Even though CNN is attracting more viewers, the network is losing the ratings race in primetime, when opinionated voices such as Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly are drawing higher ratings, Daily Variety reports. Some of the momentum of its election-cycle ratings…
Verizon has started building its FiOS fiber-optic television service network in Philadelphia, which it plans to begin offering later this year, Multichannel News reports. The network construction will take until 2016 and will eventually reach about 660,000 households in the…
Ratings for the fifth-season debut on April 7 of FX’s “Rescue Me” were down 18% among total viewers compared with its fourth-season debut in June 2007, Multichannel News reports, citing Nielsen Media Research live-plus-same-day data. The network is watching the…
ESPN has slated the debut of ESPNChicago.com for April 13, before the Chicago Cubs’ home opener, Mediaweek reports. The debut will include a new ad technology that will target visitors according to location with ads in live audio streaming and…
TNT has canceled “Trust Me” after one season, the New York Times reports. The show, which starred Eric McCormack and Tom Cavanagh as ad agency executives, averaged 1.4 million viewers per episode during its 13-episode run, the newspaper says. Network…
Dish Network has made an agreement to add HD feeds for several of MTV Networks’ and BET Networks’ channels to its roster. CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Spike TV and VH1 now are available in HD at no additional cost…
Dish Network and NFL Network have reached a settlement in their carriage dispute. The settlement calls for a new multiyear carriage agreement. NFL Network will be carried in Dish Network’s Classic Silver 200 programming package. “We are very pleased that…
Post’s Trail Mix Crunch cereal has renewed its position as sponsor of “Alaska Week” on Discovery Channel. The sponsorship includes four three-minute custom shorts co-created by Discovery and Post’s media agency MediaVest. The shorts follow four competitors braving the Alaskan…
Melora Hardin, who plays Jan on “The Office,” has been tapped for the female lead role in FX’s drama pilot “Lights Out,” the Hollywood Reporter says. She’ll play the wife of an aging former heavyweight boxer who learns he has…
Cartoon Network and Disney XD—formerly Toon Disney—are adding live-action shows to attract boy viewers, USA Today says. “Animation as a genre channel seemed to be very limiting,” Disney Channel Worldwide chief Rich Ross tells the paper. “We had an opportunity…