Promax/BDA will present World Wrestling Entertainment Founder-Chairman Vince McMahon with its Lifetime Achievement Award at the association’s 53rd annual conference, set for June 17-19 in New York. Mr. McMahon will be recognized for his syndication, cable and pay-per-view entrepreneurship that…
Mary Jeanne “MJ” Cavanagh has been named executive VP of advertising sales at the Gospel Music Channel, MediaWeek reports. Cavanagh previously was the ad sales chief at Oxygen Media, which she joined in 2002, the newspaper says. —Vlada Gelman
Cable operators Charter Communications, Mediacom Communications and Cequel Communications are urging Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to broaden a proposal that would give small cable operators relief from rules requiring the duplicative carriage of some local TV signals, Multichannel…
Macrovision has acquired Gemstar-TV Guide International for $2.8 billion, Multichannel News reports. Macrovision has expressed interest in selling TV Guide magazine, TV Guide Network and the TVG horse-racing channel, choosing to focus on interactive program guides, connected services and device…
Former “Sopranos” star Steve Schirripa has joined the cast of ABC Family’s “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” as a recurring character, the New York Daily News reports. Schirripa most recently played mobster Bobby Baccalieri on “The Sopranos.” The…
Hillary Clinton’s first appearance on Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor” boosted the program’s ratings 42% from year-to-date numbers (2.6 million), the New York Post reports. According to Nielsen, the Wednesday episode averaged 3.7 million viewers and a huge 82%…
Viacom said it will limit spending to $100 million on its new premium TV and video-on-demand joint venture. Speaking on Viacom’s first quarter earnings conference call with investors Friday, CEO Philippe Dauman said the joint venture with MGM and Lionsgate…
Viacom reported higher first-quarter profits and strong sales of its “Rock Band” video game. Net earnings rose 33% to $270 million, or 42 cents a share, from $203 million, or 22 cents a share, a year ago, the company said…
Democratic presidential candidates have boosted their number of appearances on Fox News Channel, long thought of by liberals as a Republican bastion, the Los Angeles Times reports. Candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were both interviewed by Fox News this…
“Hannah Montana” star Miley Cyrus, under fire because some racy pictures have undermined her status as a role model for girls, left an appearance at Disney World before reporters arrived to ask her questions, the Associated Press reports. Ms. Cyrus…