The Hallmark Channel will join the Hotel Networks’ roster of channels beginning June 1. Through their deal, THN will broadcast Hallmark as part of its programming offerings to more than 360,000 rooms in upscale hotels and accommodations across the country….
“Six Feet Under” creator Alan Ball is developing an American remake of the British prison drama “Bad Girls” for HBO, extending his partnership with the network, the Hollywood Reporter says. Nancy Oliver (“Lars and the Real Girl”) and Raelle Tucker…
SoapNet has ordered a second season of “General Hospital: Night Shift,” Multichannel News reports. Production on the 13 episodes will begin next month, with the premiere set for July 22 at 11 p.m., the newspaper says. “Night Shift’s” debut on…
CMT will repurpose NBC’s “Nashville Star,” which joins the network June 9 after five seasons on USA Network, Daily Variety reports. Each episode will air on CMT Friday at 8 p.m., four days after its premiere on NBC, the newspaper…
Premium cable channel Starz inked its first affiliation deal today for its broadband video service via a partnership with Verizon. Under the multiyear agreement, Verizon will carry Starz movies online. The movies will be accessible on a subscription basis to…
The first game of this year’s Stanley Cup pitting the Detroit Red Wings against the Pittsburgh Penguins, broadcast on Versus, had the Cup’s best Nielsen ratings since 2002, Multichannel News reports. The May 24 game attracted 2.32 million viewers, Multichannel…
Time Warner Cable’s Los Angeles customers receive 16 high-definition channels, the fewest among the five largest U.S. markets and less than many smaller markets, the Los Angeles Times reports. Time Warner Cable, which has about 1.9 million Southern California customers,…
The Ski Channel, the new video-on-demand channel from Tennis Channel founder Steve Bellamy, acquired the broadcast rights to such events as the Freeskiing World Tour and World Freeskiing Championships, Daily Variety reports. The network is partners with Mountain Sports International…
Cablevison’s IFC network unit is among cable channels putting more content on the Web to attract viewers and get more exposure, Broadcasting & Cable reports. IFC.com gets as many as 600,000 unique viewers per month, with increases coming from such…
When MTV Networks CEO Judy McGrath was asked last week about the future at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s annual conference in New Orleans, she gave one of the week’s least technical answers. “I’d like to come to an…