AT&T’s U-verse Adds Eight HD Channels AT&T Inc.’s U-verse Internet television service added eight high-definition channels, bringing its total to more than 40. U-verse, which was started by the largest U.S. phone company last year, had about 125,000 subscribers as…
HD programming picks for Dec. 20-26: “Heli Skiing: Livin’ the Dream,” Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers, “The Matrix Reloaded” “Heli Skiing: Livin’ the Dream” (Discovery HD). Sunday, Dec. 23, 8 p.m.: Super-vivid footage of British Columbia’s Cariboo and Monashee…
Lifetime will stream the full-length episodes of each of its four new reality series on Mylifetime.com starting Dec. 29, in advance of the Jan. 4 on-air debuts of the shows. In addition, Yahoo TV will carry full-length episodes of the…
With the finale of “A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila” scoring MTV’s highest series ratings for the year, the network is spinning one of her suitors off into his own series. MTV said six episodes of “That’s Amore!” are…
MTV Networks is running a holiday advertising campaign for Sears Holding Co. that allows its Kmart division to adjust its ad content at the last minute using technology from Visible World. Visible World’s intelliSpot makes it more efficient to change…
Advertising spending in the first three quarters of 2007 decreased 0.1% compared with the same period of 2006, according to a report from the Nielsen Co. released Thursday. Spending on network TV was down 2.5% while national cable TV showed…
“30 Rock,” “Ugly Betty” and “The Sopranos” lead the pack in television nominations announced today for the 14th annual Screen Actors Guild awards. All three series walked away with three nominations. Both “30 Rock” and “Ugly Betty” received nods for…
Late Night, Directors Challenge Writers Guild Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien, David Letterman, Craig Ferguson and Jimmy Kimmel all have made the move to return to the airwaves on Jan. 2, putting the Writers Guild of America in a tense spot,…