Planet Green (tv network)

Planet Green is changing course.     Its corporate parent, Discovery Communications, announced Wednesday that the cable channel will change its emphasis on nature and ecology and focus instead on the country's spirit and culture under the new name of...

More than 100 AmeriCorps volunteers will converge Monday on Lake County, helping Habitat for Humanity of Lake-Sumter with an ambitious building blitz at sites throughout the county. The Sixth Annual Habitat for Humanity International and AmeriCorps...

A thorough review of a handwritten copy of the Gospel of John didn't reveal much controversy or conspiracy to the Rev. Tim Koch.  Instead, the endeavor simply fortified his faith.  Koch is the pastor at Concordia Lutheran Church in Cresbard and...

pivot launches Aug. 1 in 74 million homes. Yes, the “p” is lower case, because capitalization is so bourgeois. Participant Media this week announced the Aug. 1 launch of pivot, in what could be seen as the next step toward a socially...

Tony's I-75 Restaurant in Birch Run, Mich., is proud home of what might well be the nation's largest BLT. Each sandwich contains a pound of bacon — about 25 to 30 deep-fried strips — stacked about 8 inches high between two slabs of white...

Think You Could Launch A Network? These People Have, And They Share Why It’s So Hard, Even For Oprah. By Stacey Harrison & Athena Voulgaropoulos No one is immune from the multitude of challenges that come with launching a new TV network. Not even...

WBFF-Fox45 led Baltimore stations in winning eight regional Emmys announced Saturday night at the Newseum in Washington. But overall, that was only good for a fifth place finish behind one Virginia and three Washington stations in the competition for the...

Tune in to Planet Green this weekend, and you're likely to be surprised. Well, that probably won't happen to many people, or else there wouldn't be any reason to be surprised. As of this weekend, the erstwhile eco-minded — but ratings-challenged &#...

Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzman's "Nostalgia for the Light" took home best feature honors Friday at the International Documentary Association's 2011 Documentary Awards at the DGA Theatre in West Hollywood. Set in Northern Chile's Atacama Desert, the...

When Entourage’s Adrian Grenier was introduced to indie film producer Peter Glatzer a number of years back, their mutual commitment to eco-friendliness and sustainability compelled them to work together. They put together the show, “Alter Eco&...

[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] Planet Green takes a step in a direction away from its purely eco-centric mission with two specials hitting its schedule Dec. 20. Midnight Snack and Suzilla:...

Discovery is launching a new cable channel. Production in Los Angeles declined because of television....