Television services provider TVN Entertainment is upgrading its video-on-demand infrastructure, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The $28 million investment in an expanded facility, improved technology and research and development spending will allow the company to reprice, reposition and relabel content on…
Comcast said at the NCTA’s Cable Show ’08 that it is now providing 500 on-demand programming choices in HD, with 1,000 planned by the end of the year, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Cablevision Systems also introduced new applications for VOD,…
Media researcher SNL Kagan says that multichannel video businesses will only grow at a 2.1% rate annually, Media Daily News reports. However, cable operators will get a boost in the number of households due to the digital television transition in…
“Living With Ed,” an eco-friendly series starring actor and environmentalist Ed Begley Jr., will move from HGTV to Discovery Communications’ Planet Green when the new network launches June 4. “[Mr. Begley] is a veteran of green living and a passionate…
The Ski Channel is being targeted for an August launch, Broadcasting & Cable reports, citing an unnamed source. Founder Steve Bellamy declined to comment, but revealed the channel had acquired the rights to Skiers World series, the United States Snowshoe…
Cable operators at the NCTA’s Cable Show ’08 said they “are playing offense,” continuing to give consumers more choice, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Several cable operators have joined with Web companies to build a national wireless broadband network that will…
TV One will launch a 24-hour high-definition simulcast channel in the fourth quarter of 2008. The channel, which airs entertainment and lifestyle programming aimed at African American adults, has begun producing its original lineup in high definition and acquiring new…
Billboard and Fluid Music have partnered to launch the reality competition series “Billboard Next,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Aspiring singers will submit performances to the “Billboard Next” Web site, which will be voted on by the public, the newspaper says….
FX executive Matt Cherniss is expected to be announced as Kevin Reilly’s vice president at Fox, Daily Variety reports. Cherniss is currently the senior VP of original programming at FX, which was also once home to Reilly and Fox Entertainment…
Sigourney Weaver will star in and co-produce the Lifetime television film “Prayers for Bobby,” Daily Variety reports. Weaver will play a conservative and devout Christian who begins to question her opposition to homosexuality after her gay son commits suicide, the…