Time Warner Cable profits will fall after Univision switches from being a free channel to a fee-based network because of the cable operator’s large Latino customer base, Broadcasting & Cable says, citing Pali Research analyst Richard Greenfield. Latino programming is…
Shareholders of radio and billboard giant Clear Channel Communications approved the company’s $17.9 billion sale to private equity firms Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital, the New York Times reports. Clear Channel, which started the process of going private…
Thomson Reuters, which merged last year, will start a business news channel for the Internet and cable as soon as January to compete with CNBC and Bloomberg News, U.K.-based Daily Telegraph reports. In May, the company, while cutting 140 jobs,…
Cable giant Comcast, which has a legion of subscribers sharing stories about customer service nightmares online, is among a growing list of companies reaching out to disgruntled consumers through message boards, blogs and social networks, the New York Times reports….
FX is developing a cop action drama set in the Wild West with McG and writers Laurence Malkin and Chad Thumann, Daily Variety reports. Additional details about the project, called “Crossroads,” remain under wraps, the trade says. —Sergio Ibarra
Former star player John McEnroe has been hired to rescue a campaign to promote the U.S. Open Series of tournaments for the U.S. Tennis Association, the Wall Street Journal says. The tennis group is redoing the ad campaign it had…
“Saved by the Bell” alum Elizabeth Berkley and husband Greg Lauren are developing a reality series with MTV based on her self-esteem and image workshops for girls, “Ask Elizabeth,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The series is being developed by the…
Comedian Kevin Hart will serve as the new host of “Comic View” for BET, Daily Variety reports. His addition comes as the show changes its focus to rising comics. Hart has also completed a reality pilot for the network called…
Season two of AMC’s “Mad Men” has enough “chilling brilliance” to justify the wave of publicity and praise the series has been receiving, USA Today says. “Catch ‘Mad Men’ now, and you have the happy experience of jumping into a…
Discovery Channel is prepping for the start of its 21st annual Shark Week, which begins Sunday night, USA Today says. The annual shark fest brings in big ratings for the network—last year’s kick-off special was watched by 4.2 million viewers,…