Tuesday Nov. 19 Maher gets talker on HBO Bill Maher is returning to television in a new late-night one-hour HBO talk show.The show, debuting Feb. 21, has a 20-episode commitment. “Politically Incorrect,” Mr. Maher’s political talk show on ABC, was…
What it is: Ucentric Multi-TV personal video recorder from Ucentric in Maynard, Mass.What it does: Ucentric Multi-TV PVR is an unbranded PVR software application that combines Ucentric’s PVR capability with its home media software to provide PVR functionality on more…
Buena Vista’s rookie “The Wayne Brady Show” may have entered the season as a tadpole in the minds of some industry pundits, but the news last week that the ABC owned-and-operated stations had committed to the series through the end…
The biggest story in Hollywood last week was the engagement of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck. It will be his first divorce; her third. The second-biggest story was the launch of MovieLink, the studio-backed Internet movie service that many analysts…
The celebrity interview is back. It’s hot. It’s everywhere. It’s drawing crowds. Big crowds, young crowds. After a year of sober reflection on the post-9/11 landscape and psyche, the November sweeps schedule is packed with big old-fashioned celebrity interviews. Viewers…
In “Sci-Fi makes key Yahoo! buy” (EM, Nov. 11), the miniseries “Taken” premieres on Sci-Fi Channel Dec. 2.
Recently adopted Federal Communications Commission rules requiring consumer electronics manufacturers to include digital TV tuners in new sets will have to be beefed up to ensure that broadcasters can get their DTV signals to consumers over the air.At least that…
BroadcastingJoe Napolitano to VP, director of sales, Eagle Television sales, New York, from VP, group sales manager. Also, Mary Jane Mock to group sales manager, from account manager.Elden Hale to VP/general manager, WFSB-TV, Hartford, Conn., from president, Hale Digital Strategies.James…
When two of media’s biggest deal-makers-Rupert Murdoch and John Malone-start stockpiling ammunition for a major competitive advance, then it’s time for everyone else to start looking around for opportunities, or to take cover.While the economy and the stock market are…
Title: President of Scott Goldstein Productions and producer of PBS’s “Endgame: Ethics and Values in America.” Background: Mr. Goldstein spent most of his early career in televisions news, working as a writer and a producer. He worked for KING-TV in…