., TCM will air “The Slender Thread,” Pollack’s directorial debut from 1965, “Three Days of the Condor,” “Tootsie”…
An agreement between Disney-ABC Domestic Television and CinemaNow will allow TiVo subscribers to rent Walt Disney Studios movies via their Internet-connected DVRs directly from the TV, Multichannel News reports. The movies will be available to view for a 24-hour period,…
Montreal-based Extenway Solutions has signed a multiyear agreement with Dish Network to distribute the satellite provider’s programming to hotel chains, Multichannel News reports. The agreement will bring new premium and HD channels to Extenway customers, forming the lineup of its…
Recalling the days of “Rock N Jock” and “MTV Sports,” MTV Networks Music Group is expanding its presence in the action sports industry, launching a strategic partnership with NBC Sports to expand the Action Sports Tour. The alliance, announced today,…
Carolyn Dursi has been promoted to senior vice president of executive recruiting at Cablevision Systems. Ms. Dursi’s duties will include overseeing the recruitment of senior talent across all of Cablevision’s business units, including corporate, cable, News 12 Networks and Rainbow…
MTV will produce a series featuring hip-hop star T.I. serving his 1,000-hour community-service punishment before serving his one-year prison sentence next year, Daily Variety reports. The Grammy winner, previously convicted for selling drugs, was charged with possession of unregistered weapons…
MSNBC is getting beat up by political strategists from both the Republican right and the Democratic left, the Washington Post says. While the channel appears to have taken a more liberal stance as an alternative to Fox News, its chief…
Actor James Gandolfini plans to sell 24 outfits he wore while starring as the titular mob boss in HBO’s “The Sopranos” to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project, which assists soldiers hurt in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the…