The National Football League is bringing the operations of its popular NFL.com in-house after having CBS SportsLine produce and operate the Web site for the past five seasons.NFL.com averages more than 15 million unique visitors during the season. The site…
Turner Broadcasting said Tuesday its networks will not participate in the first wave of average commercial minute ratings being calculated by Nielsen Media Research.Also declining to participate with Nielsen at this point are the ESPN networks, Discovery Communications’ networks, Lifetime…
“NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams” won the total viewership race and ABC’s “World News With Charles Gibson” won the demographic race that most drives the newscasts’ revenue potential the week of Oct. 16. The “CBS Evening News” remains in…
The CW Network announced Tuesday it has signed a long-term affiliation agreement with Montecito Broadcast Group’s KHON-DT, the digital station operated by the company’s Fox affiliate in Honolulu. KHON’s sister station, KHON-TV, will help promote the launch of The CW…
Bravo has ordered a second season of its gym reality series “Work Out,” the network announced Tuesday. Six episodes of the series have been ordered, the same commitment Bravo made for the first season. According to Nielsen Media Research, the…
Fox will debut the season premiere of “The O.C.” on both MySpace.com and on the 24-Fox-owned local television-station Web sites on Oct. 26. The show will be available online for a week prior to its Nov. 2 on-air debut.Online premieres…
Comcast Interactive Capital and Turner Broadcasting invested in Atlanta-based startup ViTrue, which provides technology to enable user-generated advertising campaigns.As part of the “single-digit millions” investment, Comcast and Turner gain spots on ViTrue’s board, the companies said Tuesday in a statement….
Video-sharing site Blip.tv introduced a new look to its service today. The makeover highlights top shows and the best episodes of the day, the company said.Blip.tv is aiming to be a destination for independent shows and user-generated content online that’s…
NBC Universal Chairman and CEO Bob Wright sat down for an interview with TelevisionWeek Publisher and Editorial Director Chuck Ross for a TVWeek Spotlight Series event Sept. 25, during Advertising Week 2006, to answer questions that spanned the breadth of the media industry. The following is an edited transcript of that interview.
Add Los Angeles to the list of markets downgrading Megan Mullally to less desirable time slots.On Monday, KNBC quietly moved stage and screen star Megan Mullally’s nationally-syndicated talk show to noon from 3 p.m., where it has played since its…