The cable networks are positioning themselves to be in direct competition with the broadcast networks following increased ratings and a year of acclaimed programming, the New York Post reports. Turner’s cable nets are scheduled to make their upfront presentation the…
TBS averaged 701,000 viewers ages 18-34 during the first quarter of 2008, besting The CW, which averaged 696,000 viewers in the demo, Mediaweek reports. The numbers indicate a 34% increase at TBS in the coveted demographic from the same period…
Dick Clark Productions and the Academy of Country Music have joined together to produce country music-themed programming, the Hollywood Reporter says. The partnership also gives Dick Clark Productions exclusive rights to produce and distribute the ACM’s awards and other events,…
Sci Fi Channel signed Eric Stoltz for its “Battlestar Galactica” prequel “Caprica,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Stoltz will star opposite Esai Morales, the newspaper reports. –Danny King
Former Republican advisor Karl Rove is joining Fox News as a pundit, making him the latest political figure to become a TV fixture for the 2008 elections, the New York Times reports. Barack Obama press secretary Bill Burton scoffed at…
Price a Factor in Ad Buys for Politicians
Television today is in a state of flux. New technologies, multiple platforms, time-shifting, decreasing audience share for the major networks, emerging digital channels, interactivity—how will the industry adapt to the changes and make them work to keep television viable and…
Cable Grew From Distribution Booster to Entertainment Innovator Over 6 Decades
Despite New Models, Modes of Viewing, It Will Always Be ‘TV’
A lot has changed in the three years since Kyle McSlarrow took over as president and CEO of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association. As the cable industry’s primary public-policy advocate in Washington, D.C., he represents its interests to Congress,…