- How CNN's Jeff Zucker Is Changing Its Formula
Around the Net In Media, Phyllis Fine - Friday, June 14, 2013
Under the leadership of president Jeff Zucker's, CNN is "readying a be ...
- Allstate Among Launch Sponsors Of CNN's 'New Day'
MediaDailyNews, David Goetzl - Thursday, June 13, 2013
Allstate will serve as a launch sponsor of CNN's new morning progra ...
- IFC Renews 'Portlandia' For 2 More Seasons
MediaDailyNews, Fern Siegel - Wednesday, June 12, 2013
IFC has renewed its hit original comedy "Portlandia" for fourth and fif ...
- ESPN Cancels 3D Network
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Following the big slowdown in theatrical 3D films -- and that ...
- Disney Says No Bundling In Carriage Deals, DirecTV Claims A la Carte Isn't Economical
MediaDailyNews, David Goetzl - Wednesday, June 12, 2013
A top Disney executive told a Congressional subcommittee Wednesday that the compa ...
- Bad News At ESPN: Layoffs, End Of 3D Network
Around the Net In Media, Phyllis Fine - Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Two news items today from ESPN, both on the minus side: Firs ...
- TV Everywhere Is Nowhere Near Where It Should Be Yet
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, June 12, 2013
The promise of "TV Everywhere" has been a key strategy in t ...
- Millennial Viewers Prefer Cross-Platform TV
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 11, 2013
A growing number of millennial TV consumers are committed to a "broadband-onl ...
- Trad Media Predicts Significant Rise In Digital Revenues
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Executives estimate that more than half of media and entertainment businesses' revenu ...
- Cable Companies Try To Prevent New Platforms From Gaining Foothold
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Cable companies and telecoms apparently are so spooked by the prospect ...
- Mitsubishi Dangles Outlander Above Grand Canyon
MediaDailyNews, Karl Greenberg - Monday, June 10, 2013
Mitsubishi is sponsor the live broadcast of "Skywire Live" on Discovery. N ...
- Cable Industry Meet Set To Discuss Serious 'Clouds' In Biz
Around the Net In Media, Phyllis Fine - Monday, June 10, 2013
Instead of the traditional "three-day party," the cable industry's annual meet ...
- Sundance Greenlights 'Dream School'
MediaDailyNews, Fern Siegel - Thursday, June 6, 2013
Sundance Channel had greenlighted a new non-fiction series "Dream School" geared ...
- Comedy Central Debuts App As Stand-Up Network
MediaDailyNews, David Goetzl - Thursday, June 6, 2013
Comedy Central has launched an app that functions as sort of ...
- Comedy Central Launches New Standup Channel... As An App
Mobile Marketing Daily, Steve Smith - Friday, June 7, 2013
Comedy Central has designed its new app of on-demand stand-up routines ...
- McCain Should Challenge Programmers To Put Money Where Mouths Are
TVBlog, David Goetzl - Friday, June 7, 2013
Members of Congress often push legislation that has wide appeal to consumer ...
- DNI Names Hoekstra To Head Asia-Pacific
MediaDailyNews, Fern Siegel - Thursday, June 6, 2013
Discovery Networks International has named Arjan Hoekstra as the new head ...
- Ancier Plans By-The-Decade Classic Cable Channels
Around the Net In Media, Phyllis Fine - Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Longtime network programming exec Garth Ancier is planning to launch four decade-specif ...
- Craig Moffett Now Thinks Cable Cord-Cutting Is Real
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Analyst Craig Moffett, once a doubter about cord-cutting, believe it now. B ...
- Viacom Extends Video Deal With Amazon, Adds Cable Nets
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Viacom is expanding a wide-ranging digital video deal with Amazon -- ju ...
- Comcast Should Be Advanced Advertising Barometer
TVBlog, David Goetzl - Wednesday, June 5, 2013
It could be that so-called advanced advertising will never fulfill its promis ...
- Comcast Tops List Of Global Pay TV Providers
Around the Net In Media, Phyllis Fine - Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Comcast holds on to its position as the top pay cable operato ...
- 'Thrones' Enjoys Social Media Bump For Season Finale
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 3, 2013
TV's lazy summer season has arrived -- but not for those w ...
- Stations Branding To Women May Signal The Start Of More Broadcast Narrowcasting
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 4, 2013
"Men, shut off your TV." Maybe this could be a new pro ...
- TV Upfront Registers Modest Gains
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 31, 2013
TV upfront deal-making continues at a modest -- some would say sl ...
- LIN TV, TWC Reach Deal To Prevent Blackout
MediaDailyNews, David Goetzl - Friday, May 31, 2013
LIN Television has reached a carriage deal with Time Warner Cable preventi ...
- UFC To Launch Spanish Network
MediaDailyNews, David Goetzl - Friday, May 31, 2013
The Ultimate Fighting Championship will launch a Spanish-language network in Latin Ameri ...
- Can Fan TV Shift Set-Top Box Landscape?
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, May 31, 2013
Fanhattan -- the video-streaming app turned Web service turned set-top box ...
- BlackArrow Helps Cablers Monetize Ads Cross-Platform
MediaDailyNews, David Goetzl - Thursday, May 30, 2013
BlackArrow, which counts Comcast and Time Warner Cable among its investors a ...
- Disney CFO Touts ESPN's Status
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 30, 2013
Jay Rasulo, senior executive vice president/CFO of Walt Disney Co., is confide ...