History has added Paul Cabana, Julian Hobbs and Russ McCarroll to its programming roster of executive producers. All three will work on developing and producing new content for the cable network. “By attracting the best talent in the business, we…
The University of Notre Dame and NBC Sports plan to announce a new five-year agreement under which NBC will televise Fighting Irish home football games through 2015, the network said. The extension provides NBC rights to eight Notre Dame home…
Sen. Barack Obama is formally renouncing public financing for the fall campaign, a decision expected to dramatically kick up his ad spending this fall. If he had accepted public funds, the Illinois senator’s campaign would have received $84 million, but…
The cable news networks have begun closing upfront deals, ad sales executives and media buyers say. In yet another sign that the upfront is alive and kicking harder than expected, network executives say buyers have come to them earlier than…
Reality TV maven Mark Burnett and “Two and a Half Men” co-creator Chuck Lorre are getting stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which greenlights honorees, announced Wednesday that the two producers will be among…
LG Electronics may trail Sony and Samsung in overall global high-definition television market share, but the Seoul, Korea-based company is trying to become the HDTV of choice among hotel operators. The world’s third-largest liquid-crystal display TV maker signed two agreements…
For Best Buy’s most recent quarter, sales of flat-panel televisions were a bright spot. For Circuit City, it was the bright spot. The two largest U.S. electronics retailers, which reported fiscal-first-quarter earnings this week, both said flat-screen TV sales increased…
The player: Kevin Towes, product manager for Adobe Systems’ Flash Media Server The play: Mr. Towes helped develop Flash Media Server 3, which was released to the public last December. The server is the first of its type that online-video…
Blu-ray Gets The Violent Treatment in September Blood will be a little redder in the fall as “L.A. Confidential” and both volumes of Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” films will be released on Blu-ray in September. “Confidential,” the 1997 neo-noir thriller…
HD programming picks for June 19-25: “The Sting,” “Standing in the Shadows of Motown,” “Risk Takers: Polar Bear Alert Specialists” “The Sting” (HDNet Movies). Thurs., June 19, 2:30 p.m. ET. Con-man caper starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford won a…