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Friday, May 9, 2008
Justin Timberlake to Produce New MTV Reality Series
Justin Timberlake will produce a new show for MTV called “The Phone,” which is scheduled to premiere in the fall. The reality series is based... More »
Thursday, May 8, 2008
ABC Renews McPherson's Contract
ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson has signed a new four-year deal with the network, putting to rest months of speculation that he might be getting... More »
Warner Bros. International Hires Brehm
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution has hired Jim Brehm as the company’s senior vice president of sales for Asia/Pacific, Canada and Latin America. He will... More »
11 Florida Stations Plan Joint Digital Test
Eleven TV stations in central Florida have banded together to run a test designed to flush out viewers who are not technologically prepared for the... More »
MTV Nets Sign With Marketing Evolution on Eve of Upfront
MTV Networks announced a partnership with Marketing Evolution, a custom market research and consulting firm. The deal will be a part of MTV Networks’ pitch... More »
CBS College Sports Net Adds HD Feed
CBS College Sports Network is now available in high definition on cable, satellite and video. The network, which covers 35 types of college sporting events,... More »
FCC Confirms Wilmington as Digital Test Market
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has formally selected Wilmington, N.C., as the test market for the digital transition. “It will help us spot issues... More »
Upfront Bound? Bookmark This Map!
The annual upfront advertising market may be more bewildering than ever this year, but that doesn’t mean you need to feel lost. TVWeek.com is featuring... More »
MGM Grand at Foxwoods Tests Interactive HDTV
The MGM Grand at Foxwoods in Connecticut is the first advertiser to employ a technology that allows viewers watching high-definition TV to click through to... More »
Q1 Cash Flow, Revenues Up at Discovery
Discovery Communications’ U.S. Networks unit racked up an 18% increase in operating cash flow on a 3% increase in revenues during the first quarter, Discovery... More »
New ‘Gong Show’ Coming to Comedy Central
Comedy Central is breathing new life into the iconic 1970s variety program, “The Gong Show.” The network has greenlighted the “The Gong Show With Dave... More »
Upfront Sales to Fall 2% to 14%, Analyst Says
Broadcast television networks' upfront advertising sales will be down this year, posting a drop of between 2% and 14%, a leading Wall Street analyst said.... More »
Samsung Wins LCD Dogfight for Q1
Flat-screen televisions may be thin, but their manufacturers’ market-share differences in the U.S. are thinner. Samsung, Sony and Vizio ended the first quarter nearly in... More »
Not Boxed In: Jim Denney
The player: Jim Denney, VP of product marketing at TiVo The play: Mr. Denney spearheaded the digital video recorder maker’s three-year effort to make a... More »
DirecTV Earnings Rise on HD Subscribers
At least one satellite is weathering the storm. DirecTV said Wednesday that first-quarter earnings rose 10%, largely on more subscribers and less turnover from its... More »
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