Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Google are among companies that will invest in a broadband wireless service company valued at more than $12 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing analysts it didn’t identify. Sprint and Intel will also invest…
“Jericho” producer CBS Paramount Television is shopping the show to cable networks such as Sci Fi Channel and Hallmark Channel, MediaPost reports. CBS canceled the show this January after two-plus seasons of sporadic ratings and intermittent scheduling. — Danny King
Viacom-owned Spike TV is trying to boost ratings by developing reality shows featuring men in dangerous situations, Daily Variety reports. Pilots ordered by Spike include “Tank & Cobra,” about a pair of bounty hunters, and “USA vs. the World,” featuring…
DirecTV ordered a second season of “Supreme Court of Comedy,” a reality show starring comedians acting like attorneys in real-life small claims court cases, Daily Variety reports. Tom Arnold, Paul Rodriguez and Joe Piscopo were among comedians appearing in the…
Sci Fi Channel signed Esai Morales to its new “Battlestar Galactica” prequel “Caprica,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Mr. Morales will play the father of what would become Edward James Olmos’ character in “Galactica,” the newspaper reports. Meanwhile, Showtime added Peter…
Labor talks between the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers hit a roadblock as the two sides broke away from the bargaining table today. The two sides differed on the reason for the breakdown….
Discovery Channel’s “Man vs. Wild” averaged 1.4 million viewers for its Friday season premiere, Multichannel News reports. The survival show was the highest-rated non-sports program that night among men 18 to 34 years old, the newspaper says. —Vlada Gelman
The first episode of Disney Channel’s “Hannah Montana” following Miley Cyrus’ controversial Vanity Fair picture averaged 3.12 million viewers, down 32% from the season’s five previous episodes, Multichannel News reports. But Disney Channel said the episode topped its time-slot competition…
Playboy Enterprises reported a quarterly loss on Tuesday, causing its shares to fall 8%, Reuters reports. The decline is blamed on weaker publishing and domestic television revenue, the wire service says. Domestic television revenue dropped 16% even as monthly subscription…
MSNBC unveiled a suit of interactive digital tools for Web users known as NewsWare on Monday, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The mix of news and gaming includes a NewsBlaster online game requiring viewers to smash orbs to get headlines and…