Kathie Lee Gifford’s first week as a “Today” co-host alongside Hoda Kotb in the fourth hour of the show attracted slightly more young viewers but did not grow the overall audience for the time slot, according to data from Nielsen…
Cable networks added viewers at an accelerated pace during the Writers Guild of America strike, and when it ended, they continued to post record high ratings, the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau said in a report released Friday. Among adults 18-49 the…
Sen. Barack Obama will appear as a guest on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” on Monday, the network said. It is the third time the frontrunner in the race for the Democratic Party’s Presidential nomination has appeared…
YouTube partner WaverlyFilms (known on YouTube by user name WaverlyFlams) is taking home $40,000 in prizes and cash as the big winner of the video site’s second annual “Sketchies” contest, YouTube announced today in its blog. WaverlyFilms was one of…
ABC News generated the biggest presidential debate audience of the year along with swirls of controversy with its two-hour faceoff between Democratic contenders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama Wednesday night in Philadelphia. Some 10.7 million total viewers tuned in during…
NFL Network said it plans to file a formal complaint with the Federal Communications Commission about what it claims is discriminatory and anticompetitive treatment by Comcast. The cable operator was served with a 10-day notice of intent, NFL Network said….
The CW’s Web site, CWTV.com, will not stream the newest “Gossip Girl” episodes in an effort to increase the show’s broadcast TV ratings, which have been low despite its high Internet buzz. “For these next five weeks the epicenter of…
Defying Wall Street concerns that it might be vulnerable to a slowdown in Internet ad sales, Google today reported a 30% increase in profits for the first quarter. The online search giant reported first-quarter net income of $1.31 billion, compared…
Smithsonian Networks hired Trifecta Entertainment & Media to act as its representative for ad sales for its cable channel. Smithsonian Channel is available on DirecTV, Charter Communications, Verizon and RCN. “Advertising sales is an integral part of our business strategy,”…
Web video network Veoh reported increases in unique visitors, content consumption and content length for the first quarter of this year. The company noted the average length of content for clips on Veoh.com during the first quarter of 2008 was…