Stephen Zito has signed on to executive produce CBS’s drama pilot “CSI: Miami,” joining executive producers Jerry Bruckheimer, Ann Donahue and Carol Mendelsohn. Mr. Zito is repped by ICM. … Lynda Lopez, sister of Jennifer Lopez, has joined NBC as…
Media executives report progress in industry talks aimed at setting standards for protecting high-definition television programming and other digital content from copyright infringement.“We’re very close to having something that most of the industry would get its arms around,” AOL Time…
John Tupper, whose Prime Cities Broadcasting owns two Fox-affiliated full-power stations serving the sprawling Minot-Bismarck, N.D., market, has been elected chairman of the Fox affiliate advisory board. Mr. Tupper, whose election struck some people as a dark-horse victory, has been…
In an unusual request from a network executive, ABC Entertainment President Susan Lyne is asking writer-producers who are developing pilots at the network to pen treatments for the next four to 12 episodes of their series. Ms. Lyne, who is…
Title: President and CEO of Longmont, Colo.-based InPhase Technologies, which is developing a holographic data storage system.Background: Mr. Diaz has spent nearly 25 years in the digital storage business. He founded InPhase in December 2000 with six research scientists from…
Fletcher uncovers 9/11-related scamSince moving in March to an investigative reporter job at ABC affiliate KNXV-TV, Phoenix, from the main anchor spot at ABC affiliate KEZI-TV, Eugene, Ore., Lisa Fletcher already has made a splash.Her big story to date exposed…
Hotel guests sue MTV for ‘Harassment’A couple from Washington has filed suit against MTV and the Hard Rock Hotel chain over a hidden-camera reality show in development called “Harassment,” claiming to be unsuspecting witnesses to what appeared to be a…
“Sir, would you like that prix fixe or a la carte?”The waiters at upscale French restaurants offer that choice, but in the complex world of cable and satellite television, prix fixe is the rule, and there are few channel substitutions…
Rosebud, my ass.That’s the name of Gelbart’s new drama pilot for Touchstone Television and ABC.“They won’t let me use the `my ass’ part,” Mr. Gelbart says mischievously, his eyes twinkling. “Not good for the image, you know.”“Rosebud, my ass” is,…
While some stations in the country claim locally produced shows are too costly and sports programming is not as lucrative as it once was, the Viacom-owned duopoly stations in Dallas are finding quite the opposite is true.CBS-owned KTVT-TV and UPN…