CBS is staying in the Adam Carolla business, greenlighting a half-hour comedy pilot starring the comic/radio personality. Jimmy Kimmel’s Jackhole production banner, BermanBraun and CBS Paramount Network Television are behind the project, dubbed “Ace in the Hole,” according to a…
Jonathan Adelstein, commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, criticized former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin for the regulator’s taking more than 200 days to approve Time Warner Cable’s spinoff from Time Warner Inc., Broadcasting & Cable reports, citing a C-SPAN interview….
This year’s Academy Awards broadcast may be among the lowest on record because the five Best Picture nominees’ combined box office gross is about a quarter of what the comparable group grossed a decade ago and about 20% less than…
FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein says the agency is working on rules related to the next effort by broadcasters and television stations to switch over to all-digital broadcasts, Broadcasting & Cable reports, citing an interview with C-Span. With more than 1,000…
Jonathan Adelstein, commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, praised both cable companies and broadcasters for their efforts toward easing the transition to all-digital broadcasts, Multichannel News reports, citing an interview on C-SPAN. Broadcasters “care about their viewers” and “understand their…
Comcast said demand for the Web-advertising cooperative Canoe Ventures, which includes smaller cable companies Time Warner Cable and Cablevision, has stayed strong in spite of the economic downturn, Advertising Week reports. While Canoe’s earnings contribution to its investors won’t be…
Comcast division thePlatform, which manages the U.S. cable leader’s online-video operations, will run the infrastructure behind the efforts by cable companies to put television programs on the Internet, Multichannel News reports. ThePlatform already provides services for Time Warner Cable, Cablevision…
Networks Hope Stressed-Out Audiences Tune in for Simpler Entertainment
Channeling Larry King once again… CNBC’s Rick Santelli Rick Santelli, the CNBC blowhard who moronically lashed out at President Obama’s mortgage rescue plan last week in a much-publicized rant, certainly had every right to speak his mind as he did….
Rosie O’Donnell, whose Lifetime movie “America” was filmed in Detroit and premieres Feb. 28, says she intends to film her next project in the city, the Associated Press reports. O’Donnell discovered Philip Johnson, the actor who plays the title role…