Elizabeth Guider
@Media and Money: Challenging Times Across All Media
Brand Marketing
For private equity players in the media space it’s also tough slogging. That was the view of the co-founder and president Royce Yudkoff of Abry Partners, a firm that has [...]
@Media & Money: Chase Carey Positive on Comcast Play for NBCU
Convergent TV
Speaking at the annual Media and Money confab Thursday morning, Chase Casey said he believes Comcast’s play for NBC Universal is “a good deal” and “smartly structured.” As for regulatory [...]
Sony Unveils ‘Fantasy Island’ Reality Show
Convergent TV
CANNES, FRANCE The Aaron Spelling classic Fantasy Island is being reimagined as an hour-long competition-elimination reality show courtesy of Sony Pictures TV and producer Mark Burnett. The wraps were taken [...]
Sony Preps Fantasy Island Reality Show
Convergent TV
The Aaron Spelling classic Fantasy Island is being reimagined as an hour-long competition-elimination reality show courtesy of Sony Pictures TV and producer Mark Burnett. The wraps were taken off the [...]
AOL Webisodes Put Kids in Space
Performance Marketing
NEW YORK A new company called A Squared Entertainment, formed by industry and marketing vets Andy Heyward and Amy Moynihan, has teamed with AOL on a slate of entertainment brands [...]
AOL Gets Into Kids Space With Webisode Series
Performance Marketing
A new kids company called A Squared Entertainment, formed by industry and marketing vets Andy Heyward and Amy Moynihan, has teamed with AOL on a slate of entertainment brands for [...]
Henry Schleiff Tapped to Head Investigation Discovery
Convergent TV
Veteran TV executive Henry Schleiff has been tapped as president and GM of Investigation Discovery, a fledgling channel in the Discovery Communications fold. In the newly created post, Schleiff will [...]
Report: DirecTV CEO to Return to News Corp.?
Convergent TV
Longtime News Corp. exec and current DirectTV president-CEO Chase Carey may be returning to Rupert Murdoch’s conglomerate to essentially pick up some of the management slack from departing president-COO Peter [...]
Brands Are the Buzz in Global TV
Brand Marketing
CANNES, FRANCE The next big challenge facing the international TV business is how to integrate advertisers into the new media mix so that digital platform exposure for their products actually [...]