A TiVo report found that a Coca-Cola commercial before the announcement of the “American Idol” winner was the most-watched ad in May, the New York Times reports. The “least-forwarded” ads included Domino’s Pizza, Topps Major League Baseball Cards, E-Trade, General…
ABC News earned six Edward R. Murrow Awards to top the list of winners that will be honored by the Radio-Television News Directors Association at its annual dinner Oct. 13 in New York City. ABC will pick up a Murrow…
Multiplatform lifestyle and entertainment network Men7 and Red Bull have joined forces to create “DNA of Sport,” a branded entertainment Web series, Adweek reports. The 15 12-minute episodes will explore how action-sport athletes push the boundaries of what is possible…
Starz has rearranged its management team, consolidating oversight of Starz Entertainment’s TV offerings under Starz President-Chief Operating Officer Bill Myers, the Hollywood Reporter says. Meanwhile, William Hamm, executive VP of creative development for Starz Media, will oversee production and development…
A study by the Nielsen Co. and the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing found that 94% of those who subscribe to cable or satellite service prefer to watch programming on their TV sets rather than online, the Hollywood Reporter…
Dallas-based London Broadcasting has bought eight stations from Drewry Communications, according to Broadcasting & Cable. In addition to four sister Telemundo affiliates, London has acquired KXXV in Waco, KFDA in Amarillo and KWES in Midland-Odessa, all in Texas, and KSWO…
AmericanLife TV will pay tribute to George Carlin on July 7 with a program containing clips from Carlin’s appearances on the 1970s musical-variety series “The Tony Orlando & Dawn Rainbow Hour,” Broadcasting & Cable reports. The program will be G-rated…
“The Late Late Show’s” Craig Ferguson, who will host CBS’ “Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular,” will read the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence from the Old State House in Boston. In addition, Ferguson will give a speech from historic Faneuil…
Pamela Howell has been named the vice president of corporate communications for ReelzChannel. She will oversee the development of communications strategies for consumers, affiliates and the entertainment and advertising-sales communities from the company’s Twin Cities headquarters in Minnesota. Howell was…
Online services provider Internet Broadcasting said it’s launching Web-based opinion and polling tools for Web publishers today. Already Meredith Publishing and NYCtv are using the new polling features to create forums for users to debate issues. The product introduction is…