Cable system operator Comcast on Thursday reported a 10% percent increase in net income to $588 million, says Broadcasting & Cable. The news comes despite a net loss of 57,000 basic-cable subscribers, the newspaper notes. Revenue rose by 14% to…
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will guest host “America’s Nightly Scoreboard” on Fox Business Network, TVNewser.com reports. The Giuliani-hosted hour will be broadcast live tonight at 7 p.m. ET with a replay scheduled for 10 p.m. ET, the…
Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” will tape from Denver and St. Paul during the Democratic and Republican National Conventions later this year. The Peabody Award-winning parody news show previously took its production on the road to cover…
Disney Channel executives said they will be involved with all of 15-year-old “Hannah Montana” star Miley Cyrus’s interactions with the media, though won’t change any scheduling of programming or public appearances, Multichannel News reports. Ms. Cyrus has received attention for…
TV Land ordered an untitled, so-called “cougar” reality show, in which young men compete for an older woman, Daily Variety reports. The show, scheduled to debut early next year, will be executive produced by Mike Fleiss, who runs TV Land’s…
Time Warner unit Warner Bros. will release more of its films for video-on-demand the same day as DVD releases, the New York Times says. The studio will be able to cut manufacturing and distribution costs by moving video-on-demand titles to…
Cartoon Network will help promote certain films by featuring two puppets interviewing movie stars on the set of their films, the Hollywood Reporter says. The first promotion by the puppets, dubbed Jib and Crash, will be for “Speed Racer” this…
Ted David is leaving CNBC, reports TVNewser.com, which obtained an internal memo. David joined the network shortly before it went on air almost 20 years ago, the Web site notes. —Vlada Gelman
Time Warner Cable’s first-quarter earnings, announced today, fell less than analysts expected. The No. 2 U.S. cable television service maintained its subscriber base amid increased competition from satellite and fiber-optic TV providers by bundling its cable, Internet and telephone services….
Hugh Hefner will be getting a lifetime achievement award during the second annual “Guys Choice” awards on Spike TV. The Playboy founder will get his prize from another guys’ favorite, Pamela Anderson. The award show, to be taped May 30…