Topic: Cable Networks

MSNBC Turns Into a Freak Show

Roughly eight years ago, there was a nasty fight at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York. On one side was Roger Ailes, then - president and CEO of CNBC and its sister cable network, America's Talking. On the other side were NBC strategist ...READ»

Ffwd to Bring Order to the World of Online Video

Patrick KoppulaCEO Ffwd> San Francisco, California Patrick Koppula, 34, who cofounded the popular music-recommendation site iLike, started Ffwd (pronounced fast forward) to bring order to the world of online video. "TV has ...READ»

• TiVo Brings Web Video to TV
• ESPN Scores With Broadband TV Network
• Google Takes on TV Ads

Special Offers? Wait a Minute.

I was moving into an apartment on Broadway about a month ago and was going to hook up my place with cable, phone line and the Internet. Verizon was touting a package of DSL service that costs $29.99 a month and a wireless router ...READ»

Cavorting With Cavuto

How the host of cable's highest-rated business show brings the market to the masses.READ»

Media: MTV Content to Bolster imeem's Business

Now that imeem has secured rights to music from all the major labels, as I reported earlier on this blog, the social media network is looking to expand its offerings in the video department. Its announcement today indicates that it ...READ»

Peter A Sokoloff & Co.

About Peter A Sokoloff Phone Number: 818.547.4500Fax: 818.547.4388E-Mail: psokoloffco@gmail.comWebsite: www.sokoloffco.comMr. Sokoloff began his investment banking career in 1980 working for Bill Daniels. Mr. Daniels was known as the ...READ»

The Media Blues

Tokyo — NBC’s Beijing Olympics coverage was over the top, with more coverage over the air, on its cable networks, and online than in all the years since the 1960 Olympics, combined. But here’s the shocker: despite streaming ...READ»

Hulu's Competitors: The Wild World of Web TV

Media giants and startups -- not to mention pirates -- are chasing an online-video audience of 158 million. Here's how key players connect to, and compete with, Hulu.READ»

• The Unlikely Mogul
• All-Time Top 10 TV Shows on Hulu

Al Gore's $100 Million Makeover

Not long ago, he was the butt of jokes--lockbox, earth tones, a postelection beard. Then he dusted off an old slide show and jumped with both feet into the private sector. The untold story of how an epic loser engineered what may be the greatest brand makeover of our time.READ»

Hulu: YouTube Killer? No, The Internet's Nick at Nite

Hulu, NBC and FOX's joint Web video site, opened to the public today after being in private beta since late October. I'm not going to do a full review (there have been plenty; check here and here for starters) but from looking over ...READ»

Innovation Wednesday: Al Gore's Current Tv Gets An Emmy Nod

One of my favorite innovators, Current TV, has been nominated for their first Emmy Award. This is no small accomplishment. Current, the cable network started jointly by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, is barely two years old, and had a ...READ»

Andrea Wong Wants to Reinvigorate Lifetime. (Step One: Steal Project Runway)

Andrea Wong brought us The Bachelor! Now she's trying to reinvigorate Lifetime with positivity and fun.READ»

Google TV Ads to Offer Targeted Advertising

Google is teaming up with Visible World, a software company that provides customizable TV ads, to make a push into the "addressable TV" space. The partnership hopes to serve consumer-specific ads based on demographic and viewing data ...READ»

Fast Forward 2005: <span>50-54</span>

The future is something to get excited about again. Here's our look at the surprising people, ideas, and trends that will change how we work and live in 2005.READ»

What Stands Out?

I spent about 10 years working in advertising and public relations (internal and external). I still do the occasional corporate identity package or strategy consulting gig. What I notice about today's ads is... how few of them really ...READ»

Building a Better Movie Business

It's the iconic American industry. But audiences are vanishing, piracy is soaring, and new technology is treacherous. Can Tinseltown innovate its way out of trouble?READ»

I Want my Bud.TV

Last week I read that Anheuser-Busch will launch its own Web entertainment network, Bud.TV, in February. Instead of spending money on loads of advertising next year, the brewer will launch an online network aimed at the 21 to 27 ...READ»

Written in the Stars

Sirius and XM are taking strategy and competition to the skies in an epic, multibillion-dollar struggle to dominate next-generation radio.READ»

When Baseball Meets the Largest Cable Television Channel Launch in History

First, a bit of an introduction. As the president and founder of the Business of Sports Network, I have been working as a sports busness analyst for about a decade now. The Biz of Baseball, The Biz of Basketball, The Biz of Hockey, ...READ»

A "Very, Very, Very, Very" Difficult Employee - What does a Leader do?

Recently, I was asked to sit on a panel of leadership coaches. The audience were women, members of the Women in Cable Television Association. During the breakout session, one woman passionately shared that she had a “very, very, ...READ»

Hulu Beta-Testing Subscription Service

Hulu became the most popular TV viewing site on the Web in part by being free--but that model may change, reports a Frost and Sullivan analyst. The site is "working out all of the technical details" on a for-pay subscription service ...READ»

RFD-TV: How an Ex-Farmer Built a $25 Million Media Empire for Rural America

How a scrappy ex-farmer from Nebraska built a TV channel for rural America. Hee Haw? Yeehaw!READ»

Near-Sighted (Tele)Vision

Paul Allen sold TechTV to Comcast Corp. yesterday for below $300 million. Allen took a loss on the station, which he unsuccessfully tried to fold into his own cable network, Charter Communications. But rather than continue to build ...READ»