RolesSerena Williams, 2003 Wimbledon champion, will guest star on Showtime’s original series “Street Time.” Ms. Williams will play a reformed gang member on parole. The episode is scheduled to air Oct. 1 at 10 p.m. (ET). Wendy Crewson (“What Lies…
During the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, French officials made the exportation of their government-supported network, TV5, a national priority, primarily for its news component. French lawmakers released a report extolling the benefits of a “French CNN” to…
Following the standardization of the set-top box and cable modem businesses, VOD equipment may be next in line for open architecture. That could change the dynamic of the VOD equipment marketplace and significantly lower costs. Along with the push toward…
After months of complaining on-air about Telepictures and some of his former employees who were involved in the short-lived ABC show “Are You Hot?” shock jock Howard Stern has suddenly grown quiet. The stillness in a onetime war of words…
Two years ago Cheryl Bayer Brady left her senior VP position at Fox Broadcasting and launched a new endeavor called Creative Space. The business is a Hollywood-based development company of sorts, where hundreds of eager young minds are creating new…
In Eagle, Colo., a waitress named Barb may be the only person who is truly happy that TV crews have invaded her small town. She works at the Eagle Diner. It’s the restaurant closest to the Kobe Bryant courthouse. Barb…
The troublesome dichotomy threatening to undermine the cable industry’s promise of new services and free cash flow from its $70 billion digital platform became more pronounced with recent revelations of some operators’ widening financial losses and accounting woes.The emergence of…
AOL Time Warner Considers Name ChangeAOL Time Warner, the media titan that has been rocked by accounting scandals and declining subscriptions at its America Online unit, is considering dropping the “AOL” from its name, and could make a decision on…
Spike TV, Game Show Network and other programmers-particularly in cable-are fast-tracking new video game-related programming in attempts to capture the coveted young, affluent male demo that typically plays games at home.Spike has at least four new gamer-related shows in development,…
Apparently, on-demand users have an appetite for anime.The Anime Network, an on-demand package of Japanese animation, is the second-highest-rated on-demand category in its two Comcast VOD markets of Philadelphia and northern New Jersey, second only to movies, according to the…