Hugh Hefner will be getting a lifetime achievement award during the second annual “Guys Choice” awards on Spike TV. The Playboy founder will get his prize from another guys’ favorite, Pamela Anderson. The award show, to be taped May 30…
Most cable programming is viewed live, but some genres are proving even more resistant to recording and delayed playback using digital video recorders. This information is important because when programming is watched live, there’s a much better chance the commercials…
Web video metadata company Gotuit has launched a program that makes it easier for publishers to manage and distribute their video assets through metadata. Gotuit VideoMaker Pro allows publishers to add metadata—information within the media—to their video clips, including names,…
New York’s public broadcasting channel WLIW this fall will debut an international news program, “Your World Tonight,” replacing “BBC World News” after their distribution contract ends. The program will be a half-hour featuring information and commentary on events around the…
Time Warner expects to make a “complete structural separation” from Time Warner Cable, new Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes said Wednesday as the company announced lower first quarter earnings. Time Warner Cable already has its own publicly traded stock, but…
With the upfronts just around the corner, ad buyers might want to know which networks inspire their viewers to go out and buy the products advertised on that channel. Topping the list are two Scripps-owned networks, Food Network and HGTV,…
For the second week in a row, “The CBS Evening News With Katie Couric” has notched record low ratings. The newscast dropped some 50,000 viewers to average 5.34 million total viewers for the week of April 21, according to data…
Now back at pre-strike levels of original programming in prime time, CBS is in a “dead heat” with Fox for total viewers and running second among viewers 18 to 49 years old, CBS Corp. President-CEO Leslie Moonves said Tuesday. He…
Crown Media Holdings said it renewed its distribution agreement for Hallmark Channel with Cablevision Systems. The new agreement gives Cablevision the right to distribute the standard definition and high definition versions of Hallmark Movie Channel. Financial terms of the deal…