The Dish Network has added Eurochannel, which offers movies, music, television shows and original productions from all over Europe in original audio with English subtitles. The channel will be available at no extra cost to its French Bouquet subscribers (who…
Bravo announced “Project Runway’s” fifth season will premiere July 16 at 9 p.m., a new earlier time slot. This marks the last season of “Runway” on Bravo, as the series is slated to move to Lifetime for season six. The…
Shout! Factory, which specializes in DVDs of classic, contemporary and cult TV series, is joining forces with the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum to produce a multipart original series of specials on the history of country music for…
MyDamnChannel inked an agreement with Southern Comfort to create a branded entertainment Web series, one of the first deals of its kind for the original comedy series Web site. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the deal reportedly is in…
Broadcasters are telling the Federal Communication Commission it’s going too far in stepping up scrutiny of how much local content they air. Concurrently, consumer groups are saying it is the broadcasters who are going too far in resisting scrutiny. In…
Amid a potential shareholder uprising and plunging stock values, Yahoo made official a rumored ad-sharing agreement with Google. Earlier today, Yahoo announced that discussions with Microsoft had officially ended following its unsolicited bid to acquire all or part of Yahoo…
U.S. consumers will buy 31 million digital televisions this year, boosting cumulative sales to about 116 million, as more households prepare for the switchover to all-digital broadcasts next February. Almost 70% of U.S. households will own a digital television set…
Following Microsoft’s unsolicited bid to acquire all or part of Yahoo earlier this year, discussion between the two companies have officially ended. The announcement of the conclusion comes on the heels of multiple meetings regarding various options for a transaction….
Warner Bros. Television Group secured distribution deals for its new ad-supported broadband video channels TheWB.com and KidsWB.com with a range of distributors, the studio announced today. The new partners are DailyMotion, Joost, Sling Media, TiVo and Veoh Networks. The distribution…
Dish Network will launch WGN America in HD as part of a broader agreement with Tribune Co., the companies announced. The agreement also covers retransmission of Tribune’s 23 local televisions. Dish will begin carrying HD programming from Tribune’s stations in,…