NBC’s latest reality show princess, Malena, a former NFL cheerleader and ex-Miss Missouri, chose her Prince Charming on “Average Joe” last week. To the surprise of many, she picked handsome underachiever Jason, over average-looking but successful Adam. She called her…
While audience erosion continued to be the bane of the television industry, syndicators scored some impressive all-time highs during the November sweeps.
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SoapNet has acquired the same-day airing rights to the NBC soap “Days of Our Lives” from Sony Pictures Television. Described as a multiyear contract, the deal allows the cable network to run currents episodes of the 38-year-old show in prime…
A controversial Department of Defense contract valued at $98 million is due to be awarded shortly to rebuild and operate Arabic-language TV stations and a media network in Iraq. Since its launch earlier this year the Iraqi Media Network (IMN)…
I have seen the future, and it’s called the Pioneer-TiVo DVR/DVD recorder.
CBS has received a sluggish response to its efforts in recent weeks to sell off its remaining Super Bowl ad time-eight 30-second commercial units worth about $17 million.
After weeks of finger-pointing and countless news stories about the decline in viewing this season among young adult men, the core issue apparently is not simply the missing men but the notion that they may represent the canaries in the…
Although network prime-time viewing suffered a loss of 492,000 households during the recent November sweeps, syndicators were flush with success. Syndicated shows were up an average of 619,000 households, according to Nielsen Media Research.