Maria Grasso has officially joined OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, as was expected when it was reported last month that she was leaving Lifetime. Ms. Grasso was named senior VP for programming. She will work with Nina Wass, senior VP, creative…
E! Entertainment Television will premiere the reality competition series “Party Monsters: Cabo” on Dec. 2. The series takes nine party planners to the LG Villa in Cabo in a competition to see who can throw the best party for Hollywood…
The popularity of online video is moving beyond the early adopters and growing significantly among women and older consumers, reports a study from Ipsos Media released Monday. The study found that about 54% of female Internet users ages 12 and…
Disney-ABC Television Group has made a deal with Verizon to make ABC shows available on video-on-demand to FiOS TV subscribers. Terms of the deal call for Verizon to disable the fast-forward button so that viewers cannot skip through the commercials…
Less than a week before Election Day, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama plans to appear on Comedy Central’s fake newscast “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” Wednesday, the network said today. Mr. Obama will appear via satellite from Florida,…
AOL will lean on online television technology provider Brightcove to deliver video throughout the AOL network, the companies announced today. When the deal kicks in early next year, AOL and its programming partners will use Brightcove’s technology to deliver video…
Sen. Barack Obama has decided not to buy ABC airtime as part of his multinetwork prime-time special, Daily Variety reports. ABC will instead air a new episode of “Pushing Daisies,” joining The CW as the only two broadcast networks not…
In the 11 states with the closest Senate races this year, record amounts of money are being spent on TV commercials, the Wall Street Journal reports. In the North Carolina contest alone, more than $34 million was spent on TV…
The NFL is starting to feel the effects of the economic downturn, with fourth-quarter television advertising sales down about 10%, according to ad buyers and network ad executives cited by Sports Business Journal. Buyers and sellers told the journal they’ve…
MSNBC beat CNN in the cable news prime-time rankings for the month of October, The Hollywood Reporter says. Although Fox News continues to lead the cable news channels, MSNBC edged out CNN for second place for the month during the…