Barack Obama has certainly been leading the advertising spending, but the Republican National Committee has dramatically increased its spending in the presidential race in the last two weeks. The party’s independent expenditure arm has spent $25 million to air anti-Obama…
Cablevision announced it will increase its cable TV rates by 3.5% in 2009, below the current rate of inflation. The telecommunications company also will leave pricing for its Optimum Online high-speed Internet and Optimum Voice digital phone service unchanged for…
ABC News’ interview with Sarah Palin, conducted by Elizabeth Vargas, will air on “Good Morning America” on Thursday and on “20/20” on Friday night. Portions of the interview, which took place today on the campaign trail in Toledo, Ohio, will…
The National Football League is defending its decision to keep some of its games on its own NFL Network in the face of criticism from some U.S. senators. In a statement today, the NFL blamed cable system owners, not the…
The television and DVD industries are well positioned for the economic downturn, even though consumer spending on entertainment likely will drop by 11% to 15% in the months ahead, according to a study released today by Canadian firm Solutions Research…
USA Network said it is pushing back the launch of new original episodes of “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” to the first quarter of 2009. The network has planned to begin airing “L&O: CI” on Nov. 7. With the new…
Scripps Networks Interactive said third-quarter earnings were slightly lower because of costs associated with splitting off from newspaper company E.W. Scripps. Scripps, which runs cable channels HGTV, Food Network, DIY, Fine Living and Great American Country as well as a…
MSNBC and msnbc.com have launched a new Web site for “The Rachel Maddow Show” at www.rachel.msnbc.com. Visitors to the site can watch “The Rachel Maddow Show” on any platform whenever they want, embed segments into their own Web sites and…
Younger viewers are transforming how, what and where prime-time television is being viewed, according to a new report from Knowledge Networks. The report found that younger viewers are more likely to use DVRs and watch TV outside the home, with…
Despite earlier reports to the contrary, E! Entertainment is bringing back “Denise Richards: It’s Complicated” for a second season, the network said Wednesday. Production of the new season is slated to begin early next year. The first episode drew 1.8…