Maybe it’s time to stop calling them “cable TV” companies. “Connectivity is our No. 1 product now; it is no longer video,” Cablevision CEO Jim Dolan told an investor gathering today. “That is a significant change to our model.”
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Cable TV’s Best Upfront Play: Targeting
Its segmented audiences appeal to advertisers looking to reach certain demos. Other positives: Quality shows and live sports. But there are negatives.
NEW YORK (AP) — The former head of Al Jazeera America’s documentary unit has sued the news network, claiming it is biased against non-Arabs and women in stories that it […]
David Nevins is on the rise at Showtime. The president of the pay cable network will add the CEO title to his business card at the end of the year, when longtime chairman and CEO Matthew Blank passes along the title in a transition plan revealed today.
Television viewership soared for Tuesday’s Los Angeles Dodgers baseball game in the inaugural telecast for the team-owned SportsNet LA channel on Charter Communications cable systems.
Sports Show Launching On Tribune’s CLTV
The online video site Hulu, seen by some of its users as a way to bypass cable, is actually joining forces with cable companies. Starting this summer, customers of at least seven (mostly small) cable companies will be able to sign up for Hulu right through the set-top box. The companies — most notably Cablevision, which serves part of the New York metropolitan area — will share in the resulting subscriber revenues.
Billionaire John Malone, fresh from helping engineer a mammoth cable TV merger between Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable, is examining ways to consolidate studios and smaller channels to better compete as the traditional TV bundle begins to unravel.
NEW YORK (AP) — The E! Entertainment network says its documentary series on the former Bruce Jenner premiering next month will be titled, “I Am Cait,” and is showing a […]
The American Customer Satisfaction Index is out with its latest report, which ranks pay TV companies and Internet service providers in last place for customer satisfaction out of all the industries it measures, thanks mainly to poor customer service and higher prices. And once again, the cable company with the lowest marks was Time Warner Cable.
Premiering Monday at 10 p.m. on Lifetime, UnReal arrives with what just might be perfect timing. The reality genre is cooling off (yet still embarrassing itself) as reality-based networks scramble to shore up their schedules with scripted dramas and comedies — the kind of fare that makes no false claims of authenticity and whose version of the truth is seen by all as invention.
Not every cable TV series has been scheduled, including FX’s returning comedy You’re the Worst, and there’s not enough space to include one-off TV movies like Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (9 p.m. July 22). But here’s a pretty comprehensive list of what viewers can expect from cable networks over the next three months.
NEW YORK (AP) — Rape is dramatic. No wonder it’s a tried-and-true device for TV drama. It’s certainly a staple of “Game of Thrones,” the wildly popular HBO series whose […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Comedy Central says Sept. 28 will be opening night for Trevor Noah as the new host of “The Daily Show.” The 31-year-old South African comedian will […]
