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The Beijing Summer Olympics reached for the viewership gold Saturday night, as the 2008 Games became the most watched event in television history. Through 16 days, the Beijing Games brought in 211 million viewers, outpacing the previous No. 1, the…
As the networks prepare for the launch of yet another season, what should be a time for celebration feels more like a day of reckoning. TVWeek’s Fall Features Fall Schedule Chart: Shows & Debut Dates-Print & Save . . ….
Key Moves for New Season, Night by Night and Net by Net
Fox has been quietly rolling out a wholesale makeover of its Web site, refashioning the site to make it more show-driven. All of the network’s major prime-time series are being given individual homepages designed to mirror the distinct tones of…
NBCOlympics.com earned only $5.75 million in online video advertising revenue, according to estimates released today by eMarketer. The new-media research firm issued the projection based on video streams delivered on the site during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. eMarketer said the…
When Is Your Favorite Show Coming Back?
“Stylista” starts showing its stuff sooner than anticipated, as the show is premiering a week earlier than announced, on Oct. 22 at 9 p.m., The CW said today. Billed as being “The Devil Wears Prada” as reality show, “Stylista” comes…
Global television shipments in the second quarter rose 11% from a year earlier to 47.5 million units, NPD Group unit DisplaySearch said today. North American flat-screen TV sales surged in advance of February’s U.S. switchover to all-digital broadcasts, while customers…
New data from the Nielsen Co. finds that while Barack Obama has run more local TV spots than John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee has placed more national cable TV ads than his Democratic counterpart during June and July. Nielsen…
James M. McNamara has joined Spanish-language premium film channel Cine Latino as non-executive chairman. He will oversee programming, distribution, marketing and finance for the channel. Mr. McNamara was president and CEO of Telemundo from 1999 to 2005. He also was…