Veronika Lineberry, who most recently served as vice president of creative services for King World, passed away suddenly on February 22, 2007, in Santa Monica, Calif. She was 44. Ms. Lineberry is survived by her husband, Tommy Manzella, as well…
On the last day of February sweeps, an “American Idol”-fueled Fox pulled ahead of CBS to win the coveted 18 to 49 demographic. CBS, which received a boost earlier this month from the Super Bowl, won among total viewers.Fox averaged…
NBC Entertainment President Kevin Reilly has renewed his contract with the network. Putting an end to long-running speculation about his future at the network, Mr. Reilly has signed a multiyear agreement to continue in the position he’s held for the…
MyNetworkTV is getting out of scripted programming.The network has dropped plans to produce seventh and eighth cycles of telenovelas, and has decided to cease pursuing scripted content of any kind. “We’re not developing anything scripted at this time,” said MyNetwork…
The Museum of Television & Radio on Thursday named four members to its Los Angeles Board of Governors. Joining the board are Bob Broder, vice chairman of International Creative Management; Marc Graboff, West Coast president of NBC Universal Television; Monica…
CBS will put an extra hour per day of coverage of the Masters golf tournament online to drive Web traffic to CBSSportsLine.com.The live streaming coverage will start one hour before television coverage begins on USA Network on April 5 and…
Sony’s High-Def DVDs Outselling Rival Thanks to PS3
Marriott Leads Charge With Widespread HD Upgrade
By Chuck Ross, Editorial DirectorTo break the impasse between buyers and sellers about commercial ratings, agencies need to compromise.That’s the word from Marc Goldstein, CEO of Group M, North America, and chair of the Media Policy Committee of the American…
National Geographic Channel’s executive VP of programming John Ford will leave the network this summer.Mr. Ford said on Thursday he wanted to explore other creative and business pursuits, including interactive media, feature-length films and documentaries.National Geographic President Laureen Ong said…