Director-writer-producer Marshall Herskovitz will receive the Silver Anniversary New Vision award from the Caucus for Television Producers, Writers and Directors, the organization announced today. The award is honoring Mr. Herskovitz’s 25 years of creativity, including his involvement in “thirtysomething” and…
The NHL Network has inked a one-year extension for broadcast rights to American Hockey League games. Under the deal, the outlet will broadcast 20 “Game of the Week” matchups during the season. The games will air weekly at 7 p.m….
MTV Networks plans to refine its Web sites so they can be measured more effectively by online audience measurement firm comScore, Ty Ahmad-Taylor, VP of product development at MTV Networks, said during a session at the NewTeeVee Conference in San…
CNN Worldwide is beefing up its newsgathering capacity with at least four additional correspondents, a regional hub in the United Arab Emirates, a digital production unit based in London, additional personnel for CNN en Español and investments in CNN’s International…
To coincide with the premiere of the fourth season of flagship series “Project Runway” on Bravo tonight, the cable network is launching its first mobile fan club. Consumers can opt-in free of charge for the club by texting RUNWAY to…
Versus is seeing success with its Friday night field sports block, posting the network’s highest household impressions, 175,052, for a Friday night field sports block on Nov. 9. The block airs 7-11 p.m. Within that block, “The Bucks of Tecomate,”…
The two Democratic members of the Federal Communications Commission are accusing FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin of trying to hide his proposed major easing of cross-ownership rules. Commissioners Jonathan Adelstein and Michael J. Copps, in a statement today, said the…
Court TV is firing 16 of the 31 people on its Web staff as the network, which is changing its name to truTV in January, shifts its online trial coverage to CNN.com. The network also is eliminating six positions in…