The trade group for Hollywood's producers has published the details of its final offer to the Screen Actors Guild in an effort to convince performers that its contract proposal does not justify a "debilitating strike in the middle of a historic national economic crisis."

Cablevision Systems Corp. has launched a revamped Optimum Store.com, a site providing the operator’s customers with access to information and significant savings on an array of consumer electronics products

HGTV will provide live coverage of the 120^th Tournament of Roses Parade Thursday, Jan. 1 starting at 11 a.m. ET.

Time Warner Cable will launch its 11th local news operation when a channel debuts in 2009 to cover Buffalo and the Western New York region.

Sprout is offering its preschool version of the televised “Yule Log,” a programming block this Christmas Eve designed for parents trying to get their little ones settled down and ready for bed. 

New York—Macrovision Solutions, looking to add some sizzle to the static banner ads that run in its on-screen guides, is planning to sell full-screen, interactive video sponsorships starting early next year.

Showtime Thursday inked a deal with Summit Entertainment that secures the rights to up to 42 theatrical releases and gives the network another lynchpin in its effort to rebuild its movie library after Paramount, MGM and Lionsgate opted to take their films to a new premium cable channel of their own.

E.W. Scripps Co. is looking to unload the Rocky Mountain News, the Denver-based newspaper it has owned and operated since 1926.

Discovery Networks International Thursday said it will launch its Investigation Discovery channel in the United Kingdom on Tuesday, Jan. 20.