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Could Mitt Romney really be ceding a big Olympic stage to President Obama? In a deal with NBCUniversal, the Obama campaign has placed a $6 million national Olympic ad buy. … Read the whole story
Posting the biggest rating drop in its history this past season, Fox's "American Idol," the biggest non-sports TV series in the U.S., needs changes. … Read the whole story
NBC is pegging potential buzz to heavy show promotion and two ad-free debuts of new shows during the Olympic run. Bob Greenblatt, chairman of … Read the whole story
The Carlyle Group, one of the private equity entities with a stake in Nielsen, has hired former Fox and Discovery executive Peter Liguori in … Read the whole story
The NBC Sports Network is now looking to push into basic sports programming for a cable sports network with sports highlights. It kicks off … Read the whole story
Consumers seem ready to take action when it comes to more frequent TV blackouts of their favorite networks -- and most of that activity … Read the whole story
The success of "Downton Abbey" has helped persuade Viking River Cruises to ink a two-year extension of its sponsorship of PBS's "Masterpiece" series. Read the whole story
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Though consumers' appetite for video content on any platform seems to be insatiable, for the most part, we continue to buy and sell media … Read the whole story
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Mike Rich, vp of media for comScore, says there are 400 billion advertising online impressions a month -- and growing by 15%. That's not good. … Read the whole story
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PBS says it is in danger of going away -- a move that isn't all about the obvious potential stripping of government support. PBS … Read the whole story
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Video drives video. Among online video viewers, about 44% of TV viewers and 31% of moviegoers say watching a preview was the biggest factor … Read the whole story
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July 21 marked the 40th anniversary of George Carlin's arrest for performing "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" at Milwaukee's Summerfest. Carlin … Read the whole story
