Food Network chef Mario Batali is branching out on his own to produce an online video series called “Mario Batali Unclogged,” debuting today on the Web site Serious Eats. Rather than partner with the network, the chef is working with…
Small markets and short series are putting a crimp in Turner Sports’ first year of postseason baseball. Ratings on Fox are down slightly after two games of the American League Championship Series, but with a night game replacing a day…
ESPN has finalized a deal with Fox Sports Net that will allow ESPN to carry Pac-10 college basketball games for the first time since 1995. As part of the deal with Fox, ESPN’s 2007 slate will offer two regular-season Pac-10…
CNN is moving “Lou Dobbs Tonight” to 7 p.m. weeknights starting Nov. 5, when “The Situation Room” will begin running in one block from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. CNN also announced Monday that Mr. Blitzer will anchor the network’s…
Neither the economic realities nor the occasional opening-day glitch seemed able to dampen the mood as the Fox Business team took the wraps off its business-news lineup, cranked up the red and gold crawls and graphics and began to introduce…
ESPN will launch ESPNews HD, its third HD service, on March 30. As part of the launch of the channel, ESPNews will maximize the 16×9 viewing area, including new space for graphic sponsorship placement opportunities for advertisers. The graphic, which…
Bright House Networks said it will launch Start Over in its Tampa Bay, Fla., division on Oct. 24. Start Over allows customers to restart live programs from the beginning by simply pressing the select button on their remote controls. Time…
Who would advertise on a bisexual dating show? Would you believe the U.S. Army Reserve? That answer and others came Tuesday night when MTV premiered “A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila.” There were some predictable sponsors—such as movie studios—who…
Lifetime inked a deal with online video service Paltalk to air both original programming and scheduled chats with Lifetime star Lisa Williams. Starting Friday, fans will be able to chat with Ms. Williams on Lifetime’s site or Paltalk right after…
NBC Universal is on a high-tech, green consolidation streak that extends from the newly constructed NBC News world headquarters, being shown off to the press Thursday afternoon at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, to long-term plans for a similar approach…