Financial and strategy advisory firm BIA Financial Network has acquired research and data provider the Kelsey Group. The Kelsey Group will operate under the newly formed subsidiary BIA Advisory Services, alongside BIA Consulting and BIA Research. Kelsey Group CEO Neal…
The television turn-out for the vice presidential debate Thursday night between Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin totaled 69.9 million viewers, according to national data from Nielsen Media Research. The lone debate between the two contenders was carried live…
According to Nielsen Monitor-Plus, presidential candidates Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain have run about the same number of local TV ads, Broadcasting & Cable reports. From the end of the primaries in June to the first week of September,…
August was a busy month for sports-related Web sites, MediaPost reports. According to Nielsen, about 42.3 million unique visitors hit up sites such as Yahoo Sports and NBCOlympics.com, besting August 2007 numbers by 8.9 million. Quadrennial events like the Olympics…
A new reality series focusing on the world of antiques is coming to Sundance Channel, Multichannel News reports. “Man Shops Globe” will star antiques buyer Keith Johnson as he searches tirelessly for the world’s most coveted antiques. The network also…
The economic downturn will hurt pay cable television and the movie business, but not the Internet, according to a study of entertainment spending conducted by JupiterResearch, MediaPost reports. The study shows about 12% of consumers would cancel their premium cable…
Charter Communications is giving away a 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid to help promote its online sales channel, CED Magazine reports. Throughout October, new and current Charter customers can order online any or all of Charter’s triple-play services to enter. “Our…
Ivan Sergei has been cast as the nephew of Betty, played by Patricia French, on Lifetime’s “Army Wives,” TV Guide reports. Sergei’s character will show up on the season finale at Betty’s Bar & Grill. Sergei’s television credits include roles…
Henry Winkler, Brooke Burns and Warren Christie will star in Hallmark Channel’s original holiday movie “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” the Hollywood Reporter says. In the movie, Burns plays a single mom who no longer enjoys the holidays…
Now that the U.S. government has gotten into the bailout business in a big way, is it too much to ask that Congress next consider legislation to shore up the small screen’s sorry sitcom industry? PACKING A PUNCH Syndication sales…