“Law & Order: SVU,” “30 Rock” and “Dexter” were among the television nominees for the 58th annual American Cinema Editors’ Eddie Awards, which celebrate excellence in editing. The Eddies have added a reality television category for the first time this…
The television industry will bounce back from its 2007 slump and post 11% revenue growth in 2008 with the help of a “potentially stellar” political advertising spending spree, BIA Financial Network predicted in a report. That would represent a 10-year…
E! and TV Guide Network have altered their plans for coverage of the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday. The award show was canceled because of the writers strike, and replaced by a news conference announcing the winners. With no actors…
Alltel Wireless, Mercedes-Benz and Garnier will be integrated sponsors for Bravo’s new series “Make Me a Supermodel.” As exclusive wireless sponsor, Alltel will sponsor the live voting for the series and an online game on the series’ Web site. Mercedes-Benz…
Bravo Media is throwing the book at “Top Chef” fans. The NBC Universal unit announced its first publication, “Top Chef: The Cookbook.” It contains more than 100 recipes from the first three seasons of the series, including dishes from the…
Ann Lewis Roberts has been named senior VP, heading development for Walt Disney Co.’s Buena Vista Productions and its SoapNet cable channel. At SoapNet, which has become part of Disney-ABC Television Group’s daytime division, Ms. Roberts will develop and oversee…
Directors, Producers Still Without Start Date for Talks The Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers are still without a start date for contract talks, Daily Variety reports. The two sides have met informally,…
As part of its broader effort to boost viewership through Internet partnerships, Viacom unit MTV Networks will begin showing video clips of its programming on online video service Veoh Networks and publicly held Web video network GoFish, the companies said…
(Corrected at 3 p.m. to note HD choices in first paragraph.) Comcast will offer more than 1,000 high-definition choices by the end of 2008, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said during his keynote address Tuesday morning at the Consumer Electronics Show…
Marketers at the kids networks are playing musical chairs. Nickelodeon veteran Brenda Freeman has jumped to Turner Animation, Young Adults & Kids Media, where she will be chief marketing officer. At Nickelodeon, Samantha Maltin was promoted to senior VP of…