Review Roundup: Apple TV
‘TV iPod’ Put to the Test
In Depth
Bond Gives Blu-ray ‘Royale’ Edge
HD Format Battle Shifts
Comcast Launches Showtime HD-VOD
Library to Include ‘Tudors’ Preview
Univision Purchase by Broadcasting Media Completed
Univision Communications officially began its life as a private company, with Broadcasting Media Partners completing its $12.3 billion acquisition of the Spanish-language media giant.The Federal Communication Commission gave final approval for the deal earlier this week.Broadcast Media Partners, comprised of…
Discovery to Buy Out Cox Stake
Discovery Communications Inc. agreed to acquire Cox Communications’ stake in the company in exchange for $1.275 billion in cash and the assets of the Travel Channel, Travelchannel.com and Antenna Audio.The deal would leave John Malone’s Discovery Holding Co. owning two-thirds…
Kaiser Study Prompts Calls for Food Ad Reform
Half the TV ads kids under 12 see are food ads, says a new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation that could further fuel Washington pressure on media companies and marketers in the face of rising childhood obesity.Just over a…
Omnicom Ups Seiler, Grubbs
Matt Seiler was named president and CEO of PHD North America, a media agency owned by Omnicom Group. Mr. Seiler has been president of PHD since September 2004.At the same time, Steve Grubbs, who had been president of PHD North…
Dressler Joins Crown Media Board
Hallmark Channel parent Crown Media Holdings today named Fred Dressler, the former programming chief for Time Warner Cable, to its board of directors.Hallmark is in the process of redoing most of its major carriage agreements with cable and satellite distributors.“Just…
Oxygen Picks Up ‘Bad Girls Club’ for Second Season
Bad girls will have more fun on Oxygen.The cable network said Wednesday that it has ordered a second season of “The Bad Girls Club,” the highest rated original series in its history. The season will consist of 22 episodes and…
CBS, NBC Plan to Offer Mobile Inventory During the Upfront
The mobile screen this year will join the TV screen and the PC screen at the table during the TV upfront. This 360-degree integration is possible for the first time this year, said Cyriac Roeding, VP-wireless, CBS Digital Media. MediaFloCBS…