Posted Wednesday, Nov. 13 AT&T Comcast wins FCC approval The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-1 this afternoon to approve the merger of cable TV giants AT&T Broadband and Comcast Corp., with the caveat that AT&T’s major interest in Time Warner…
Posted Tuesday, Nov. 12 Fox orders more episodes of ‘John Doe’ and ‘Fastlane’ Fox has given a vote of confidence to “John Doe” and “Fastlane” by ordering the back nine episodes of the two freshmen dramas. On its most recent…
Sportsville USA-In yet another stunner, Women’s Sports lost a critical matchup with the American consumer when AOL Time Warner released up-and-coming player Sports Illustrated Women from its roster. The defeat extended Women’s Sports 21st century losing streak to a level…
The long-awaited launch of Movielink is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 11. The Internet-based movie rental service, a partnership of Sony, Warner Bros., Universal, MGM and Paramount, will begin a 90-day soft launch of the service, which allows consumers to order…
Big media has got a big problem. It must intensely focus on and deal with at least two sea changes-technology-enabled consumer control and pervasive broadband-that are poised to destroy what’s left of the status quo and initiate a profound power…
In “Content, services must counter cable erosion” (EM, Nov. 4), Jason Bazinet is an analyst with JPMorgan.
Aaron Kaplan and Greg Lipstone have been named co-heads of network television at the William Morris Agency, where they will join the leadership team of William Morris Television along with Sam Haskell, executive VP and worldwide head of TV, and…
see publication for the following charts:Demographic ratings: broadcast prime time, syndicationNight by night nielsen prime time ratings for the week of Oct. 28-Nov. 3Ratings for the week of Oct. 28-Nov. 3
ABC’s owned-and-operated stations in the three largest television markets captured the ratings crown for local election night coverage on Nov. 5. WABC-TV won the ratings race in New York with a 5.4 household rating, representing 394,000 homes, from 11 p.m….
What it does: The DU1, a digital video recording device, is a small, portable hard-disk recorder that attaches to a Sony camcorder. It’s about the size of a camera battery and allows the user to capture and store video on…