A panel of high-level media executives convened last week in New York for Innovation 360, presented by TelevisionWeek. Examining the complex challenges of guiding their various companies during tough economic times were Bruce Campbell, president of digital media and corporate…
News Corp. President and Chief Operating Officer Peter Chernin discussed the evolving roles of old media and new media during an exclusive interview with TelevisionWeek Publisher and Editorial Director Chuck Ross at TVWeek’s Innovation360 conference, held last week in New…
The Tampa Bay Rays’ victory over the Boston Red Sox in game seven of the American League Championship Series, televised by TBS Sunday night, was the most-watched baseball game of the season and drew the most viewers of any baseball…
Public-interest groups are calling on some TV networks to quit making copyright claims that force YouTube to take down pointed videos from presidential candidates and political activists during the last weeks of the campaign. In letters today to CBS, Fox,…
Cable network Current has inked a deal with RooftopComedy to carry the Internet comedy site’s sketches on Current and Current.com. Under the deal RooftopComedy will provide Current TV with a weekly program of stand-up comedy from venues around the U.S.,…
Turner Broadcasting got good news and bad news from baseball on Saturday. Technical difficulties kept it from televising game six of the American League Championship Series until the first inning was nearly over. When TBS joined the game, the score…
With financial markets teeter-tottering, this week marks decision time for television advertisers who bought first-quarter advertising. Some marketers have begun to reduce their first-quarter upfront television advertising buys. While up to 5% of quarterly upfront buys generally get returned to…
As more glamorous teams from bigger markets got knocked out of baseball’s playoffs, Fox Sports President Ed Goren began singing the praises of the City of Brotherly Love. SWINGTOWN Jimmy Rollins and the Philadelphia Phillies earned a spot in the…
The Television Bureau of Advertising is revising its TV spot revenue predictions for 2009 and 2010 that were issued Sept. 4, just before the economic crisis sent business dominos falling far and wide. Frank Comerford, the TVB board vice chairman…