Justin Timberlake will be a guest on Monday’s premiere episode of NBC’s “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.” Mr. Timberlake will join the previously announced Robert De Niro and musical guest Van Morrison on the debut show. “Fallon” also has lined…
For the second time in two days, Congress is hearing calls for a major revamping of the laws governing compensation of TV stations and programmers by satellite-television providers and cable companies. The discussion comes as Congress starts considering whether to…
Kevin Goldman, vice president of media relations at CNBC, is taking a job with the corporate communications division of parent NBC Universal, TVNewser reports. Mr. Goldman, who joined CNBC in 2005, will monitor and respond to general and Internet media…
Cable network CMT has ordered eight episodes of “World’s Strictest Parents.” The one-hour show from Shed Media U.S. is expected to premiere in April alongside new episodes of “Nanny 911.” Each episode finds two unruly teens from different families attempting…
Television advertisements may be more effective at boosting sales and brand awareness than they’ve ever been, as busier people use time in front of the TV to relax and escape their everyday lives, Advertising Week reports, citing a survey by…
Liberty Media’s fourth-quarter earnings were hurt by falling profit from its QVC home shopping network and a $1.24 billion writedown for its Starz premium cable channel, the Wall Street Journal reports. QVC’s operating profit fell 22% after it cut inventory…
The seventh and final season of “Gilmore Girls” is coming to ABC Family. The network has acquired the rights from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution to rebroadcast the season, beginning in June. The network already has cable rights to the…
Discovery Communications is expected to name Laura Michalchyshyn to run its Planet Green network, said sources familiar with the situation. Ms. Michalchyshyn currently is general manager of Sundance Channel, which was acquired by Cablevision’s Rainbow Media last year. She would…
Hearst-Argyle’s fourth-quarter sales fell 9% from a year earlier as a boost in political advertising failed to offset an overall decline in ad spending, Broadcasting & Cable reports. A drop in both local and national advertising spending across all businesses…
ESPN and Discovery Channel were the networks where advertisements for advanced television services like high definition and video on demand were most effective, Multichannel News says, citing a Beta Research poll. Scripps Networks, Comcast Cable Networks and Turner Entertainment rounded…