The Ad Council and ESPN are joining forces to motivate men to take their health into their own hands. The sports network and the advertising nonprofit will launch a series of PSAs designed to raise awareness about the importance of…
NFL Network filed a complaint against Comcast with the Federal Communications Commission, charging that the nation’s largest cable operator is discriminating against the network. The complaint claims that Comcast systems uniformly carry sports networks owned by Comcast on widely distributed…
Two nights of Hillary Clinton on “The O’Reilly Factor” pushed Fox News Channel into third place among all basic cable channels last week in prime time. According to data from Nielsen Media Research, the April 30 edition of “Factor” with…
Economic storms are looming on the horizon, clouding the outlook for this year’s upfront advertising market. At TVWeek’s Upfront Summit in New York last week, ABC senior VP for Prime Time Sales, Geri Wang said that while there’s no doubt…
NBC Universal has partnered with mobile content delivery company CommerceTel to provide fans of “The Jerry Springer Show” with interactive opportunities, including text message updates and “Springer” ringtones. “Adding interactive elements to TV shows is a powerful tool that can…
After yanking its television shows off iTunes last fall in a very public spat, NBC Universal has found another online home for its content: Microsoft’s Zune service. Zune announced today that it has inked deals to include television shows from…
NFL Network has added “Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the Kansas City Chiefs” to its HD lineup. The Emmy Award-winning series, set to air Fridays at 8 p.m. starting this week, takes a behind-the-scenes look at the NFL team’s training…
The Onion News Network, “Hometown Baghdad” and “You Suck at Photoshop” cleaned up in the 12th annual Webby Awards competition, which honors excellence on the Web. The winners were announced today in several categories and will be honored at a…
The Sundance Channel has added documentary film “Crazy Love” to its planned lineup of “high-profile programming” set to coincide with the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. “Crazy Love,” directed by Dan Klores, was in the running for the festival’s Grand Jury…
HGTV’s home and decor series “Myles of Style,” hosted by “HGTV Design Star” season two winner Kim Myles, has been renewed for a second season. In her series, Ms. Myles transforms ordinary spaces and infuses them with her “global urban…