Google has teamed up with professional content companies including CBS and MGM, to offer long-form movie and TV content on the Web video giant YouTube. Among the studios and content creators already on board are Crackle, Lionsgate, Starz, the BBC,…
CBS will send contestants around the world for a 15th season of “The Amazing Race.” Open casting calls for the next season will be held in Chicago (April 24), Pittsburgh (May 1) and New York (May 8). Applications are available…
NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios have named Karen Horne as director of entertainment diversity initiatives. Ms. Horne will head the Writers Diversity Program and Directors Diversity Program. Ms. Horne joins NBC from Loud Paint Entertainment, where she was a…
Some 3.6 million or 3.2% of U.S. television households are still completely unready for the digital transition on June 12, according to data collected by Nielsen. The number represents a slight decrease from the 3.8 million U.S. households that were…
DirecTV and Comcast Corp. will pay a total of $3.21 million for violating Do Not Call provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule. DirecTV and Comcast will pay $2.31 million and $900,000, respectively, to settle separate Federal Trade Commission charges claiming…
MTV will premiere “The Phone” on April 21. The new competition reality series comes from FremantleMedia North America and executive producer Justin Timberlake. In the six-episode series, contestants are thrust into a dangerous adventure after accepting a mysterious phone call….
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The NBA signed a new deal with DirecTV that expands distribution of NBA TV. DirecTV also will continue to distribute the NBA League Pass package of out-of-market games to its customers. Beginning with the 2009-10 season, NBA TV will become…
John Madden, one of the best known and most distinctive voices in television sports, said he is retiring from broadcasting after 30 years. Mr. Madden, 73, had been an analyst on NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” since 2006; his final game…