Exclusives
TBS Chief Levy Has Mobile On His Mind
TBS President David Levy at NATPE: “We produce content for digital and television. The one area we are concerned about is mobile. Impressions are skyrocketing. Penetration is huge. But we have to get to a point with advertisers where we figure out how to monetize it.”
It’s been a big week for the New York Yankees. First the team won a bidding war for Japanese pitching phenom Masahiro Tanaka. Then, on Friday, Fox announced that it will raise its stake in the team’s YES regional sports network to 80% from 49%. When the deal closes, expected by the end of March, YES Network will be consolidated into Fox’s financials.
Cable Vies With Broadcast For Quality Dramas
Once often content to air reruns, cable networks are busy establishing themselves as creators. There are 180 scripted original series on cable this year, up from 22 in 2002, said John Landgraf, FX network chief. Services like Netflix are jumping in, too. More important than numbers is the perception that cable is the place to turn for quality. The idea is reinforced when many of television’s key creative minds argue that cable is the place to be.
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) – Prolific TV producer Mark Burnett has a new venture. He’s helping to launch an American version of the popular lucha libre wrestling league from Mexico. Burnett […]
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) – The music network started by Sean Combs last year is launching a twice-a-day live television show that it hopes will become a central place for music […]
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The Bible is still hot, at least as a television property. The WGN America network said Sunday that it has ordered a 10-part series, “Ten Commandments,” […]
Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei sees upside in the cable MSO business if the heavyweights in the marketplace work together to develop new products and enhanced services.
There’s a battle being waged for that much-maligned piece of furniture we all end up in front of sooner or later. Call it the Idiot Box, the Boob Tube or whatever you want — the majority of media consumption still happens in front of the television, and whether it’s gaming, movie watching, Netflix or just listening to the stereo, tech giants are fighting tooth and nail for a seat on your couch. Here’s what they’re bringing to the party.
A Walt Disney Co. spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday that SOAPnet would indeed fade away on New Year’s Eve, despite protests from hundreds of soap fans who relied on the channel to catch up with such daytime dramas as General Hospital, The Young and the Restless and Days of Our Lives.
Critics of state tax incentives to ESPN, the multibillion-dollar sports media powerhouse, say the money would be better spent on smaller companies that are in greater need.
You might think fragmenting audiences and pressure on cable bundles would cool the interest in new channels. Tell it to these challengers.
The deal includes “expansive” TV Everywhere rights. Also new for Time Warner Cable customers: The availability of Epix.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Time Warner Cable says it’s decided to continue to carry New England Cable News for its New England customers. The company says its customers who have […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Franco has discovered Ovation. So have Jon Hamm and Vogue’s Anna Wintour. Now the cable channel is counting on a program lineup including those glittery […]
