CNBC President Pamela Thomas-Graham is ready for prime time. The executive, who already has redesigned the business news team that fills the 5 a.m.-to-7 p.m. business day, is taking control of CNBC prime time, a four-hour programming block that historically…
In a post-9/11 world, you’d think an all-global-news channel’s time had finally come. You’d be wrong. Of the niche ideas still seeking a sizable cable footprint, global news is way down there with The Puppy Channel and Black Women’s Television….
Former Vice President Al Gore and a group of investors have plans to launch an all-news channel, but it won’t be up as a liberal alternative to Fox News. Instead, it will be aimed at the under-25 crowd. “Liberal TV…
Bryan Burns has 15 televisions in his home. He has two in each bathroom and more remote controls than he can count. Mr. Burns truly appreciates a quality television viewing experience. So just imagine his reaction when he first saw…
Tom Kane is out as general manager of WABC-TV in New York in an abrupt turn of events that caught the largest market in the country off-guard. A spokesperson for ABC, for which Mr. Kane worked for some 30 years,…
Starz Encore’s Sie Applauds FCC Action on VOD The fine print in the text of a Federal Communications Commission order released Thursday gives cable TV operators and satellite providers who offer subscription video-on-demand services the right to restrict-or even bar-consumer…
Baseball Wins Again for Fox Fox is on a hot streak with the Major League Baseball playoffs this year. The network won Wednesday night in total viewers and adults 18 to 49 airing National League and American League Championship Series…
Scripps Renews Offer of Free Airtime to Political Candidates E.W. Scripps today announced it will renew its offer of free airtime to political candidates on its nine network-affiliated stations for the 2004 elections. Under the initiative, the company said, its…
NBC Pulls ‘Boomtown,’ Rejiggers Friday Lineup The first big loser of the new season isn’t a new series, but NBC’s critically acclaimed, Peabody-winning sophomore drama “Boomtown.” NBC has pulled it from its schedule after only two weeks in its new…
In a development critical to the growth of the video-on-demand business, leading VOD services supplier SeaChange has partnered with Nielsen Media Research to provide ratings of on-demand audiences. The deal, announced Sept. 29, is a milestone toward the mainstreaming of…