Lifetime has recruited a long list of celebrities for its 13th annual Stop Breast Cancer for Life campaign, which runs throughout October, which is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The campaign was developed by breast cancer survivors Linda Kaplan Thaler,…
Adam Shapiro and Rich Edson have been hired as Washington-based correspondents for Fox Business Network, which launches Oct. 15. Bruce Becker, FBN VP and Washington bureau chief, said in the announcement that they will contribute to coverage of Capitol Hill…
Online television technology provider Roo inked a deal to power Web video for Fox television stations, the company announced today. Under the Fox deal, Roo will receive daily local and regional news videos from 24 of the Fox-owned stations around…
Konica Minolta has signed a three-year deal to be the title sponsor of the annual Gator Bowl Classic, which will be played on New Year’s Day and broadcast on CBS. The game was sponsored by Toyota from 1996 to 2007….
With the start of the Summer Olympics in China less than a year away, divisions of the Walt Disney Co., including ESPN and ABC Family, are jumping in for a multiplatform blitz to showcase the first Special Olympics World Summer…
TV Guide plans to add to its online video offerings with the official launch of an online video guide to sift through videos and TV shows on the tvguide.com Web site. The new feature was released in beta in April…
Comcast’s more than 14 million digital cable customers will begin getting Martha Stewart on Demand this week. The deal, a first for the MSLA broadcasting division, was announced by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Broadcasting President Sheraton Kalouria and Comcast New-Media…
The Belo Corp. is spinning off its newspaper businesses into a publicly traded company to be called A.H. Belo Corp. The move will allow both companies more focus and flexibility and to seek synergies from virtual cross-ownerships in the absence…
Comedy Central renewed two of its shows, “Mind of Mencia” and “Lil’ Bush,” the network said. The second season of the animated “Lil’ Bush” will consist of 10 episodes and is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2008. “Lil’…