AMC, not so long ago a humble cable channel running classic movies, racked up the most Emmy nominations of any ad-supported cable network with 20. The nominations came not only for the already widely acclaimed “Mad Men,” but for Bryan…
Basic cable made its mark in the nominations for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards, with AMC’s “Mad Men” and FX’s “Damages” both nominated in the drama category. Leading the pack overall is HBO’s “John Adams” with 23 nominations. NBC’s “30…
Organic Light Emitting Diode televisions, with their minuscule energy consumption and super-clear pictures, are perceived by some as the wave of the TV-buying future. While the only OLED currently on the market is Sony’s XEL-1, an 11-inch number priced at…
Royal Philips Electronics’ second-quarter loss from television operations may turn out to be the exception rather than the rule for worldwide TV set makers. The world’s No. 5 liquid-crystal display television maker, whose four larger competitors each will release earnings…
The player: Dmitry Shapiro, founder and chief innovation officer of Veoh Networks. The play: Mr. Shapiro in 2004 founded the video-sharing site, whose investors include Time Warner, Intel and Michael Eisner’s Tornante Co. With content agreements with TV networks such…
HD programming picks for July 17-23: “VH1 Rock Honors the Who,” “Six Degrees of Separation,” “Adaptation” “VH1 Rock Honors the Who” (MHD). Thurs., July 17, 9 p.m. Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters and the Flaming Lips explore songs from rock operas…
CBS News’ Couric Will Go HD This Month “The CBS Evening News With Katie Couric” will begin broadcasting in high definition July 28 after the network spent 18 months building a graphics facility and control room to handle the new…
BET Networks unveiled its plans for extensive, multiplatform election year political coverage, including the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. BET and BET J will air hours of on-air programming, including live coverage, daily news specials, public service announcements and extended…
File under “duh”: ABC will be ordering more episodes of its summer game show hit “Wipeout.” “I think there’s no question it’s going to go forward,” ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson said Wednesday at the network’s TCA press tour presentation….
ABC Family is teaming with the band Plain White T’s for “Meet Me in California,” a 12-part online series that follows the behind-the-scenes process of making an album. The first webisode will premiere July 30 on abcfamily.com/plainwhitets, with new webisodes…