April 28, 2008
HENDERSONVILLE, April 28: BlueHighways TV (BHTV), a multiplatform network that explores the people, stories, traditions and music of America, has reached a carriage agreement that will make its linear service available to Verizon FiOS TV subscribers later this year. BHTV's …
April 28, 2008
HARRINGTON PARK, April 28: Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc. (AHDI) has acquired the international rights to the one-hour basketball-themed television special Harlem Globetrotters: A New Generation. Produced by Arthur Smith & Co. (FOX’s Hell’s Kitchen), Harlem Globetrotters: A New Generation was …
April 28, 2008
LOS ANGELES, April 28: M3 Television, a video and online production outfit, has established a new unit dedicated exclusively to the creation of programming for traditional and new-media platforms, led by veteran producer Victoria Mercado Guinto, who most recently worked …
April 28, 2008
LONDON, April 28: ITV DVD, the publishing division of ITV Worldwide’s Granada Ventures, has been appointed as the official DVD publisher of Liverpool Football Club in the U.K. and Ireland. The deal will see ITV DVD continue to produce and …
April 28, 2008
LONDON, April 28: Talent Television has appointed Dinah Gray as development executive for factual entertainment. Gray will bolster the factual entertainment team and help drive Talent’s development slate both in the U.K. and internationally. She will report to Talent’s managing …
April 28, 2008
REDMOND, April 28: The deadline for Yahoo! to come to a decision on Microsoft’s $42.7-billion offer passed this weekend with no announcement from either side and the looming possibility of a hostile takeover bid. On April 5, Microsoft’s CEO, Steve …
April 28, 2008
TORONTO, April 28: CTV has struck a deal with Disney-ABC International Television to make full-length episodes of the ABC dramas Lost, Grey’s Anatomy and Desperate Housewives available for online streaming in Canada via its CTV Video Player at CTV.ca. This …
April 28, 2008
LONDON, April 28: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has inked carriage agreements with multiple cable operators across the CIS, including Russia, the Ukraine and Kazakhstan, to roll out AXN SCI-FI, its dedicated science-fiction channel. AXN SCI-FI is now available to …
April 28, 2008
LOS ANGELES, April 28: Miley Cyrus, the 15-year-old star of the Disney Channel hit Hannah Montana, has issued an apology after posing for semi-nude photos for Vanity Fair magazine, in a shoot coordinated by acclaimed celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz. The …
April 25, 2008
ENGLEWOOD/PARIS, April 25: DISH Network will evaluate the DVB-SH (Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite services to Handhelds) mobile broadcast technology in the U.S., with the appropriate equipment, test tools and training provided by Alcatel-Lucent. This test will take place in DISH Network's …