By 2013, U.S. consumers will spend as much time consuming video as they do sleeping, driven by more PC viewing over the next five years. That’s the finding of a new study from Solutions Research Group. Today, the average American…
Fuse, a music television network from Cablevision’s Madison Square Garden division, will reprise its live concert series, “Fuse Rocks the Garden.” The series, commercial-free and shot in high definition, will feature a performance by the Cure, part of the band’s…
Event producer ASA Entertainment is teaming up with CBS Sports to broadcast weekend sports entertainment this fall. ASA produces several hundred events and television programs that cover skateboarding, freestyle BMX, inline skating and freestyle motocross, among other sports. Beginning in…
Dish Network will offer ESPN’s coverage of the U.S. Open through its Interactive TV (iTV) mosaic, which is available to more than 12 million iTV-enabled homes. The multiple-screen showcase presents six different programs from ESPN’s U.S. Open golf coverage, including…
CBS won Monday night with its regular lineup in repeats, plus a sneak peek of TBS’ comedy “The Bill Engvall Show.” “Engvall” kicked off the night for CBS by coming within a half-million total viewers of Fox’s “Bones” (6.4 million…
Nick Jr. has picked up its animated preschool series “Ni Hao, Kai-lan” for a second season. Twenty new episodes have been ordered of the half hour program, which premiered in February. The show follows a 5-year-old bilingual Chinese-American girl named…
Production company Debmar-Mercury has named key staffers for daytime talk show “The Wendy Williams Show.” Deb Miller has been named director of the program. She is a former director of “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” and has earned an Emmy Award…
Break Media has teamed with Twisted Pictures, producers of the “Saw” movie franchise, for a full-length online feature horror film, “Vlog,” starring Web blogger Brooke Marks. Building up to Wednesday’s release of the film on Break.com, Ms. Marks led an…
The newly-formed Italian American Network (IA Net) has named James K. Picinich as its inaugural vice president of programming and development. Mr. Picinich comes to IA Net from WCBS-TV in New York, where he was the director of broadcast administration….
VH1’s “Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew” will return for a second season in October, featuring celebrity patients Jeff Conaway, Sean Stewart, Amber Smith, Rodney King, Nikki McKibbon, Steven Adler and Tawny Kitaen as they undergo detoxification and treatment at a…