The online and video-on-demand horror network FearNet will launch its first original movie next month, timed to Halloween. The digital network, backed by Comcast, Sony and Lionsgate, partnered with Twisted Pictures, the production shop behind “Saw,” to create the new…
The Federal Communications Commission late Tuesday unanimously adopted rules designed to prevent analog-only cable subscribers from losing their local TV stations’ signals for three years after the switch to digital TV occurs Feb. 17, 2009. The FCC estimates some 40…
Jim Samples, who was forced out as general manager of Cartoon Network after a promotional stunt for its Adult Swim offshoot blew up in Boston, has been named president of Scripps Networks’ HGTV. Mr. Samples will succeed Judy Girard, who…
In the upcoming television season, viewers who used their digital video recorders to watch network shows after they’ve aired will be counted in the ratings—so long as they don’t fast-forward through the commercials. Those DVR viewers are significantly younger than…
Norm Chait presides over the great outdoors for MediaVest. Promoted last month to senior VP, his out-of-home group has been expanding as clients see that technology and targeting have improved what was once a humble business of buying billboards and…
Some people can’t get enough of award shows. And some of those people are cable network programmers and the sponsors that support them. Award shows give cable networks a chance to do some original programming, show off some big stars,…
Internet users are casting their votes for Sen. Barack Obama. Nielsen//NetRatings says BarackObama.com had the most unique visitors of any of the Web sites of presidential candidates. Even before he entered the race, former Sen. Fred Thompson was the top…
NBC has ordered a true crime drama pilot from “Rush Hour” director Brett Ratner, the network confirmed Tuesday. “Blue Blood” is based on a memoir by Edward Conlon, a Harvard-educated New York City police officer. The program follows Mr. Conlon…
National Public Radio and public broadcasting powerhouse WGBH-TV in Boston plan to acquire National Public Broadcasting LLC, which lines up sponsorships on public TV and radio stations and digital properties in multiple markets. No financial terms were disclosed in the…
The court battle between CBS Corp. and the Federal Communications Commission over Janet Jackson’s infamous “wardrobe malfunction” at the 2004 Super Bowl is shaping up to be a full-frontal attack by the network on what it said is the agency’s…