About two-thirds of the programming on U.S. cable networks is original, Broadcasting & Cable reports, citing Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau Chief Executive Officer Sean Cunningham. With the average American watching 33 hours of television a week, programmers are investing about $20…
Golf Channel promoted Dan Overleese to vice president of television operations, Multichannel News reports. Mr. Overleese, who has worked at both ESPN and PGA Tour Productions, joined Golf Channel earlier this year as coordinating director, Multichannel News says. —Danny King
Television programming guides that will be able to combine both multichannel service and Internet programming are at least two years away, the New York Times reports, citing Stan Glasgow, president of Sony Electronics in the U.S. The company recently introduced…
USA Hockey and NHL Network have signed a three-year agreement that will give NHL Net coverage of the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship. The deal also includes coverage of the 2009-10 U.S. Women’s National Team’s Qwest Tour. NHL…
Jack Black will host Spike TV’s 2008 Video Game Awards, airing Dec. 14. The live HD broadcast will feature previews of games coming out in 2009, including the world premiere of Brütal Legend gameplay from designer Tim Schafer and Double…
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has named Timothy Kuryak and Jill Dickerson as vice presidents of programming. The duo will oversee nonscripted programming, working with producers, writers, agents and distributors, in addition to editorial management with outside production. Mr. Kuryak…
Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, stars of the Adult Swim series “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!,” will start on a 20-show tour through the U.S. next month, Multichannel News reports. The duo, which will put on a variety…
Ted Rogers, founder and chief executive officer of Canada’s Rogers Communications, has died of congestive heart failure at his Toronto home at age 75, Multichannel News reports. Rogers’ company, founded when Ted Rogers started Rogers Radio Broadcasting in the 1960s,…
Cable stocks will outperform the rest of the stock market during the economic downturn because much of the industry already has faced stock price declines, Multichannel News says, citing Merrill Lynch analyst Jessica Reif Cohen. Satellite and telephone companies haven’t…