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Cable Companies Target Commercials To Audience

New York Times | Stephanie Clifford | Posted 04.03.2009 | Media


The advertiser's dream of sending a particular commercial to a specific consumer is one step closer to reality as Cablevision Systems plans to announ...

Digital Boom or Doom?

Mary Pitcher | Posted 03.13.2009 | Media


Mary Pitcher

What country do we live in? We are being forced to buy additional equipment to receive a television signal?

Network TV Upfront Forecast: Bad News/Good News Scenarios

Jack Myers | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business


Jack Myers

The day-to-day realities facing television networks, which are certainly feeling the pain of both economic and systemic challenges, are still not that troubling.

The Big Bad Business of Television

Norman Horowitz | Posted 01.12.2009 | Media


Norman Horowitz

I just loved the following taken from a "trade report": NBC replaced scripted series with talk show host Jay Leno in its Monday to Friday 10 p.m. tim...

How MSNBC Can Rule Cable News

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 11.04.2008 | Media


Stephen C. Rose

If I were to walk the mile from where I live to the studio and take the reins, I would at least threaten to cut out the tongue of any TV host who dares interrupt anyone else.

Why Cable Will Survive The Market Meltdown

Wired | Posted 10.17.2008 | Business


Cable looks like a decent place to park your money in the event of a catastrophic market meltdown. The logic is this: People like TV. They don't want ...

Cable TV Should Be Ashamed

Rusty Russell | Posted 10.12.2008 | Home


Rusty Russell

Cable TV fails to do its job: report on and analyze the candidates' policies. It's like they think we only care about lipstick. Viewers are left completely unaware of dozens of serious issues that dramatically impact enormous swaths of the population.

Raising The Bar: 7.7 Million Viewers — On Cable?

New York Post | Michael Starr | Posted 10.04.2008 | Media


I don't know what they're doing over there at TNT - but they're definitely doing something right. Monday's premiere of TNT's new legal drama, "Raisin...

Summer Of Cable, Part II: Record Viewership Again In Summer 2008

Hollywood Reporter | Kimberly Nordyke | Posted 09.21.2008 | Media


It's been another good summer for cable. Summer 2008 may not have generated as many ratings headlines for cable as last year, when Disney Channel's "...

Cable Ad Recession Coming: Analyst

Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 09.12.2008 | Media


The ad recession that's devastated newspapers and now, local tv, has yet to hit cable TV. But that's about to change, according to research firm SNL K...

Network TV Profits Would Probably Increase With Nudity And Swear Words

AP, Epicenter | Posted 09.08.2008 | Business


This week has been a week of confirming what analysts had expected about Rupert Murdoch: he's making money -- but not really on TV. Chairman and Chie...

Cable TV Prices Keep On Rising

New York Times | MATT RICHTEL | Posted 06.01.2008 | Business


Americans discouraged by higher gas prices and airline fares may decide to spend more vacation time at home, perhaps watching television. But that, t...