With the Beijing Olympics less than two months away, the world’s eyes are turning to China. Among the many aspects of the world’s changing relationship with the communist giant is China’s embrace of doing business with the West, particularly the…
Advertising spending by the top 10 companies for the first quarter of 2008 reached just over $4 billion, up 1.1% from last year, according to Nielsen Monitor-Plus, with half the companies on the list increasing their budgets while ad spending…
Showtime turned a nifty ratings trick Monday, with new half-hour “Secret Diary of a Call Girl” premiering to record numbers. “Call Girl” attracted 949,000 paying customers in its first run Monday, outranking every other series premiere in the three decade-plus…
NBC is making some temporary tweaks to its summer schedule. Starting Monday, “Nashville Star” will expand from its current 90-minute format and will instead air two-hour episodes from 9-11 p.m. for the next two weeks. NBC has also rejiggered its…
Small and midsize radio and television markets in the Pacific region, especially in metro areas with large Hispanic populations, have the greatest growth potential, according to a study of market revenues released Tuesday by media research firm SNL Kagan. The…
The syndicated series “Animal Exploration with Jarod Miller” will return for a new season, Litton Entertainment announced. The program has been cleared in 90% of the country for fall 2008. Among the stations cleared for broadcast are WABC, KABC, WCIU,…
CBS Sports executives Ken Aagaard, Mike Aresco, Harold Bryant, Rob Correa and Marty Kaye have been promoted, CBS News and Sports President Sean McManus announced today. Mr. Aagaard has been upped to executive vice president of operations, engineering and production…
ESPN’s coverage of Monday’s U.S. Open final playoff, in which Tiger Woods beat Rocco Mediate, was the most-watched golf telecast in the history of cable TV. The matchup had 4.2 household ratings and 4.7 million viewers. The previous high for…
“The World’s Ugliest Dog” competition show will return to Animal Planet in October 2008. Now in its 20th year as part of the Sonoma-Marin Fair, the competition will be produced for television for the network by Wholly Cow Productions. Dawn…
The pilots for Fox’s “Fringe” and HBO’s “True Blood” have leaked online, TVTattle reports. Both series premiere in September, but are already available on BitTorrent, the Web site notes. —Vlada Gelman