Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is opening a new front in political advertising tonight when he takes issue with President Bush’s view of the war in Iraq in a two-minute national ad on MSNBC. The commercial, taped in the library…
National Ratings for Week of Sept. 3-9, 2007 Event Outlet Household Rating Men 18-49 Rating Monday, Sept. 3 College Football (FSU vs. Clemson) ESPN 4.3 3.9 PGA Golf (Deutsche Bank Championship, Final) NBC 3.4 1.6 U.S. Open Tennis (Week 2,…
Yahoo!’s Internet concert series, sponsored by Nissan, will become a monthly show on MTV’s high definition channel. “Nissan Live Sets on Yahoo! Music,” will appear on MHD beginning Sept. 17 with a performance by Rascal Flatts. The show tapes twice…
Mike Pilot, who joined NBC Universal last year as president sales and marketing, plans to hire an executive to oversee the company’s cable entertainment networks as part of a reorganization of NBC’s sales operations. Marianne Gambelli, who has been executive…
Fox Business Network, which announced a quintet of anchors Wednesday, identified a quartet of executive producers for the channel that will launch Oct. 15. Producing weekend and prime-time hours will be Terry Baker, executive producer of CBNC’s “Conversations With Michael…
NBC, Honda Team for Fall TV Promotion
Actress Alyssa Milano will be covering baseball online for TBS Hot Corner on MLB.com. TBS Hot Corner is a new broadband channel from Turner Broadcasting’s TBS, which will be broadcasting the major league division series and the National League Championship…
DirecTV and Thomson, a technology service provider, are rolling out new technology meant to help the U.S.’ No. 1 satellite TV supplier win more clients in apartment buildings. Residents of multi-dwelling units often are not allowed to put up satellite…
Comcast Monday launched HiDefHigh.com, a new Web site aimed at educating consumers about the company’s high-definition offerings. The new site, which has been in development for a couple of months, uses a Flash graphic of a talking parrot, in addition…
Marvel at Britney in High Def People just can’t get enough of Britney Spears and her performance at Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards. Now they can watch the event in high definition. MTV’s HD network, MHD, will air the…