ESPN may owe upwards of $20M in ad make-goods for ratings shortfalls for the two College Football Playoff semifinal games on New Year’s Eve, according to media buyers.
Latenight TV satire has been a man’s world. You think that will stop this former star correspondent for The Daily Show? Think again.
All of the new dramas airing on TNT in 2016, including Animal Kingdom, Good Behavior and Tales from the Crypt, will run 8 to 10 fewer minutes of advertising per hour. TNT ran around 17 minutes and 47 seconds of programming breaks per hour during the third quarter on 2015, including national and local ads as well as promo time, a network representative said.
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A roundup of news Wednesday from the Television Critics Association winter meeting, at which TV networks and streaming services are presenting details on upcoming programs: —- […]
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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The new Viceland cable channel that launches next month will have series with actress Ellen Page exploring gay and lesbian life around the world, actor Michael […]
WWE’s “SmackDown” is trading the Cylons and ghost hunters of Syfy for a new tag-team partner, the USA Network. The only pro wrestling show named after a catchphrase, “SmackDown” moves […]
After becoming the No. 1 cable network in women 18-34 for the first time last season, ABC Family would seem to be sitting pretty, but the second half of its name has become a huge obstacle as it seeks even more viewers. So on Jan. 12, ABC Family is going away, as the network sheds its moniker for a new name, Freeform.
Regulators pushed back by two weeks their informal deadline to complete a review of Charter Communications Inc.’s purchase of Time Warner Cable. The FCC needs more time to examine recent filings on the deal’s potential impact to the distribution of Time Warner Cable’s regional sports networks and Charter’s residential pricing and packaging methods, among other things, the FCC said Monday.
Syfy Kicks Off Syfy Labs At CES
NBCU cable network Syfy is starting up Syfy Labs, an innovation lab for creating multiplatform content and experiences for existing and emerging platforms. Syfy Labs will work on a wide variety of efforts — virtual reality, 3D printing, second-screen experiences and Internet of Things integrations — merging technologies into storytelling of the network’s original programming, such as The Expanse, The Magicians and 12 Monkeys.
The brightest star at Fox News, Megyn Kelly is a newly minted role model for women who sees her gender as irrelevant, and a conservative champion who transcends politics with her skillful skewering of windbags of both parties, most notably Donald Trump.
After years of reality-show fodder, Discovery Communications wants to return to its roots with documentaries, science shows and “environmental advocacy campaigns.” But will viewers take Discovery’s networks seriously again?
In 2015, primary debates fueled massive ratings increases for Fox News and CNN, while MSNBC began to rebuild.
No Men, No Kids – Just Women Fishing
HBO’s Game of Thrones was the most-pirated TV series in 2015, according to copyright and privacy news site Torrent Freak. This is the fourth year the Emmy-winning drama has retained this crown, with an estimated 14,400,000 illegal downloads. That’s nearly double the estimated 8,100,000 illegal downloads that Torrent Freak reported it had last year.
While facing a growing number of consumers who drop pay TV for cheaper online alternatives, Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Dish Network and AT&T are all planning to increase their prices early next year — at the risk of turning off more subscribers fed up with the rising cost of television. It’s part of the vicious circle at the heart of the U.S. media industry’s current troubles.
In an overall challenging ratings year for basic-cable entertainment networks, AMC, Discovery and Cartoon Network have gone against the grain to emerge as the standout performers of 2015.
French telecom mogul Patrick Drahi has named key members of his U.S. management team now that his Altice conglomorate has closed its $9.1 billion deal to acquire 70% of St. Louis-based cable operator Suddenlink.
Despite the record-breaking $517 billion worldwide performance of its new Star Wars movie, the Walt Disney Co. finds itself once again reeling on Wall Street due to the struggles of its suddenly faltering ESPN networks.
NEW YORK (AP) — Khloe Kardashian is behind a new makeover series at the E! network, where she promises to help the brokenhearted get the “ultimate payback.” E! said Wednesday […]
A+E Networks and HJ Holdings (Hulu in Japan) announced today a programming partnership bringing an extensive catalogue of A+E Networks’ award winning programming to the Japanese subscription video-on-demand service. Launching […]
