15,322 Entries
Comcast Expands VOD in New England Comcast has expanded its local video-on-demand focus in New England with plans to offer its 2.2 million customers in the area local programming on demand shortly after it airs. The operator finalized deals with…
Shelley Ross Named ‘PrimeTime’ Executive Producer After months of rumors ABC News will indeed make Shelley Ross executive producer of “PrimeTime Thursday,” a move Ms. Ross has resisted mightily but would seem to secure Charlie Gibson as Diane Sawyer’s co-anchor….
Spike TV Enlists Giuliani Spike TV is launching a national campaign with the aid of former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani to urge men to get annual physicals. The “Check Up or Check Out” campaign will attempt to register…
President Bumps ‘Idol’ Fox is moving hit show “American Idol” to Wednesday and Thursday this week to accommodate a press conference by President George Bush on Tuesday night. Fox will air the president’s press conference in prime time tomorrow night….
1. ABC Cable Networks’ Anne Sweeney chats with Cablevision’s Tom Rutledge, center, and Comcast’s Dave Watson at the Women in Cable & Telecommunications “Future Focus: Cable Leaders Chart the Course Ahead” panel session March 31 in New York.2. Time Warner’s…
Maybe it did. During the presentation, ad sales President Joe Abruzzese did the business world equivalent of calling a lover by the wrong name. The former CBS executive was highlighting why Discovery is a better value than broadcast nets when…
If like the rest of us cynics you believe Janet Jackson, 37, bared her bosom on Super Sunday mainly as a marketing ploy to put a rocket under the launch of her new album “Damita Jo,” then you have a…
The Osbournes. Anna Nicole. Jessica and Nick. The burning question: Who is next for the reality treatment? Well, with the success of “The Apprentice,” here’s a suggestion: If The Donald is a hit, how about the most entertaining, outspoken, outrageous…
President, Sci Fi ChannelFormer director of programming, Lifetime“For me, it was a really wonderful feeling to be involved in the early stages of a channel targeting a wonderful demographic. Carole Black has done a brilliant job for the whole channel…
NBC is on track to complete its $14 billion merger with Vivendi Universal Entertainment in May and is poised to realize $100 million in savings this year and another $300 million in savings next year, said Jeffrey Immelt, chairman and…