It’s damn the polls, full speed ahead for the presidential race as the surprise New Hampshire results portend more ad spending rather than the expected easing from a quick knockout. Political and advertising executives said today that in the Democratic…
Internet video viewers scaled back their watching during the holiday break, according to the latest figures from Nielsen Online. Traffic dipped on leading video-sharing sites for the week ending Dec. 30, with many people away from their computers and on…
Bravo Media is throwing the book at “Top Chef” fans. The NBC Universal unit announced its first publication, “Top Chef: The Cookbook.” It contains more than 100 recipes from the first three seasons of the series, including dishes from the…
Slow Growth Seen Despite Olympics, Elections
Grant McDougall’s background should help him in his new job with Carat as executive VP, group director, where he sees his primary responsibility as globalizing some of the agency’s key accounts. Globalization should be a snap for someone born in…
A couple of Tennessee barbecue experts are warming up for a new show on the Food Network. Pat and Gina Neely, who own and operate their own restaurants, will be hosts of a series called “Down Home With the Neelys.”…
Ann Lewis Roberts has been named senior VP, heading development for Walt Disney Co.’s Buena Vista Productions and its SoapNet cable channel. At SoapNet, which has become part of Disney-ABC Television Group’s daytime division, Ms. Roberts will develop and oversee…
Products made more appearances in the broadcast shows with the most product placement, according to the Nielsen Product Placement Service. The top 10 shows in product placement on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, The CW and MyNetworkTV registered 22,046 occurrences over…
Directors, Producers Still Without Start Date for Talks The Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers are still without a start date for contract talks, Daily Variety reports. The two sides have met informally,…
With Sumner Redstone, the executive chairman of Viacom and CBS Corp., as honoree and Jon Stewart as host, could the annual gala of the Paley Center for Media (formerly the Museum of TV & Radio) on Feb. 7 be anything…