CBS Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves said at a conference yesterday that The Weather Channel, which is on the market, “could fit” within CBS’s programming plans, Multichannel News reports. Mr. Moonves didn’t say whether CBS has bid on The Weather…
Paris Hilton is back in the reality TV business, this time with MTV. The high-profile hotel heiress, who parlayed sex-tape notoriety into A-list celebrity with “The Simple Life” on Fox, will appear in a 10-episode series tentatively titled “Paris Hilton’s…
CBS named Zev Shalev senior broadcast producer for “The Early Show.” The appointment, effective Monday, was announced by Rick Kaplan, interim executive producer of the broadcast and executive producer of “The CBS Evening News.” Mr. Shalev most recently was vice…
AOL announced today that it will pay $850 million in cash to acquire Bebo, a social networking site. Bebo is a 100-employee operation based in the U.S. and Great Britain, with the majority of its 40 million-membership concentrated in the…
Looking to build its lead in the kids market, Nickelodeon announced plans to add new live-action programming to its lineup of animated series. At its upfront presentation for advertisers Thursday in New York, Nick said it was planning “Gym Teacher:…
Moonves Nixes Tavern on the Green Party
Robert Redford will be participating in upfront advertising meetings for the Sundance Channel. The network does not air commercials, but has been expanding its branded entertainment and sponsorship efforts. Mr. Redford’s presence is “our way of telling our agency partners…
More than 10 million North American consumers marked the holiday season last year by buying a new high-definition television set. But some of the industry’s component makers are now finding less reason to celebrate. Manufacturers of liquid-crystal display television components…
The player: Terry Denson, VP of content strategy and acquisition for Verizon The play: Mr. Denson has led the Verizon FiOS fiber-optic television service’s growth from its September 2005 inception to its current subscriber base of more than 1 million…
New Satellite Boosts Dish’s HD Capacity; Cox HD Channels Also Rising Dish Networks plans to launch a satellite this week that will allow the company to boost its high-definition channel count to as many as 100 by the end of…