Conversations between CBS News and CNN about sharing off-air resources in Baghdad appear to have fallen apart, but not before turning into overblown rumors with exaggerated and incorrect implications. “We’re extremely satisfied with and proud of our newsgathering. No outside…
Disney Channel Worldwide has acquired global rights to “Timmy,” a stop-motion animated series from the U.K.’s Aardman Animations (“Wallace and Gromit”). The short-form series, slated to premiere worldwide in 2009 on Playhouse Disney channels, is aimed at children between the…
Lifetime has poached one of Bravo’s hit series, “Project Runway,” which will switch networks in November when the show’s sixth season starts. NBC Universal, parent of Bravo, has filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court saying it had…
Viacom’s Spike TV paid Sony Pictures Television about $12 million for the exclusive five-year rights to all 257 episodes of “Married…With Children,” Daily Variety reports. The network also said Dennis Farina will be the host of re-edited versions of “Unsolved…
Cablevision sports network MSG will start showing movies, including “Requiem for a Heavyweight” and the Tom Cruise-staring “All the Right Moves,” Daily Variety reports. MSG, which lost the New York Yankees in 2002 and the New York Mets four years…
Music-oriented channel Music Choice started changing the programming on its demand service in an effort to get viewers to watch on a more regular basis, TelevisionWeek reports. While primarily offering music videos, the channel has started producing original programs covering…
Children’s network PBS Kids Sprout next month will start airing videos submitted by its family audience between regular shows such as “Jay Jay the Jet Plane” and “Dragon Tales,” Multichannel News reports. The network, owned by Comcast, Hit Entertainment, PBS…
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