Laura Galietta has been promoted to Scripps Networks senior vice president of ad sales marketing. She joined the company in 2006 as vice president of ad sales marketing for Food Network and Fine Living. In her new role Ms. Galietta…
Fox News Channel has re-signed Sean Hannity to continue serving as host of “Hannity & Colmes” and “Hannity’s America” in a multiyear deal extending through 2012. “Hannity & Colmes,” co-hosted by Mr. Hannity and Allan Colmes, is the second-highest-rated cable…
This year’s election is on track to smash 2004’s political ad spending record of $1.7 billon, MediaWeek reports. According to research firm TNS Media, after 2008’s presidential, congressional and gubernatorial races are all said and done, not to mention the…
Comcast is gearing up for February’s national transition from analog to digital television by offering broadcast-only homes a basic cable package for $10, Multichannel News reports. Part of its “Get Ready” initiative, Comcast will honor the $10 price point for…
It is apparently official that this year’s political ads in the presidential race are more negative that those that ran four years ago—at least the political ads from the candidates themselves. The Wisconsin Advertising Project of the University of Wisconsin…
A sizable contingent of online video viewers are more engaged with Web programming then they are with TV programming, according to a report released today by online video site Veoh Networks. Veoh found that so-called “engaged viewers,” those who watch…
Time Warner Cable launched interactive television services from technology provider ActiveVideo in the Hawaii market, the companies announced today. The ActiveVideo service streams both traditional TV programming and Web programming to a digital set-top box. The interactive content deployed in…
The two lead roles in HBO’s single-camera pilot “How to Make It in America” have been cast, the Hollywood Reporter says. Bryan Greenberg and Victor Rasuk will play Ben and Cam, respectively – two enterprising twenty-somethings trying to make it…
Jack Kenny has signed on as the showrunner and executive producer of Sci Fi Channel’s upcoming series “Warehouse 13,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The project reunites Kenny with executive producer David Simkins after the two worked together on NBC’s short-lived…
TNT will air the first outdoor NBA match-up in the U.S. on Oct. 11. The AutoTrader.com Open preseason game between the Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets will be broadcast exclusively from the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells,…