Dish Network gained a net of just 26,000 subs in the second quarter, yet its stock gained 6% ($1.19) Monday. The reason: Analysts were actually expecting Dish to lose a net of more than 100,000 subs. According to Dish EVP Tim…
The four-year-old Documentary Channel, which started life as a public-interest network supported with underwriting, has relaunched as a commercial service, reports Multichannel News. The Nashville-based network, which has about 21 million subscribers, signed a multiyear carriage deal with Dish Network…
It seems as if a weekly basis some celebrity is fighting the public release of nude pictures or a sex tape that they had, at one point, consented to make. Wallet Pop blogger Jason Cochran recounts the ultimate such case, a seemingly neverending battle being…
Ah, the good old days … drinking, smoking and telling dirty, filthy jokes at the Friars Club—all in service of roasting the top comics of their time. Minus the smoking and drinking but with plenty of bleeped out vulgarity, Comedy…
One really wonders if Kate Gosselin is conscious at all when she makes certain remarks Here’s an example, as she complains about her brother and sister-in-law and that it’s hurtful, "When family turns on you and makes up lies and makes allegations and makes…
NBC’s airing of an exhibition football game between the Buffalo Bills and Tennessee Titans and a repeat of "Dateline" did better in the ratings than the much-publicized primetime return of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" with Regin Philbin on…
“Ridealong”, a one hour cop drama from the creator of “The Shield,” Shawn Ryan, has received a pilot order from Fox, reports Daily Variety. The show is set to focus on three groups of police officers, ranging from uniform cops…
TNT has ordered an additional 10 episodes of "Hawthorne," starring Jada Pinkett Smith, to be seen in 2010, Multichannel News reports. In its time slot, the series is up 90% in adults 25-54. The show also does well in DVR…
WIth the broadcast upfront marketplace practically done, cable is rolling along and should be finished sometime around the end of the month or the first week in September. Claire Atkinson over at B&C usually has excellent sources on Madison Ave.,…