The player: Jim Denney, VP of product marketing at TiVo The play: Mr. Denney spearheaded the digital video recorder maker’s three-year effort to make a machine that can record high-definition content. TiVo, which has about 4 million subscribers, released TiVo…
At least one satellite is weathering the storm. DirecTV said Wednesday that first-quarter earnings rose 10%, largely on more subscribers and less turnover from its high-definition and digital-video recorder services. That signals that DirecTV’s HD channel inventory is helping stave…
Young to Release First Blu-ray Box Set This Fall Neil Young and Reprise/Warner Bros. Records will release the first of multiple retrospective Blu-ray box sets this fall. The set, announced at a Sun Microsystems conference this week because the discs…
HD programming picks for May 8-14: “The Full Monty,” “To Live and Die in L.A.,” “Baja 1000: Desert Endurance” “The Full Monty” (Starz). Sat., May 10, 8:20 p.m. ET. Get as a clear a view as you want of the…
News Corp. said Wednesday its fiscal third-quarter earnings rose on higher ratings for its broadcast and cable networks. Profit from News Corp.’s newspaper division was bolstered by its first full-quarter ownership of Dow Jones. Net income for the quarter ended…
Broadcast networks ABC, CBS and NBC are planning to hold their affiliate marketing meetings at this year’s Promax/BDA conference June 17 in New York. The meetings are scheduled to take place right before the beginning of the conference, which runs…
Bruce Casino has been promoted to senior vice president of cable and ancillary sales at NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution. Mr. Casino most recently was vice president in that area, where since 2004 he has been spearheading off-network sales campaigns…
Comedy Central said it made a deal with the Weinstein Co. giving it rights to show several movies before they appear on any other ad-supported television network. The titles in the package are “Superhero Movie,” “Fanboys” and “The Promotion.” “We’re…
When your network’s programming is based on real-life action, some real-life consumer testimonials should fit right in. That’s one of Turner Broadcasting’s plans for truTV, the former Court TV, which now uses the slogan “Not Reality. Actuality.” With networks looking…
Craig Woerz has always gravitated toward the entertainment industry. For 15 years, he toured with his band, New Brown Hat, after work and on weekends. The band had some success, playing with such major acts as Neil Young and Blues…