Telemundo folded in original programming announcements, a digital initiative rollout and the introduction of a partnership with TV Globo at an upfront presentation for advertisers Monday in New York City. The Spanish-language network touted its “Concept Integration Model,” its new…
HBO is close to finalizing a deal to offer its television programs on Apple’s iTunes service for the first time, reported Conde Nast’s Portfolio today. The deal, the story says, calls for flexible pricing, something Apple has been reluctant to…
I’m the first to admit I’m drinking the digital Kool-Aid. In fact, I enjoyed a wicked little thrill earlier this month when I stood in front of a besuited audience of media agency and network executives at the TVWeek Upfront…
TV Guide Broadband inked a deal with For Your Imagination for the exclusive rights to carry the new-media studio’s Web miniseries “A Day With the Hiltons.” The show stars Kathy Hilton and her two daughters, Paris and Nicky, as they…
NBC made it official today: Jimmy Fallon will become the third host of “Late Night” in June 2009, setting in motion the high-stakes late-night shift that will send Conan O’Brien to Jay Leno’s desk on “The Tonight Show” and a…
“American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest is bringing his brand of reality TV to NBC. The network has teamed with Seacrest for a new reality show dubbed “Momma’s Boy” in which mothers of eligible bachelors “help their sons pick the right…
Fox Broadcasting and 20th Century Fox Television are investing in a new animation initiative, Fox Inkubation, aimed at developing new animated series. Along with the program also comes the creation of a department that will focus entirely on animated projects….
All eyes are on New York this week as the networks unveil their fall prime-time lineups at the upfront presentations and prepare for a blitz in which they sell the majority of their advertising time. NBC, which traditionally opens the…
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