Can Fox News Cash in Post-Election?
After a spending spree to lock up talent, Fox News Channel appears to be betting it will be able to hold onto a good chunk of the audience and advertising that this election cycle has whippped up, the New York…
Yearly Archives : 2008
NBC’s Todd Sees Tenseness in GOP Ticket
NBC News’ political director says that during the network’s interview with Republican candidates John McCain and Sarah Palin, he determined a “tenseness” between the running mates, tle Los Angeles Times reports. “There’s no chemistry,” Todd said during a disccusion with…
Lohan Less ‘Ugly’ Than Planned
Lindsay Lohan’s appearance on ABC’s “Ugly Betty” has been cut to four episodes from six, the New York Post’s Page Six reports. Lohan and “Betty” star America Ferrera didn’t get along, according to the paper. Plus there was an incident…
Comcast Launches Faster Internet Plans
Comcast announced new higher-speed Internet services that will provide residential customers with downloads as fast as 50 megabytes per second, CNET says. The new “extreme” package costs $139.95 a month and its “ultra” service—at 22 mbps– is $62.95 a month….
Half-Hour Too Much for Silverman
Sarah Silverman’s “true genius lies in the short form,” says the New York Times, reviewing herComedy Central show, which returned for a second season last week. The sitcom generously accommodates “her taste for puerility” and shows that “a half-hour may…
Senate Talk for MSNBC’s Matthews
Talk that Chris Matthews might run for Arlen Specter’s Pennsylvania Senate seat was stirred up when the MSNBC anchor attended a dinner held by Barack Obama’s biggest New York fund raiser, Robert Wolf, on October 14, the New York Times…
iTunes Has Sold 200 Million TV Show Episodes, 1 Mil in HD
Hailing itself as the most popular online TV store, Apple’s iTunes Store has sold more than 200 million show episodes, including topping the 1 million mark for HD episodes. Apple began offering HD television content last month, charging $2.99 per…
Ion Media Promises HD by First Quarter
Coupled with a rebranding in May, Ion Media Networks announced Monday the network is going HD beginning in the first quarter of 2009. Ion Media encompasses Ion Television, formerly Pax TV, as well as qubo and Ion Life. Ion Television…
This Week in HD: The Fall Classic
HD programming picks for Oct.23-29: “Game 2 of the 2008 World Series,” “Costas Now with Aaron and Mays” and “The Final Season” “Game 2 of the 2008 World Series” (Fox) Thursday, Oct. 23, 8 p.m. ET: The Philadelphia Phillies head…
Rounding Up HD News: BBC HD Drops DOGs; 20% of TVs to Go Dark After DTV
BBC HD Is Out of the DOG House After several viewer complaints, DOGs, or digital on-screen graphics, will be gone as of this weekend on BBC HD, according the network’s blog. Citing frustration at cluttering up the HD on-screen action,…