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New York Times Co. said last Thursday that it is exercising its right to require Discovery Communications to buy its 50 percent stake in digital cable channel Discovery Times, reflecting the newspaper group’s desire to focus more on short-form video…
First-Run Sitcom Aims to Change the Game
Nat Geo, Discovery Vie for Eyeballs With New Documentaries
“24” star and co-executive producer Kiefer Sutherland has signed a multiyear deal with show producer 20th Century Fox Television to stay with the thriller drama and ascend to executive producer. Effective in June, Mr. Sutherland will hire a development executive…
ESPN is set to reteam with game developer Electronic Arts for a prime-time special based on the best-selling video game series “Madden NFL Football.”Dubbed “Madden Bowl,” the special will cover the 12-year-old Madden Bowl event, billed as the longest-running video…
By Laura Clark GeistAutomotive News Car companies launched four dozen new or redesigned vehicles in the United States last year. U.S. automakers touted their employee pricing programs all summer. But despite those major initiatives, automotive marketers spent 1.8 percent less…
A Canadian crime wave is about to invade the United States. On television, that is. For the second season in a row, the Venice, Calif.-based distributor Program Partners is syndicating one-hour dramas that were originally produced for prime-time broadcast in…
O’Hurley on Board as Durable Show Hits 30-Year Mark
Next time will be better.That’s the message NBC Universal parent General Electric was sending to investors last week after revealing that NBCU’s coverage of the Winter Olympics in February in Turin, Italy, lost $70 million in the first quarter, compounding…
Executive Producer Gabrielle Johnston Multitasks to Keep ‘Family Feud’ Fresh