CBS College Sports Network is teaming with the National Collegiate Athletic Association and CBSSports.com to launch CBS College Sports Media, Mediaweek reports. The interactive vertical advertising partnership will offer advertisers display and video advertising options on NCAA.com, CBSSports.com and the…
HBO has hired New York Times columnist and former theater critic Frank Rich as a creative consultant. Mr. Rich will initiate and help develop projects, HBO said. “Frank is one of the smartest and most astute observers of popular culture,…
“Miami Ink” stars Ami James and Chris Nuñez say their participation with the show is over, the Miami Herald reports. They claim that TLC delayed signing them for another season and that the network did not sufficiently promote the show’s…
Comedy Central has picked up Lewis Black’s freshman series for a sophomore season. “Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil” uses a political debate format wherein a rotating pair of comedians argue who or what is more evil in matchups such…
Turner Sports has enlisted technology company KnockNok to host chat rooms for the NBA Playoffs on TNT.tv and TNT OverTime on NBA.com, the Hollywood Reporter says. KnockNok previously hosted chat rooms for February’s NBA All-Star Weekend on TNT OverTime and…
General Motors will be the exclusive automotive sponsor of Planet Green, the new cable network being launched by Discovery Communications on June 4. As part of the deal, GM’s Chevrolet will be the premier sponsor of the series “Greensburg,” which…
Time Warner Cable, in a deal that will sever it from Time Warner Inc., will pay a dividend of $10.9 billion, including $9.25 billion to the parent company, TVWeek reports. Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes said the split leaves the…
Fox TV Studios reached an agreement with “Burn Notice” creator Matt Nix that will let him develop projects for the News Corp. unit while keeping him running the USA Network series, Daily Variety reports. Nix has already sold a spec…
USA Network ordered two 90-minute pilots in an effort to boost its character-driven programming, Daily Variety reports. “White Collar,” produced by Fox TV, features a con man partnered with an FBI agent, while “Royal Pains” is about an unemployed doctor…
Cable news networks briefly covered Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s primary victory in Kentucky before moving on to other news, signaling that news channels are accepting Barack Obama as the presumptive party winner, the New York Times reports. CNN and Fox…