Two of the hottest cable networks don’t have dark dramas about bloodthirsty zombies, drug-addicted hackers or Russian spies. Instead, Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries rely on a feel-good diet of romance, holidays and family. Its saccharine programming has always been popular with viewers over the age of 50. Now it is striking a chord with Gen Xers as well.
Mark Rolfing could not imagine anything keeping him away from a golf tournament at Kapalua. Not even cancer. “I cannot believe how good it is to hear my voice,” Rolfing […]
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The NAB accused the FCC of not looking close enough at the thousands of individual TV markets in the U.S. when it adopted its “effective competition” order last June that assumes cable operators compete with satellite and/or telco providers for video services in every market they’re in.
NEW YORK (AP) — Showtime says it will launch a weekly documentary series next month on the 2016 presidential campaign, calling it “The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on […]
The nominees have been announced on both the film and TV sides for the Critics’ Choice Awards, the newly combined honors from the Broadcast Film Critics Association and Broadcast Television Journalists Association. Winners will be announced at the 21st annual Critics’ Choice Awards set for Jan. 17 at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica and airing live on A&E, Lifetime and LMN.
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A helicopter working for an MTV reality show crashed in western Argentina on Saturday and both people on board were killed, local authorities said. The Bell […]
CTAM tapped Vicki Lins as its new president and CEO, following John Lansing’s departure in September. Lins, who has worked for Comcast Spotlight and Canoe, most recently was EVP-chief marketing officer for United Way Worldwide and Clear Channel Outdoor.
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC Family is getting a new name. The network announced Thursday it will soon be known as Freeform. The rechristening happens Jan. 12, the same day […]
A new report says more than 16% have unsubscribed from pay TV over the past year, and 23% say they’ve cut or shaved their pay TV packages. So much for hopes the threat was exaggerated.
TW’s Bewkes Downplays Cord-Cutting Fears
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes isn’t giving up on the traditional cable television bundle just yet. “We haven’t seen any tipping point” in cord-cutting by consumers, Bewkes said Tuesday at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New York. “There’s been a longstanding adoption, habit and loyalty to this set of channels, and they’re getting better.”
“Live Shopping. Fully Loaded.” That’s the tag line for GunTV, a new network that aims to be the QVC of firearms and accessories.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A former beauty queen who hosts an Outdoor Channel adventure show illegally shot an Alaska grizzly bear and conspired to cover up the violation, according to […]
The cable channel and digital media network is getting a trial run as a channel on Snapchat’s Discover feature, starting today. Fusion has had a presence on the international version of Discover since January, when it launched, but will get “a couple months” on the U.S. and U.K. edition.
Fans of Vince McMahon’s WWE are wondering if the 70-year-old pro wrestling impresario has run out of good storylines. Ratings for WWE Raw, the company’s Monday night show on USA Network, have fallen nearly 50% from their 2015 high amid a slew of complaints from fans that the entertainment has become too predictable.
Donald Trump on Monday night threatened to boycott the next Republican debate unless hosting network CNN donates $5 million to a charity
Discovery Communications has been late to the TV Everywhere party, but the company is making up for lost time in a big way today: It has rolled up nine of its networks into a single app for authenticated cable subscribers.
The outspoken Texan and multiple award winner was among the first prominent women in TV news and a model for the sitcom character Murphy Brown after actress Candice Bergen studied her work.
