CBS News is getting animated with the addition of Josh Landis and Mitch Butler and “The Fast Draw,” the animated news series they created. The duo’s work, which combines live-action and cartoons to expand on the big stories of the…
News Corp. has expanded its European pay TV holdings with the purchase of a 14.58% stake in Premiere AG, the leading pay TV operator in Germany and Austria, for 287 million euros in cash. “Pay TV is a core business…
Bravo is spinning off a new pilot from its series “Shear Genius.” The new show, which carries the working title “Tabatha’s Salon Takeover,” features Tabatha Coffey, who appeared in “Shear Genius.” The Australian native will aim to make over beauty…
Ovation TV acquired International Music Feed, a 24-hour music television network carried by EchoStar Communications, from Universal Music Group. UMG will retain an equity position in Ovation TV. The deal puts Ovation TV on EchoStar’s Dish Network beginning Wednesday. That…
Advertising spending will be up 4.2% this year, according to a forecast released Monday by TNS Media Intelligence. Spending is expected to increase 3.6% in the first half of 2008, followed by a 4.7% gain in the second half. “2008…
The National Association of Broadcasters on Monday unveiled a new logo and slogan that it says speak to its contemporary mission. In addition to a new logo, NAB unveiled a new descriptor phrase that describes the mission of the association:…
Sony Pictures television struck a deal with YouTube to launch a range of ad-supported channels on the video-sharing site, the companies announced today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The first channel went live today with Sony’s Minisode…
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