Comcast CEO Brian Roberts announces “Project Infinity”
Comcast announced three major content initiatives at the 2008 CES. CEO Brian Roberts unveiled a plan to give consumers more than 1,000 HD choices...
Week 15: Broadcast 92, cable 8
With the season over for NFL games on cable networks, cable claimed only eight of the top 100 in ratings for the key 18-49...
Bravo greenlights “Tabatha’s Salon”
Bravo announced Tabatha Coffey, one of the stars of "Shear Genius," will star in the new reality pilot "Tabatha's Salon Takeover" (working title), as...
The CW debuts midseason sked
The CW announced its new midseason schedule, featuring the return of several reality hits and giving current shows exposure on new nights and in...
Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel to flip flop
For one night, Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel will solve the problem of booking guests during the WGA strike by appearing on each other's...
Bill Maher returns to HBO sans writers
HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" returns Friday without writers, his monologue and the closing segment "New Rules." The guest roundtable discussion, however, will...
WGA signs separate deal with United Artists
The WGA and United Artists announced their own interim bargaining agreement in a joint press release issued yesterday. The deal addresses new media as...
JVC unveils iPod TV
JVC Americas announced it will offer a new series of LCD televisions with built-in docks for Apple's iPod media player. The dock will allow...
Golden Globes awards show a no-show
With essentially no actors willing to cross WGA picket lines, NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) have pulled the plug on Sunday’s...
LIN and Dish offer deal
As LIN Television battles cable MSOs in multiple markets who have resisted signing new deals to pay for retransmission consent, the TV group owner...
Judy back on top
“Judge Judy” and “Wheel of Fortune” continue to battle for the top spot in syndicated television. This week, according to the Syndicated Network Television...
It’s Showtime at CBS
CBS Corporation CEO Les Moonves had said that CBS Television would be looking to tap the library of its premium cable sister Showtime for...
What has the strike cost the television industry so far?
So, what has the strike cost the industry so far? We are in a new season with much less viable programming content. What do...
Warner Bros to release High-Def titles exclusively in Blu-ray
Warner Bros, which had been producing its high-def DVD titles in both formats, will start with Blu-ray exclusively later this year. The decision was...
WGA, NBC at odds over Leno’s monologues
Jay Leno kept the jokes—his own jokes—rolling his second night back on the air, even as the striking WGA writers and NBC sparred over...