Tyra Banks’ umbrella company, Bankable Enterprises, has named Susan Moultrie, formerly of Sony BMG, its chief operating officer, MediaPost reports. Moultrie will manage Bankable’s current ventures, which includes The CW’s “America’s Next Top Model” and the new “Stylista,” and spearhead…
Broadcast television networks swelled for Thursday’s closing night of the Democratic National Convention, and the historic speech by presidential candidate Barack Obama, according to preliminary national data from Nielsen Media Research. NBC ended the week four-for-four as the dominant broadcast…
Barack Obama’s presidential acceptance speech on Thursday, not surprisingly, brought in the biggest ratings of the Democratic National Convention. NBC’s coverage of the speech from Invesco Field in Denver landed a 5.0 rating/8 share, according to Nielsen Media Research preliminary…
Several major cable operators are offering an Elections ’08 On Demand channel in an effort to test weather the industry can work together as partners under the new industry initiative Canoe Venture to compete against Web video for viewers and…
The Justice Dept. filed a civil antitrust suit against Raycom Media because it still owns two television stations in Richmond, Va., reducing competition in the market, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Justice Dept. asked Raycom to divest CBS affiliate…
David Duchovny, who stars as a writer with a sex addition on Showtime’s series “Californication,” has checked himself into a rehab facility to help him deal with a real-life sex addiction, People Magazine reports, citing the actor’s lawyer Stanton “Larry”…
Nielsen Media Research finds that the number of viewers over age 55 is increasing twice as fast as the general TV audience, Daily Variety reports. The ratings company says that viewers over age 55 increased by 2.7% from last year,…
The Big Ten Network is expanding the roster of cable operators who carry the channel, adding Mediacom Communications and Cox Communications, TelevisionWeek reports. Earlier this week Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications announced distribution deals with the year-old network. Comcast…