The player: Derek Harrar, senior VP and general manager of video services at Comcast Cable. The play: Mr. Harrar is leading the largest U.S. cable provider’s efforts to compete against satellite operators by expanding its on-demand service, which offers customers…
Internet video viewing is leaving video-on-demand in the dust. That’s the conclusion of a new study from Solutions Research Group. The study found that, in November, about 20% of Internet users watched a TV show online each week, compared to…
HD programming picks for Jan. 31-Feb. 6: “The Shawshank Redemption,” “The Departed,” Super Bowl XLII “The Shawshank Redemption” (Cinemax). Thursday, Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m. ET. Combine Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins and Bob Gunton (yes, the Warden) with a Stephen King…
WGA Cancels Meeting With CBS Investors Writers Guild of America leaders called off a New York meeting with CBS investors and analysts next week designed to encourage them to pressure CBS President Leslie Moonves to agree to WGA terms, the…
DirecTV and TNS Media Research said they are developing an audience measurement service based on a panel of 100,000 DirecTV subscribers. TNS DirecTView, to be introduced this year, will measure total viewing on a second-by-second basis, including live viewing and…
Tribune Co. has sold Tribune Studios and 10.5 acres of related real estate in Los Angeles to Hudson Capital. The companies also have agreed to a five-year lease that allows Tribune-owned KTLA-TV to continue to operate at the site through…
Christopher Raleigh has been named senior vice president and general sales manager of the Weather Channel Media Solutions. Mr. Raleigh’s responsibilities will include all facets of network ad revenue generation and management of network field sales offices. “Chris’ experience is…
Consumers are becoming more aware of the upcoming digital transition, but they’re still pretty confused, according to new studies from Consumers Union and the National Association of Broadcasters. The Consumers Union study, which could give added weight to an FCC…
An estimated 37.52 million total viewers saw President Bush’s seventh and final State of the Union speech Monday night on nine broadcast and cable networks, according to preliminary data from Nielsen Media Research. That audience is the lowest of the…