The National Geographic Channel will boost programming by 20 hours to 356 hours during the 2008-09 season, marking the most annual content in the network’s history, the Hollywood Reporter says. New episodes will feature a preserved wooly mammoth and a…
Shelley Ross’ tenure as executive producer of “The Early Show” on CBS ended Thursday. She was hired some six months ago to run the morning news show that has run a distant third to its competitors throughout several decades and…
The NFL Network only had to look down the street to find its new director of communications, tapping the Game Show Network’s Dennis Johnson for the post. Effective March 24, he will be responsible for developing and implementing communication and…
Warner Bros. Entertainment has named Steven Piorkowski vice president of corporate communications, the company announced today. The 18-year veteran of Warner Bros. most recently was executive director, corporate communications. He joined the studio in 1980 as an assistant to the…
Network news veteran Steve Friedman and former CBS News special projects director Nanci Ross have set up shop as a one-stop, full service programming consultancy under the banner of Vir2L Media LLC. In their announcement Thursday, they said they will…
The Kansas City Royals probably like what they see from Daktronics. Investors, not so much. Next month, the Major League Baseball team’s Kaufman Stadium will unveil CrownVision, billed by manufacturer Daktronics as the world’s largest high-definition scoreboard, at its home…
One in 10 without a TV signal is too many. That’s what Federal Communications Commission officials said this week when the agency discussed a possible trial run in advance of the nationwide switch to digital broadcasting from analog in February….
The player: Mike Grossman, senior VP of television operations at World Wrestling Entertainment The play: The surprisingly low-key Mr. Grossman, a 20-year veteran of WWE, led the organization’s one-year, $20 million transition into high-definition broadcasting, which included rebuilding its Stamford,…
Toshiba Chief Says HD DVD Intro Market ‘Weaker’ Than Standard Player Market Toshiba Chief Executive Atsutoshi Nishida said the market for high-definition DVD players is “much weaker” than the standard DVD player market at its introduction, the Wall Street Journal…
HD programming picks for March 6-12: “Frankie and Johnny”/“Follow That Dream,” North Carolina at Duke, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony “Frankie and Johnny”/“Follow That Dream” (MGM HD). Friday, March 7, 7 p.m. and 8:35 p.m. ET. In…