CBS Sports executives Ken Aagaard, Mike Aresco, Harold Bryant, Rob Correa and Marty Kaye have been promoted, CBS News and Sports President Sean McManus announced today. Mr. Aagaard has been upped to executive vice president of operations, engineering and production…
ESPN’s coverage of Monday’s U.S. Open final playoff, in which Tiger Woods beat Rocco Mediate, was the most-watched golf telecast in the history of cable TV. The matchup had 4.2 household ratings and 4.7 million viewers. The previous high for…
“The World’s Ugliest Dog” competition show will return to Animal Planet in October 2008. Now in its 20th year as part of the Sonoma-Marin Fair, the competition will be produced for television for the network by Wholly Cow Productions. Dawn…
Promax/BDA opened its 2008 conference Tuesday afternoon as pundits from throughout the industry hit the New York Hilton for the annual marketing and branding convention. Opening statements by organization President Jonathan Block-Verk, running his first show as the face of…
President Bush and his wife, Laura, were among Washington officials today attending a Washington wake for Tim Russert, the NBC News Washington Bureau Chief and host of “Meet the Press.” The wake was held in a church and school in…
Best Buy, the largest U.S. electronics retailer, said today that fiscal first-quarter profit fell 6.8% as more flat-screen television revenue couldn’t make up for higher sales of lower-margin video-game consoles. The shares fell after the company reported lower gross margins….
Paul Dughi has been promoted to president of Cowles California Media and KION-TV, the chain’s CBS-affiliated station in Salinas, Calif. Mr. Dughi will report to Betsy Cowles, the chairman of Cowles California Media and Cowles Company. Mr. Dughi began his…
Sony Pictures Entertainment has named four West L.A. Community College students as recipients of its Student Diversity Fellowship. Keanna Aubert, Nickolas Fullen-Collins, Eileen Gnehm and Denice Renteria will have the opportunity to observe the production techniques and practices of the…
Cablevision’s Rainbow Media Holdings has completed its acquisition of the Sundance Channel. The agreement, made official today, was originally reached by Rainbow and Sundance Channel owners NBC Universal, CBS and Robert Redford on May 6. The sellers are receiving $496…
Is she a natural blonde? Only her hairdresser knows. Or so the saying goes. But the same idea could apply to a lot of viral videos. For instance, a video appeared on Break earlier this month featuring an office worker…