Arbitron announced Tuesday that it has reached its goal of recruiting 2,100 consumers, age 6 and older, to participate in the demonstration of its Portable People Meter system that was tested beginning in December 2004 in Houston with a sample…
On the opening day of the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour, PBS President and CEO Pat Mitchell rejected complaints that the service offered an overly liberal viewpoint as too simplistic.“Our position is not to take positions,” she said at…
“Hogan Knows Best” scored the highest rating ever for a premiere on VH1. Sunday’s debut drew a 1.9 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic. The show is part of VH1’s Celebreality block, which drew 10.2 million viewers, a record…
Promax will hold its first conference in China, the organization said Tuesday. The Promax&BDA China Conference and Awards will be held in Sichuan in November as part of the Sichuan Television Festival. “We have long looked forward to welcoming promo-makers,…
The Senate appropriations subcommittee voted Tuesday to restore much of the financial ground that public broadcasting lost in the House of Representatives last month. Under the Senate deal, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s $400 million appropriation for next year remains…
Publishing and broadcasting company Media General on Tuesday reported a 107 percent surge in second-quarter profit, helped by a one-time gain related to the sale of an investment in the Denver Post newspaper.Richmond, Va.-based Media General, which owns 26 television…
London-based CNN international correspondent Matthew Chance will become senior international correspondent, based in Moscow, in August. Mr. Chance, a freelancer who joined CNN in 2001 to report on Afghanistan, has been particularly high-profile of late, reporting on the G8 summit…
BET on Tuesday named filmmaker Reginald Hudlin president of entertainment for the network. Mr. Hudlin will be in charge of BET’s music, entertainment, specials, sports, news, public affairs, film, program acquisitions, home entertainment and programming development units.
The National Association of Broadcasters announced Tuesday that broadcasters will support a law that would require TV stations to switch to digital by 2009. In addition, NAB said it is willing to discuss having broadcasters take on new quantified public…
CBS News and CBS Digital Media will be turning CBSNews.com into a multiplatform digital news network that will create a 24-hour on-demand news service.CBS News President Andrew Heyward and CBS Digital Media President Larry Kramer made the announcement Tuesday.They said…