Ray Hennessey has been named managing editor and director for the Fox Business Channel Web site. Mr. Hennessey, who will report to Kevin Magee, executive VP at Fox News, will oversee all editorial content and design function of the Web…
Fox’s “Hell’s Kitchen” continued to roast the broadcast competition Monday night, stabilizing after last week’s decline to a 3.5 rating among adults 18 to 49. “Kitchen” gave Fox a win for the night against its regular competition, though among all…
John MacDonald has been named senior VP of content programming and strategy for MTV. The hiring of Mr. MacDonald completes the reorganization of the network’s series and programming group under executive VP of series development Tony DiSanto. Mr. MacDonald, most…
Vuguru, Michael Eisner’s Web-based studio, is launching a second original series, a comedy rockumentary called “The All-For-Nots.” The series will follow the poorly planned 24-city U.S. tour of indie rock band the All-For-Nots in several seven- to 10-minute episodes. The…
High definition is sweeping the nation. The Consumer Electronics Association said it predicts 16 million HDTV sets will be sold in 2007, bringing the total number sold in the U.S. to 52.5 million, according to its June 2007 study published…
Decrying the “unconscionable levels of sex and gratuitous” violence on TV, Sen. Jay Rockefeller unveiled a sweeping indictment of the broadcast and cable industries and is promising to push legislation to limit violence on TV “until something happens.” “Children today…
Crown Media Holdings, which owns Hallmark Channel, said it extended the contract of David Kenin, executive VP, programming. Mr. Kenin’s contract is now two years longer, expiring Dec. 31, 2009. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission,…
Pam Kaufman has been named chief marketing officer for Nickelodeon and the MTV Networks Kids & Family Group. Ms. Kaufman, who had been executive VP of marketing and worldwide promotions, will oversee the marketing efforts for Nickelodeon in television, digital,…
Ad spending on emerging media is expected to grow about 30 percent in 2007 and 2008, according to a new report from Magna Global. Spending on such media as search, emerging out-of-home, social networking, online video and rich media, advanced…
Cable network G4 will premiere its new show “Code Monkeys” on video-sharing site Break.com two weeks prior to its on-air debut. The animated show “Code Monkeys” comes from Adam de la Pena, who was a writer on “The Man Show.”…