NBC’s “Meet the Press” was the most-watched Sunday morning public affairs program for the week ending Oct. 19, according to Nielsen Media Research. The program, which featured an interview with former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell on Oct. 19,…
Viewership of online clips of Sarah Palin’s performance on last weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” is rapidly closing in on the number of viewers who watched it live, Advertising Age reports. Fifteen million people tuned in on Saturday to watch the…
On Election Night, satellite operator DirecTV will feature eight news networks simultaneously on its special Election Mix channel, Daily Variety reports. The networks are ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, Fox and Fox News Channel, with the last slot alternating between…
BBC HD Is Out of the DOG House After several viewer complaints, DOGs, or digital on-screen graphics, will be gone as of this weekend on BBC HD, according the network’s blog. Citing frustration at cluttering up the HD on-screen action,…
HD programming picks for Oct.23-29: “Game 2 of the 2008 World Series,” “Costas Now with Aaron and Mays” and “The Final Season” “Game 2 of the 2008 World Series” (Fox) Thursday, Oct. 23, 8 p.m. ET: The Philadelphia Phillies head…
Coupled with a rebranding in May, Ion Media Networks announced Monday the network is going HD beginning in the first quarter of 2009. Ion Media encompasses Ion Television, formerly Pax TV, as well as qubo and Ion Life. Ion Television…
Hailing itself as the most popular online TV store, Apple’s iTunes Store has sold more than 200 million show episodes, including topping the 1 million mark for HD episodes. Apple began offering HD television content last month, charging $2.99 per…
Digital video recorder maker TiVo will announce Thursday that it’s making hundreds of movies from Walt Disney and other studios available for its Internet customers through agreements with Jaman.com and CinemaNow, the Hollywood Reporter says. TiVo, which partnered with Amazon.com…
About 15% of U.S. television viewers still receive over-the-air analog broadcasts through their antennas four months before the switchover to all-digital broadcasts in February, and about a fifth of those will let those TVs go dark, ABI Research said in…
Akamai, which makes Internet content-delivery products, will acquire online-advertising network Acerno for $95 million, MediaPost’s Online Media Daily reports. The acquisition will give Akamai access to Acerno’s collection of information from almost 400 online retail Web sites and give it…