After 16 years at Discovery , Clint Stinchcomb is leaving his post as evp, gm HD Theater and Turbo Media . He'll be starting a media company in Silver Spring, MD. More details to come. HD Theater and Turbo... FULL STORY »
CARRIAGE
Carriage
Cablevision added to its lineup Bravo HD , CNBC HD+ , Sci Fi HD and USA HD . — RCN has launched in Boston, Chicago and DC... FULL STORY »
Wider Field: NFL Invites More Local Viewers to NFL Net
Owing to a goodwill (and likely strategic) gesture from the NFL , more Pennsylvanians will be able to feast on NFL Net 's Thanksgiving Day game between the Eagles and Cardinals. After receiving a letter... FULL STORY »
RATINGS
Ratings
Football and political content has been kind to cable this year. The month's top 20 telecasts didn't include anything besides the 2 content types (12 political, 8 football), and collectively averaged... FULL STORY »
Ratings
Nat Geo is the 1st net to sign up for Nielsen 's DigitalPlus... FULL STORY »
AD SALES
Advertising
An agreement between Hallmark Channel and Google will allow advertisers beginning early next year to use the Google TV Ads platform to place ads... FULL STORY »
Ad Tales: BBB Division Examines FiOS Ads—Again
The Natl Advertising Div of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has recommended that Verizon modify or discontinue some of the ad claims it's using for FiOS , following a challenge by Cablevision . NAD... FULL STORY »
ADVANCED SERVICES
Intricate Pipeline: Online Availability of TV Content Continues to Grow
The number of outlets offering free online viewing of TV eps and clips has increased greatly this year—so much so that we're wondering just how many people, come the DTV transition in Feb, will decide to... FULL STORY »
In the States
The NFL has joined with 3ality Digital and RealD to test a 3-D broadcast of NFL... FULL STORY »
MARKETING
Honors
Bloomberg picked up 2 Emmys for business & financial... FULL STORY »
Beta
Discovery ranked #1 in Beta 's cable sub survey, with 30% of respondents mentioning it unaided as a favorite cable net. History (28%) and ESPN... FULL STORY »
SHOWS
Programming
Sci Fi greenlit "Caprica," a prequel series to "Battlestar Galactica." — WE debuts undercover diet intervention series, "I Want to Save Your Life," in 1Q09. — Sundance... FULL STORY »
End of the Line
Discovery and the Koppel Group said they amicably agreed to dissolve their 3-year contract 6 months before it was due to conclude at the end of May '09. Discovery Channel continues to focus on long-running... FULL STORY »
PREVIEWS/ REVIEWS
On the Circuit
To kick off its holiday screening, Hallmark will host screenings of 3 of its upcoming movies over the next week with pres/CEO Henry Schleiff in attendance. The first premiere is of "Accidental Friendship,"... FULL STORY »
Programming
Lifetime has commenced production of "Georgia O'Keefe," chronicling the artist's love affair with photographer Alfred Steiglitz... FULL STORY »
PEOPLE
Play Ball
MLB has reportedly hired CBS evp, exec prod Tony Petitti to run the upcoming MLB Net , Sports... FULL STORY »
People
Christine Lubrano was named vp, non-fiction programming for IFC . Rachel Smith was made vp, fiction programming. — David Pugliese was upped to svp... FULL STORY »
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