The Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing has merged its Southern California, Silicon Valley and Pacific Northwest chapters into one unit, Multichannel News reports. The consolidated CTAM West chapter, which became official Friday, will be helmed by CTAM Southern California…
The Wall Street Journal reported a possible merger between rival satellite television providers DirecTV, the largest in the country, and No. 2 Dish Network, according to TVPredictions.com. A formal proposal has not been entered, but the paper reports “general discussions”…
Antoinette Zel, formerly of NBC’s Telemundo, has been named president of the Hispanic ad shop La Comunidad, AdWeek reports. At Telemundo, Ms. Zel forged a partnership with Yahoo as part of a youth-targeted bicultural initiative. She previously was president of…
Charter Communications posted a second-quarter loss of $276 million, or 74 cents per share, on sales of $1.62 billion, compared with a loss of $360 million, or 98 cents a share, in the year-ago quarter, Multichannel News reports. It blamed…
Melissa Lawson beat finalist Gabe Garcia on Monday night for the title on NBC’s country music reality series “Nashville Star,” the Associated Press reports. The 32-year-old Texas mother of five is the NBC series’ fifth season winner. —Julieanne Smolinski
Cox Communications Senior VP Jill Campell has been named Woman of the Year by Women in Cable Telecommunications, Multichannel News reports. Other recipients of WICT’s annual Accolades, announced Tuesday, include executives Vicki Lins of Comcast and Eileen O’Neill of Discovery…
Ed Begley Jr. will join the cast of the new Jay Mohr vehicle “Gary Unmarried,” airing this fall on CBS, the Hollywood Reporter says. Mr. Begley, currently on the big screen in the film “Pineapple Express,” will play an “intelligent…
Actor Rich Sommer, who plays ad exec Harry Crane on AMC’s “Mad Men,” will guest star on NBC’s “The Office,” Entertainment Weekly reports. Mr. Sommer will appear on the sitcom’s Sept. 25 premiere in an unspecified role. —Julieanne Smolinski
Broadcast television has bested newspapers in ad sales for the first time in U.S. history, according to Reuters. In a study released Tuesday, the research firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson placed broadcast television in the No. 1 spot for national advertising…