The player: Burton Jablin, executive VP of Scripps Networks, which includes Food Network and HGTV The play: Mr. Jablin helped lead Scripps’ launch of high-definition simulcast broadcasts of Food Network and HGTV in March, two years after the networks began…
TV companies ShineReveille and Media Rights Capital have joined forces to create a major independent international distributor, Daily Variety reports. The companies say the partnership allows them to present more scripted programming than any other independent group. Under the deal,…
HD programming picks for May 1-7: “Little Miss Sunshine,” “An Inconvenient Truth,” “Dr. Strangelove” “Little Miss Sunshine” (HBO). Thurs., May 1, 9 p.m. Road-trip/beauty pageant indie flick garnered a best picture nomination and a supporting actor Oscar for Alan Arkin,…
Blockbuster Games’ Promotion Includes Blu-ray Bundle Blockbuster, the largest U.S. movie rental chain, announced a games promotion this week that includes a $500 bundling of products including a Sony PlayStation 3 console, which plays Blu-ray DVDs. Along with the PS3,…
A total of 94 percent of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists membership ratified a three-year deal with the studios covering reality, syndicated dramas, soaps and other genres, Mediaweek reports. The new Network Television Code agreement increases fees…
Santa Monica-based developer M. David Paul & Associates is planning a $750 million overhaul of NBC Studios in Burbank, the Los Angeles Times reports. The new owners of the space want to construct a complex to be named the Pointe,…
Cable system operator Comcast on Thursday reported a 10% percent increase in net income to $588 million, says Broadcasting & Cable. The news comes despite a net loss of 57,000 basic-cable subscribers, the newspaper notes. Revenue rose by 14% to…
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will guest host “America’s Nightly Scoreboard” on Fox Business Network, TVNewser.com reports. The Giuliani-hosted hour will be broadcast live tonight at 7 p.m. ET with a replay scheduled for 10 p.m. ET, the…
In 15 years, broadcast television will only be useful for high-profile live events like the Super Bowl, awards shows and programs like “American Idol,” Ben Silverman, co-chairman of NBC Entertainment, said during a keynote interview at the TelevisionWeek Upfront Summit…
Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” will tape from Denver and St. Paul during the Democratic and Republican National Conventions later this year. The Peabody Award-winning parody news show previously took its production on the road to cover…