Looking to build its lead in the kids market, Nickelodeon announced plans to add new live-action programming to its lineup of animated series. At its upfront presentation for advertisers Thursday in New York, Nick said it was planning “Gym Teacher:…
Robert Redford will be participating in upfront advertising meetings for the Sundance Channel. The network does not air commercials, but has been expanding its branded entertainment and sponsorship efforts. Mr. Redford’s presence is “our way of telling our agency partners…
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences President Peter Price took the stage early this morning at New York’s St. Regis Hotel to announce the 29th annual Sports Emmy nominations, recognizing outstanding achievement in television sports coverage. This year’s list…
DirecTV will start offering video-on-demand services by June to better compete against its cable competitors, led by Comcast, the Wall Street Journal reports. On-demand content will be delivered through a broadband connection to digital video recorders in customers’ set-top boxes,…
Comcast is testing its so-called wideband networks, which would more than double the speed of its cable modems, Multichannel News reports. Comcast plans to offer the service to 20% of its subscribers by the end of the year. The top…
Lucy Punch and Timm Sharp will co-star in the HBO drama pilot “1%,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Ms. Punch appeared in CBS series “The Class” while Mr. Sharp co-starred in Fox’s “Undeclared,” the newspaper reports. “1%,” which refers to a…
Crown Media said its fourth-quarter loss widened, but that the company expects its growing advertising and subscriber revenue to start falling to the bottom line next year. Henry Schleiff, who joined the company as CEO in 2005 with a contract…
Longtime MTV Networks executive John Sykes, who helped launch MTV and VH1, is leaving the company. Most recently, Mr. Sykes was president of network development at MTV Networks. It appears the company does not plan to go forward with this…
Playing catch-up in the race to provide more granular viewing information, the Nielsen Co. made a deal with Charter Communications to use anonymous data from digital set-top cable boxes to generate television audience measurement. Rivals including TNS Media Research, which…
Viacom-owned Comedy Central is developing a TV show with Opie and Anthony, the radio shock jocks fired when the media conglomerate owned CBS Radio. The show, called “Search and Destroy,” is described as a scavenger hunt in which “teams of…