Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman says he is seeing optimistic signs about the ad environment. Viacom on Thursday reported a 34% decline in earnings in part because of a 9% drop in advertising revenues at its domestic cable networks including MTV….
Comcast said its net income rose 6% for the first quarter, reflecting additional high-speed Internet and telephone customers. That growth offset a 2% drop in video customers. Net earnings were $772 million, or 27 cents a share, compared to $732…
Discovery Communications said it is forming a children’s programming joint venture with Hasbro. The joint venture will include a cable network and a Web site. It also will include the assets of what is now Discovery Kids Network in the…
Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim has acquired “The Office” from BBC Worldwide. Both seasons of the U.K. comedy, as well as the Christmas special, will air on Adult Swim this summer. The original “Office” is created, written and directed by Ricky…
Buzz Media Inc., a community of pop culture Web sites, has appointed Alan Citron as president. Mr. Citron will oversee programming, marketing, engineering and product development for the company’s 30-plus Web sites. Anthony Batt, founder and president of Buzz Media,…
“Today” weatherman Al Roker will host the new weekday morning program “Wake Up With Al” on the Weather Channel, recently purchased by NBC. Mr. Roker, the weather and feature reporter on NBC News’ “Today” since 1996, will host the show…
NBC has picked up a third cycle of “The Celebrity Apprentice.” The renewal isn’t much of a surprise, given this season’s solid Sunday night performance for the show, which is produced by Mark Burnett and Donald Trump. There had been…
The importance of running advertising campaigns both on television and on the Internet was underscored by a new survey that shows viewers spend a significant amount of time surfing the Web while watching primetime programming. “This trend of going online…