Cablevision has launched Newsday TV, hoping to boost circulation for the Long Island, N.Y. newspaper it recently acquired, Multichannel News reports. Newsday TV, which is available on Channel 611 to iO TV digital cable, allows customers to instantly subscribe to…
Janine Turner and D.W. Moffett will join “Friday Night Lights” next season, Entertainment Weekly reports. The two will appear throughout the season as a married couple who move to Dillon with their hotshot quarterback son, the magazine says. —Vlada Gelman
While NBC reached its $1 billion ad sales goal for the Olympics, the network’s affiliates are having a tougher time with local Olympic ad sales due to the soft economy, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Some stations are at only a…
Some of the fireworks during the Olympic Opening Ceremony were computer-generated, the London Telegraph reports. The fireworks were set off at the stadium, but the difficulty and danger of filming the spectacle live via helicopter resulted in a pre-recorded, computer-generated…
More than 4 million unique users visited NBCOlympics.com on Aug. 9, according to Nielsen, MediaWeek reports. Yahoo’s Olympics site also reaped some of the Olympics fever, attracting 3.3 million unique visitors that same day, while AOL Olympics was in third…
Revenue for Liberty Media’s Starz Entertainment increased 8% to $275 million in the second quarter, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The premium channel also increased its subscriber base by 6%, while Encore subscribers grew 11%, the newspaper says. In addition, Liberty’s…
Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor is in talks with HBO to turn his alternate reality game “Year Zero” into a two-season limited series, the Los Angeles Times reports. Reznor, who pitched the series to the cable network a little…
Discovery Communications increased revenue 10% to $863 milion during the second quarter, according to earnings figures released Monday by Discovery Holding Co. Excluding Travel Channel, which was sold to Cox Communications last year, revenue was up 13%. Adjusted income excluding…
The first clue I got at how technologically plugged in the Chinese are was within minutes of landing, when I was waiting for my suitcase to emerge from the baggage carousel. At the bottom of the chute was a young…
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Board of Governors will present the Governors Award to National Geographic Channel’s “Preserve Our Planet” campaign. The Governors Award is given to an individual, company or organization that has made an impact and…