National Cable & Telecommunications Association President and CEO Kyle McSlarrow today used a year-end review of industry issues to take an unusual public swipe at Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin.“I think there is a disconnect between the rhetoric…
The NFL Network accepted Time Warner Cable’s offer to put the NFL Network on its digital basic tier in the New York market for free for one week so that subscribers there can see Rutgers University play in the Texas…
ESPN acquired a minority stake in the Arena Football League and will televise a minimum of 26 games per season under a five-year multimedia rights agreement announced Tuesday.AFL programming will appear on 15 ESPN platforms, including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN on…
The Tyra Banks franchise just got a little stronger.Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution announced Monday that the sophomore series has been renewed in a two-year deal, taking it through the 2008-09 broadcast year with the Fox station group in 22…
TBS said Monday it ordered nine more episodes of its original comedy “My Boys” from Sony Pictures Television.The show will go back into production after the beginning of the year and the additional episodes are scheduled to premiere in summer…
The two-hour finale of “Survivor: Cook Islands” was the lowest-rated final episode in the show’s history, but still managed to win Sunday night for CBS.“Survivor” earned a 5.7 among adults 18 to 49, according to preliminary Nielsen Media Research ratings,…
AOL has made additional executive changes after announcing last month that former NBC executive Randy Falco would take over as CEO. According to PaidContent, executives heading out the door include Jim Bankoff, executive VP of consumer & publisher services; Joe…
Despite numerous hurdles, Viacom, News Corp. and NBC Universal may be close to announcing a new online video venture to distribute their TV clips and compete with YouTube, The New York Times reported Monday. The paper said the new venture…
VNU on Monday announced restructuring plans that include cutbacks that will reduce costs by 10 percent and reduce its workforce by 4,000 people.According to VNU’s new CEO David Calhoun, the new structure will allow the company to focus on client…
Guy Slattery was named senior VP of marketing for A&E Network, the company said Monday.Mr. Slattery, who joins A&E from National Geographic Channel International, will oversee the network’s consumer marketing and will be involved in developing cross-platform marketing initiatives. He…