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FORT WORTH, August 2: The FUNimation Channel, a 24-hour digital network featuring anime programming, launched on Verizon’s FiOS TV Premier package this week. The channel is operated by FUNimation Entertainment, which is a subsidiary of Navarre Corporation. "We are very …

CHICAGO, August 2: William Fisher, a former executive of Playboy TV International and HBO International, has been appointed as CEO of Towers Productions, the Chicago-based producer that specializes in factual and entertainment programming. Fisher will supervise the company’s business operations …

NEW YORK, August 2: Time Warner today announced a second quarter profit of $1 billion, versus the $409 million loss recorded in the year-ago period, on revenues of $10.7 billion, up just 1 percent on Q2 2005. At its AOL …

BURBANK, August 2: CBS will roll out season premieres for 20 of 22 series during the week of September 18, the network announced today, following earlier launches for Survivor: Cook Islands and The Amazing Race. The newest Survivor installment kicks …

MUNICH, August 2: ProSiebenSat.1 Group has reported second quarter revenues of 550.9 million euros, an 8.5-percent gain on a year ago, with profits up 16.3 percent to 83.4 million euros. “The ProSiebenSat.1 Group had a successful second quarter, despite the …

NEW YORK, August 2: George Kliavkoff has been named as NBC Universal's first chief digital officer, a post that will see him bolstering the company’s digital media strategy and overseeing broadband and wireless initiatives as well as the Digital Studios, …

BURBANK, August 2: ABC will not proceed with a planned mini-series project with Mel Gibson on the Holocaust, wire reports indicate, following his drunken anti-Semitic remarks at the end of last week. On July 28, the movie star was arrested …

SILVER SPRING, August 2: Judith McHale will step down as the president and CEO of Discovery Communications on December 1 in order to “participate more directly in discussions related to critical domestic and global issues,” the company said in a …

NEW YORK, August 2: Confirming speculation, Time Warner today announced that its AOL service will offer its software, e-mail and other services for free to broadband users, as it works to bolster its online advertising business. "For the first time …

SANTA MONICA, August 2: Lionsgate has elected to delist from the Toronto Stock Exchange as a result of low trading volume. The delisting, effective July 31, 2006, allows the studio to avoid the costs associated with multiple exchange listings. Lionsgate …