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…
ABC’s ‘Bachelor’ takes bite out of competitors NBC’s powerhouse Must-See TV lineup took Thursday in adults 18 to 49 in typical fashion, but ABC’s “The Bachelor” and Fox’s replay of “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” took a bite out…
Winkler, Levitt to executive produce ‘Hollywood Squares’ King World Productions will turn to Henry Winkler and Michael Levitt as its new executive producers for “Hollywood Squares.” The duo will produce episodes to begin airing in the series’ fifth season, which…
Meredith Vieira to host syndicated ‘Millionaire’ Just when everyone thought Buena Vista was going to zig with Jeff Probst on the upcoming syndicated version of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” the company has instead zagged and now appears to…
FCC to auction over-the-air multichannel licenses The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday announced that it will use auctions to award licenses for a new service that offers multichannel video and broadband Internet over the air. Northpoint Technology, which wants to…
As happens in every even-numbered year, a coalition has been announced to promote free television time for candidates during the coming primary and general election campaigns.This year’s coalition is headed by Paul Simon, the former U.S. senator from Illinois, Thomas…