G4 on Wednesday is launching its new series “Human Wrecking Balls,” featuring the Pumphrey Brothers, who combine strength and science to crush, demolish and destroy whatever is put in their path. Craig and Paul Pumphrey are big. Their combined weight…
Not all clients think they want communications planning. Not all clients think they need communications planning. In his new job as executive VP and head of communications planning at Carat, Doug Ray will try to identify clients that need the…
Cable operators have been talking a lot about the kind of advance advertising their digital systems can make possible. Earlier this year they banded together to form Canoe Ventures, a joint effort to create a national unified platform for interactive…
he news of Brooke Smith’s firing on ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” just won’t go away. ABC News tries to get to the bottom of Smith’s abrupt termination. “What’s odd about this is the timing. Usually you see these things percolating,” said…
Acclaimed Broadway actress Bernadette Peters will make a guest appearance on ABC’s “Ugly Betty,” the Los Angeles Times reports. Peters will play magazine mogul Jodie Papadakis. Apparently Papadakis is eyeing assistants Betty, played by America Ferrera, and Marc, played by…
The NCAA has created a postgraduate scholarship in the name of the late sportscaster Jim McKay. The Jim McKay Scholarship program will select one male and one female student athlete annually to receive a $10,000 postgraduate scholarship. The scholarship recognizes…
YouTube has scored a deal with production company FremantleMedia, makers of “American Idol,” Reuters reports. Under the deal, FremantleMedia will produce programs exclusively for YouTube, with the revenues split between the two entities. The deal seals the existing partnership between…
TVNewsday interviews Fox Networks Group CEO Tony Vinciquerra and asks him about Fox revenues during the economic downturn, station affiliates and the fall season TV ratings so far. “Network television right now is a little rocky in terms of ratings…
Various broadcasters, government officials and others involved convened Monday at Washington’s Newseum to mark the final 100 days before the national transition to digital TV, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The event featured a lot of mutual admiration between the government…