Lifetime Networks has named Tanya Lopez senior VP of original movies. Ms. Lopez was previously a television packaging agent at ICM. She succeeds Libby Beers, who left the network earlier this year. Lifetime is one of the biggest producers of…
The History Channel’s “Universe” and “Cities of the Underworld” have been renewed for 13 episodes, the channel announced today. Both sophomore shows will feature a companion broadband show hosted at History.com. “The Naked Underground,” which premiered last year, is a…
The members of the Writers Guild of America, both East and West, moved one step closer to a writers work stoppage when an email message sent to members on Monday asked for a strike authorization vote. Currently in negotiations with…
The second-season premiere of Showtime’s “Dexter” drew just over 1 million viewers, up 67 percent from the series’ first episode last year, and the first time a Showtime debut has topped the 1 million mark. “Dexter” was followed by the…
The National Hockey League has renewed its multiyear carriage deals with DirecTV, Dish Network and iN DEMAND Networks to renew the league’s out-of-market subscription package NHL Center Ice. “Every night can be a hockey night with up to 40 games…
Lifetime has recruited a long list of celebrities for its 13th annual Stop Breast Cancer for Life campaign, which runs throughout October, which is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The campaign was developed by breast cancer survivors Linda Kaplan Thaler,…
Adam Shapiro and Rich Edson have been hired as Washington-based correspondents for Fox Business Network, which launches Oct. 15. Bruce Becker, FBN VP and Washington bureau chief, said in the announcement that they will contribute to coverage of Capitol Hill…
Online television technology provider Roo inked a deal to power Web video for Fox television stations, the company announced today. Under the Fox deal, Roo will receive daily local and regional news videos from 24 of the Fox-owned stations around…
With the start of the Summer Olympics in China less than a year away, divisions of the Walt Disney Co., including ESPN and ABC Family, are jumping in for a multiplatform blitz to showcase the first Special Olympics World Summer…
Comcast’s more than 14 million digital cable customers will begin getting Martha Stewart on Demand this week. The deal, a first for the MSLA broadcasting division, was announced by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Broadcasting President Sheraton Kalouria and Comcast New-Media…