Network grid is filling up fast
While there's still more than a week left before the networks announce their new shows, space on their schedules is already getting crowded. To no one's surprise, NBC officially announced on Thursday…
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Digital age is music to MTV ears
MTV Networks outlined an aggressive digital strategy at a gaudy, star-studded upfront to advertisers Tuesday. The basic message: "Feed the Need." With virtually every entertainment entity speculating…
Reality drives L.A. production increase
The Los Angeles region saw a 9% rise in off-lot feature activity during the first quarter along with a 7% gain in TV shooting, the Film L.A. agency has reported.
Singers on sked at E!
E! Entertainment Television is bringing Backstreet Boy Nick Carter into the fold, greenlighting reality show "The Carters," about the domestic life of the pop star and his four siblings.
Cash up in the air at upfronts
Who's gonna get all that leftover weblet cash? That's one of the big questions net execs are asking as the annual advertiser upfronts ritual fast approaches.
Dimension adds Cube
Cube Vision Prods.' Ice Cube and Matt Alvarez have sealed a two-year pact with the Weinstein Co. and its Dimension Films genre arm to produce film and TV projects for both banners.
Rally ramifications
Monday's immigration protests have already created headaches for Spanish-language webs -- and proved a boon to Latin marketers. Unlike studios, Spanish-language webs have been forced to grapple on a…
‘Battlestar’ spinoff in orbit at Sci Fi
Showing faith in "Battlestar Galactica," Sci Fi Channel is signing up for series spinoff "Caprica," a prequel that takes place 50 years earlier. "Battlestar" vets Ronald D. Moore and David Eick will…
Mouse House making U.K. demands
Britain's Channel 4 has acquired the exclusive U.K. video-on-demand rights to Disney's "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives," marking one of the first such arrangements in Europe between a Hollywood…
BET has stars in its eyes
BET Networks is keen to present itself as the King Kong of cablers. As it unveiled a slate of original programming at its upfront for the upcoming season, entertainment prexy Reginald Hudlin promised…
