About two-thirds of the programming on U.S. cable networks is original, Broadcasting & Cable reports, citing Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau Chief Executive Officer Sean Cunningham. With the average American watching 33 hours of television a week, programmers are investing about $20…
Golf Channel promoted Dan Overleese to vice president of television operations, Multichannel News reports. Mr. Overleese, who has worked at both ESPN and PGA Tour Productions, joined Golf Channel earlier this year as coordinating director, Multichannel News says. —Danny King
The IOC rejected a bid by European public broadcasters for television rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics, the Associated Press reports. The European Broadcasting Union, which has shown the Games in Europe for free for the past 52 years,…
NBC News White House correspondent David Gregory will succeed the late Tim Russert as host of “Meet the Press,” AOL News reports, citing a report on Politico.com. Tom Brokaw became interim host of the show after Mr. Russert died in…
Univision Communications’ interactive division, Univision Online, will introduce an interactive webnovela in 2009. Univision Online and Endemol are teaming with Amistad Productions for “Vidas Cruzadas” (Crossed Lives), a 15-episode webnovela featuring the on-screen reunion of Kate del Castillo and Guy…
Television programming guides that will be able to combine both multichannel service and Internet programming are at least two years away, the New York Times reports, citing Stan Glasgow, president of Sony Electronics in the U.S. The company recently introduced…
Canadian actors will support the Screen Actors Guild’s efforts to get more concessions from the Hollywood studios and will comply by not working for any production affected by a possible actors strike, Web site DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com reports, citing the Toronto Star….
Blockbuster is working with Microsoft to develop technology that will allow customers to watch movies on mobile devices, Media Post reports. Blockbuster, which last week launched a set-top box allowing customers to download films directly to their televisions, will work…
“ABC World News Tonight” anchor Charles Gibson will receive the National Press Foundation’s 2008 Sol Taishoff Award for distinguished contributions to broadcast journalism, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Gibson, who has been with ABC for more than three decades, will be…