Brian Philips, general manager and executive vice president of Viacom’s CMT, has been promoted to president of the country music network. Philips, who has run the network since 2001, will continue to lead programming and marketing efforts as well as…
The Federal Communications Commission is kicking off the formal process of re-examining the V-chip and other technologies that could protect kids from potentially indecent content on video—on television and other video devices. The FCC announced the review last night. Congress…
TelevisionWeek reporter Daisy Whitney has been drinking the mobile video Kool-Aid and she tells you why in this week’s New Media Minute. For starters, TV networks like TNT, A&E and VH1 have all recently launched iPhone applications in a bid…
Jimmy Fallon returned strongly to late-night TV based on early ratings returns. Monday night’s debut of NBC’s “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” scored a 2.3 rating/8 share in metered-market households, giving the franchise the highest metered-market rating since January 2006….
Rainbow Media said it will be offering interactive advertising during this year’s upfront. The interactive elements will be available to subscribers on cable systems owned by Rainbow parent Cablevision Systems. “The interactive elements available to advertisers on Rainbow networks including…
ABC is giving fans of “Life on Mars” some closure. The network has told producers that it won’t be ordering any additional episodes beyond the 17 currently in the works for this season. But rather than play the usual “Let’s-wait-until-May-before-we-make-a-decision”…
Lifetime Television said it picked up a second season of its original primetime comedy “Rita Rocks.” Twenty new episodes have been ordered from Media Rights Capital. The series premiered in October and has been paired with the off-network sitcom “Reba.”…