CBS CEO Les Moonves was paid 3.2 times more than his counterpart at Viacom, Philippe Dauman, despite Viacom’s superior financial performance in 2007, according to compensation analyst Graef Crystal’s column on Bloomberg.com. Both men are vying to succeed Sumner Redstone,…
Television networks are sending little as half the executives to New York for the upfronts next month as they did in previous years largely because of loss of revenue from the Writers Guild of America strike, Daily Variety reports. Many…
Lionsgate is teaming up with Michael Hirschorn, who put “Flavor of Love” on VH1, in a joint venture developing reality-television shows, Daily Variety reports. Lionsgate, which will provide funding and distribution for the venture, had worked with Mr. Hischorn on…
NBC’s refusal to interview Arianna Huffington during her book tour may be a result of a request from Tim Russert, whose “Meet the Press” was criticized in Ms. Huffington’s book, Web site DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com reports. Ms. Huffington, who has been invited…
Fox is all but certain to add “Family Guy” spinoff “Cleveland” to its lineup, the Hollywood Reporter says. The network has made developing animated comedies a priority and the show is a close to a sure thing during a season…
WPP’s GroupM media buying unit and its ad agency Ogilvy North America are forming a branded entertainment joint venture that will create content designed to promote their clients’ products, the Wall Street Journal says. The sister companies share clients including…
The Screen Actors Guild is unlikely to come to an agreement with the studios this week after the union had moved little from its positions after 12 days of talks, Daily Variety reports. Neither the studios nor SAG have made…
Shareholders approved Macrovision Corp.’s $2.3 billion acquisition of Gemstar-TV Guide International, the Associated Press reports. Macrovision said it intends to create a more powerful company that helps bring digital entertainment into homes.
New York public-television stations WNET-TV and WLIW-TV may drop the nightly “BBC World News” favor of a self-produced half-hour newscast focusing on international issues, the New York Times reports. The new show, titled “Your World Tonight,” may also replace “BBC…
Mobile-television advertising is expected to surge as standard guidelines related to graphics and other specifications for mobile TV are likely to be established by October, Media Daily News reports. Worldwide mobile-advertising spending is expected to jump to $19.1 billion in…