The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has given a multiyear extension to the contract of Chief Operating Officer Alan Perris. Mr. Perris, who has served as COO since joining the organization in April 2006, supervises department heads and staff…
Attention mobile video entrepreneurs: One of the top executives at leading venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers is eager to find a mobile video company that offers “truly mobile video,” and he hasn’t seen it yet. “We need…
It didn’t take long in the new Congress for Republicans to mount a fresh attempt to head off any bid by the Federal Communications Commission to revive the fairness doctrine, an old requirement that broadcasters have to provide equal time…
Univision Communications, the top Spanish-language broadcaster, signed a distribution agreement with the biggest cable operator, Comcast, the companies said Tuesday. The agreement covers retransmission consent for broadcast stations owned by Univision, plus Univision affiliates owned by Entravision Communications, Fisher Communications…
VH1’s season premiere of the dating competition “Rock of Love Bus With Bret Michaels” debuted with a 1.4 rating among viewers 18-49, drawing 2.1 million total viewers on Jan. 4 at 9 p.m. The debut came in as the highest-rated…
With media under pressure in a challenged economy, people with knowledge of direct-response advertising are getting some respect. Case in point: Lynn Fantom, CEO of Interpublic Group’s ID Media, a division of Mediabrands that specializes in direct response. “The [broadcast…
With both broadcast and cable networks rolling out fresh programs for midseason, a new hurdle is in place for series hoping to make a splash in the overnight ratings that can determine success or failure. Based on research done at…
Speed has picked up the cross-country racing series “Bullrun,” which follows 12 teams of drivers traveling 3,500 miles across the southwestern United States for a $200,000 prize. Hosted by former professional wrestler and car buff Bill Goldberg, the series originally…
While auto and pharmaceutical industry spending was down for the first nine months of 2008, the top 10 categories were up as a group, according to figures from the Nielsen Co. Posting an especially big gain was direct response, with…
The Presidential Inaugural Committee is tapping HBO to exclusively televise the opening celebration of the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, a Sunday afternoon event at the Lincoln Memorial. The committee on Tuesday night said HBO will work with cable and…