NBC Universal extended its deal with World Wrestling Entertainment to air “Monday Night Raw” on USA Network through 2010. “Monday Night Raw” marks its 15th anniversary on Dec. 10 with a three-hour special on USA. The series began on USA…
Freelance producer Ralph Binder was killed in an accident Thursday near Grand Island, Neb., as he and freelance soundman Dan Johnson were driving from Denver to Omaha to cover the mall shooting there for ABC News. ABC News President David…
(Updated 1:30 p.m.) Writers Pressure Directors to Hold Off on Contract Talks With the Writers Guild of America in its second week of talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the Directors Guild of America is in…
Great American Country added 2 million new subscribers in the New York metropolitan area through a carriage deal with Cablevision Systems. The Cablevision deal, plus other recent additions on systems in the Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Dallas and Miami markets, brings…
CBS Sports has promoted longtime exec LeslieAnne Wade to senior VP of communications for the company. In this role, Ms. Wade will oversee the corporate and media relations effort for all of the company’s sports businesses including CBS Sports, CBSSports.com,…
Tribune Co. and its buyer are launching an attack on the constitutionality of the Federal Communications Commission’s cross-ownership rule days after the FCC rejected the company’s request for permanent waivers to the rule’s bar on newspapers and broadcasters buying each…
Voom HD Networks’ Gallery HD channel next month will premiere “Behind the Camera,” a series about the relationship between photographers and their subjects. The series, which will consist of 13 half-hour episodes, will feature photographers covering subjects ranging from celebrity…
Bravo said it will produce second seasons for two of its new series, “Shear Genius” and “Top Design.” The network said “Top Design,” which features interior designers and architects competing for a $100,000 grand prize, is getting a makeover of…
Adobe Systems Inc. is selling a media player that can process high-definition downloadable content. Now it’s just a question of whether high-speed Internet providers can keep pace. Adobe, the biggest maker of graphic-design software, this week began offering the third…
HD programming picks for Dec. 6-12: “Rocky,” “Borat,” NBA “Rocky,” “Rocky II” and “Rocky III” (HDNet). Saturday, Dec. 8, 7 p.m., 9 p.m. and 11 p.m.: Sylvester Stallone portrays a Philadelphia underdog fighter made good in the first three installments…