If you’re sick of TV advertising, a hospital bed might not be the best place for you.GE Medical Systems, with the ad-sales and content-provision assistance of corporate sibling NBC, is launching the Patient Channel, a 24-7 advertising-supported network that will…
In a partnership that marks the growing interest in brand-integration deals on both sides, Discovery Networks has inked an ad deal with Taco Bell across three of its cable TV platforms-Discovery Channel, TLC and Animal Planet.Terms of the pact were…
NBC affiliate WAVY-TV, owned by LIN Television Group, has formed an exclusive relationship with a division of the Navy in the Norfolk, Va., area, through which it helps a group of shorebound military personnel gain publicity for its volunteer work.From…
There are a couple of guys in North Hollywood who are hoping that the nation likes-really, really likes-Conan O’Brien.Mr. O’Brien is the host of this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards broadcast on NBC this Saturday. The success of this year’s Emmy…
Janine Jones has been promoted to VP of current programming at The WB. She will continue to work on “Sabrina, The Teenage Witch” and two new comedies, “What I Like About You” and “Greetings From Tucson.” She joined The WB…
One thing cable news fans know about MSNBC’s Chris Matthews is to expect the unexpected. The self-described “outspoken” host will launch “The Chris Matthews Show,” a weekly syndicated half-hour through NBC Enterprises, on Sept. 22 in 93 percent of the…
Clayson leaving ‘Early’New York-Jane Clayson’s limbo on “The Early Show” is coming to an end in two weeks due to a new deal that will give her a broader playing field at CBS News and take her back to her…
Overkill or fitting tribute, the television industry’s collective remembrance of Sept. 11, 2001, on the one-year anniversary was a powerful demonstration of both the degree to which the medium has been woven into the fabric of American life and the…
Posted Friday, Sept. 13 Tide turns against FX’s ‘Beach’ “Son of the Beach,” the Howard Stern-produced series that was FX’s first original comedy, is unlikely to be renewed for a fourth season, according to insiders. Candidates for “SOB’s” spot on…
Posted Thursday, Sept. 12 FCC won’t revive broadcast-cable rule Removing any ambiguity about the ability of broadcasters to merge with cable TV systems, the Federal Communications Commission today announced that it will make no effort to resurrect a regulation that…