Dave Davis got caught up in politics when he left WABC-TV, after four years as president and general manager, to become executive VP of ABC News. Not office politics. Presidential politics. The long and crowded run for the White House…
It seems an oversight that this is the first time Mike Darnell has graced TelevisionWeek’s “12 to Watch” list. Throughout his tenure running reality programming at Fox, his projects have resulted in outraged newspaper editorials and Nielsen spikes. Even when…
When the television industry decided to sell ads based on commercial ratings last spring, no one faced a bigger challenge than Hank Close, head of ad sales for Viacom’s MTV Networks. During the upfront negotiations, Mr. Close was able to…
As he takes the helm as CEO of Time Warner, Jeffrey Bewkes is playing things close to the vest. The conglomerate’s stock was stagnant under his predecessor, Richard Parsons, who had to clean up after the disastrous merger with America…
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Red Bull has signed on to sponsor an original scripted series for IFC’s Web site. In a nod to the trend toward user-created content, the series will be developed from ideas that come from IFC’s new Media Lab Studios. An…
“The acquisition of a game-changing technology company like Slingbox, the announcement of a coupon-eligible digital over-the-air box, and the ubiquitous rumors of upcoming mergers have [CEO] Charlie [Ergen] and EchoStar poised to rattle the industry once again.” – Patrick Baldwin,…
The greatest opportunity in the revamped Apple TV may not be in the device itself, but in its potential to nudge cable and satellite operators to introduce Web-to-TV convergence services quickly, as TiVo did for the digital video recorder business….