Cable companies need to create the digital tools needed to empower subscribers, says marketing consultant, textbook author and former Harvard Business School professor Jeffrey Rayport, speaking at the CTAM Summit in Boston. Advertising Age reports Rayport said consumers are no…
Talk show host Bonnie Hunt has been selected to host the Paley Center for Media’s annual Los Angeles gala. This year the Paley Center honors cable network Showtime and 12-time Emmy winner Carl Reiner. Evan Handler, Rob Reiner, Jimmy Smits,…
MLB Network has added more on-air talent in preparation for its Jan. 1 launch. Baseball veterans Al Leiter and Harold Reynolds have been named studio analysts for the new network. Trenni Kusnierek and Hazel Mae have been named reporters. The…
Disney is bidding against Fox to move the college football Bowl Championship Series to ESPN, USA Today reports. Fox’s $82.5 million a year deal runs through next season. “The BCS is obviously an attractive television property, but we simply have…
A Los Angeles Times columnist says it’s time for the cable industry to switch to an a la carte system that would allow subscribers to pay only for the channels they want to watch. “I never watch ESPN. When I…
Al Gore’s Current Media eliminated about 60 positions, but said it created 30 new jobs, leaving it with a staff of 410 employees, according to CNET. Sources tell CNET the networks will be shifting from shorter, user-generated videos to more…
Generating big ratings while covering the stock market collapse has earned CNBC budget cuts, the New York Observer reports. CNBC is expected to have to lower spending by 10%. It wasn’t clear if staffing would be an area where CNBC…
While Thursday night’s game between the New England Patriots and the New York Jets on NFL Network will also be broadcast by a local station in Boston, Patriot fans in other New England towns will have to get satellite or…
HBO is developing a new series with Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer Anthony Kiedis based on his childhood, Daily Variety reports. The project, “Scar Tissue,” will focus on Kiedis’ relationship growing up with his father. The singer is teaming…
The next time MSNBC host Joe Scarborough drops an F-bomb on his morning show, the network will be able to defuse it after building a seven-second delay into the live program’s production, the Associated Press reports. Other MSNBC shows won’t…