Satellite provider Dish Network has signed a deal with the Tennis Channel to broadcast this year’s French Open in an interactive format, allowing viewers to watch simultaneous matches on one screen with an option to select any match for single…
Turner Classic Movies will pay tribute to Oscar-winning filmmaker Sydney Pollack on June 2 with an evening of programming. Beginning at 8 p.m., TCM will air “The Slender Thread,” Pollack’s directorial debut from 1965, “Three Days of the Condor,” “Tootsie”…
Film critics Jeffrey Lyons and Alison Bailes, who host the nationally syndicated “Lyons and Bailes Reel Talk” program, will contribute to the pop culture Web site CelebrityEverything.com. Mr. Lyons and Ms. Bailes will provide CelebrityEverything.com with exclusive pieces regarding what…
Recalling the days of “Rock N Jock” and “MTV Sports,” MTV Networks Music Group is expanding its presence in the action sports industry, launching a strategic partnership with NBC Sports to expand the Action Sports Tour. The alliance, announced today,…
Carolyn Dursi has been promoted to senior vice president of executive recruiting at Cablevision Systems. Ms. Dursi’s duties will include overseeing the recruitment of senior talent across all of Cablevision’s business units, including corporate, cable, News 12 Networks and Rainbow…
The three broadcast networks’ flagship anchors launched an unprecedented campaign against cancer Wednesday with their joint appearances on all three networks’ morning shows. They were promoting a Sept. 5 simulcast on ABC, CBS and NBC to raise money and consciousness…
What happens when you put two hardened Web-video vets in front of a camera? Daisy Whitney’s latest “New Media Minute!” In her latest report, Ms. Whitney catches up with iJustine (real name Justine Ezarik) who rose to online video fame…
Maybe the Internet isn’t that different than television. Maybe this crazy little viral YouTube revolution isn’t all that revolutionary. Because it turns out our Internet video diet looks a lot like our traditional TV diet. That’s the conclusion of a…
The Monte Carlo Television Festival will present its Honorary Gold Nymph Award to “Law & Order” creator and executive producer Dick Wolf for his work and leadership in the television industry. Running June 8-12, the festival, in its 48th year,…