Nickelodeon delivered a one-two rating punch over the weekend, as its telecast of the 2009 Kids’ Choice Awards drew the show’s biggest audience ever and “The Penguins of Madagascar” ranked as the most-watched series premiere for the network. Saturday’s telecast…
Disney Media Networks has signed a deal with Google’s YouTube that will bring short-from content from various Disney properties to the Web video giant. As part of the deal, clips from the Disney-ABC Television Group and ESPN will begin to…
Producer David Stanley and the Gurin Co. are looking to revive “Shop ‘til You Drop” as an international formal, pitching the show at this week’s Mip TV market in Cannes. “Shop,” a game show format set in a fake mall,…
TV revenues will continue to decline at least 15.7% in 2009, according to SNL Kagan’s “Radio/TV Station Annual Outlook.” Michigan is the market with the slowest growth as layoffs put automakers in jeopardy. The Detroit market is expected to see…
Social entertainment company EQAL and Shinto Tsushin, one of Japan’s leading advertising agencies, have signed a licensing agreement that will bring “LonelyGirl15” and “KateModern” to Japan. Shinto Tsushin will distribute Japanese dubbed versions of the Web series, in addition to…
The Panthers live. Universal Media Studios, Imagine Television and DirecTV have closed a deal to produce 26 more episodes of “Friday Night Lights,” the critically hailed drama about a small-town football team. The newly ordered episodes will almost certainly be…
CBS Television has named Tiffany Smith-Anoa’i as vice president of diversity and communications. In the newly created executive position on the West Coast, Ms. Smith-Anoa’i will help foster diversity efforts across the company, serving as a liaison to multicultural groups,…
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences revealed the winners for the International Digital Emmy Awards at the MIP TV opening festivities in Cannes, France. Australia won its first International Digital Emmy award in the fiction category for “Scorched.”…
Tribune-owned print and broadcast outlets in Hartford, Conn., will be combined in a single production space, the media giant announced today. Fox affiliate WTIC-TV and The CW affiliate WTXX-TV will begin broadcasting from a new high-definition studio located in the…
Elrick Williams, a member of the board of directors of the Africa Channel, has been named president and CEO of the network. Mr. Williams will retain his seat on the board, as will former CEO James Makawa and former President…