Cable | Adweek
Advertisement

Television

:

Cable

Forecast: Scatter Sags, but There’s Light at the End of the Tunnel Magna Global report eyes 2014 rebound

The scatter market may not be as strong as media conglomerates are reporting, but according to Magna Global, things should begin to pick up speed over the next several months. In…

May 3, 2013, 1:57 PM EDT

Marc Juris Out at truTV Net president oversaw ratings rise and the decline that followed

After nearly a decade at truTV and precursor Court TV, Marc Juris is leaving the network. The evp and chief operating officer of Turner Broadcasting’s reality-themed channel had green-lit a…

May 2, 2013, 7:36 PM EDT

Ratings Slump Dings NBC’s Q1 Performance Voice hiatus a drag on revenue

Comcast on Wednesday reported weak results at its NBC broadcast division, as a first-quarter ratings slump negatively impacted the unit’s financial performance. NBC saw overall revenues drop 19 percent to $1.52…

May 1, 2013, 11:40 AM EDT

Online Video Ads Have Higher Impact Than TV Ads Finds hard-to-reach audiences

TV may still dominate the advertising market, but the audience for online video is soaring, with 58 percent of the U.S. population streaming, up from 38 percent five years ago.…

May 1, 2013, 6:39 AM EDT

HuffPost Live Picked Up by Mark Cuban Cabler Interactive talk show will run for 6 hours a day on AXS TV

AOL's Internet talk show HuffPost Live has been picked up by a cable network, the company announced Sunday. The program will carry a six-hour block on the Mark Cuban-backed AXS…

April 29, 2013, 10:35 AM EDT

MTV Orders Pilot Based on the Scream Movies Despite ratings challenges, net’s 2013-14 slate is weak beer

For a network that has lost nearly a quarter of its GRPs, MTV’s upfront slate is not particularly ambitious. The network on Thursday announced it has given the green light to…

April 25, 2013, 5:37 PM EDT

CNN Wants Newt for Crossfire Refresh Gingrich on Jeff Zucker’s wish list

CNN has begun casting its net for pundits to appear in the revival of its debate show Crossfire. According to Politico, the news network has approached former Speaker of the…

April 24, 2013, 1:42 PM EDT

Original Series Help Netflix Turn a Tidy Profit Proliferation of homegrown content is moving the needle for streaming services

Following its first foray into original programming, Netflix put up first-quarter numbers that exceeded Wall Street’s expectations. Thanks in part to the success of its $100 million David Fincher potboiler,…

April 23, 2013, 1:26 PM EDT

Futurama Spanned TV’s Sci-Fi Evolution Matt Groening’s sci-fi comedy enters the past on Sept. 4

Bad news, everyone: Comedy Central has decided not to order another season of Matt Groening’s Futurama, thus canceling the animated sci-fi comedy after 140 episodes. Set to return on June…

April 22, 2013, 4:07 PM EDT

Nancy Dubuc Promoted to President, CEO of A+E Networks; Abbe Raven Will Be Chairman Second promotion for Dubuc in less than a year

History Channel revitalizer Nancy Dubuc continues her ascent up the food chain at A+E Networks, this time to the presidency of the group. She will be both president and CEO,…

April 22, 2013, 4:06 PM EDT

Advertisement