TNA knows what it’s gonna do, brother
Posted on October 28, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Local wrestling company TNA Entertainment has signed Hulk Hogan to a contract that could produce spin-off television content produced by the same company behind “Scott Baio is 46 and Pregnant.”
“Hulk Hogan is one of the world’s top pop culture icons and the biggest superstar in the history of professional wrestling. We are truly excited to welcome him into the TNA family,” said Dixie Carter, President of TNA Wrestling. “Our goal is to become the world’s biggest professional wrestling company. Hulk defines professional wrestling and we look forward to partnering with him in a variety of ways as we continue to grow TNA globally.”
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Ellen’s ethical dilemma
Posted on September 11, 2009 at 1:49 pm
So now that everyone on the planet has caught up to our story from yesterday on record labels suing the Ellen DeGeneres Show for violating copyrights, TheImproper.com in New York eloquently raises the point that the TV show host might have a hard time showing up for the American Idol judging she agreed to this week.
In this day of decline record sales and diminishing revenues, there is perhaps no bigger sin in the record industry, and the cavalier way in which the show dismissed the claims almost demands that she be fired from “American Idol.”
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RFD losing Imus
Posted on August 26, 2009 at 2:21 pm
The morning talk show host will this week end his two-year run on the Nashville-based cable channel.
Wrestling venture sticks to Spike
Posted on August 18, 2009 at 6:53 am
Cummins Station-based TNA Entertainment has extended its TV deal with Spike by three years through October 2012.
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A local media success story
Posted on July 1, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Our brethren at MusicRow pass on some stats detailing the double-digit increases in of Country Music Television’s metrics.
Music video hours have also increased on the channel, with ratings up +17% versus the same quarter last year among total viewers, and up +14% among adults 18-49. In addition, video streams are up +23% for CMT.com for second quarter when compared to the same quarter last year.
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CMT launching DISH performance series
Posted on May 11, 2009 at 6:11 pmThe Nashville-based television network will produce six shows that will first air on DISH Network. The first of the monthly shows will air early next month.
A departure from the typical concert special, “Invitation Only” features country music’s biggest stars performing before a small studio audience in Nashville, taking questions from fans and delivering revealing and candid answers. Previous episodes on CMT have featured Keith Urban and Alan Jackson.
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New cable deal for locally based channel
Posted on April 9, 2009 at 2:12 pmFrom PR Newswire:
Windstream Cable TV and RFD-TV, LLC announced today that RFD-TV–Rural America’s Most Important Network–is now available to view by Windstream Cable TV Entertainment Tier subscribers on channel 362.
RFD-TV is a cable channel that serves the general interests and needs of rural America with a variety of well-balanced, high-quality, original, and family oriented programs that cover the rural way of life including Agriculture, Equine, Rural Lifestyle and Music & Entertainment.
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FOX Business sues SEC over Stanford
Posted on March 24, 2009 at 8:58 amFrom TVB:
Fox Business Network is suing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to respond to an expedited request for information under the Freedom of Information Act, the news franchise alleged.
The initial request, filed on Feb.26, 2009, sought records of potential securities violations by Stanford Financials Group, its affiliates and its chairman, R. Allen Stanford. The request included the commission’s response to complaints and tips, and any resulting actions.
The SEC charged Stanford last month with running an $8 billion Ponzi scheme.
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Cable company to file for bankruptcy
Posted on February 12, 2009 at 2:39 pmTwo weeks after reports of debt troubles first surfaced, Charter Communications says it will file a reorganization plan by April 1.
“The restructuring was coming one way or another,” Matt Dundon, managing director of distressed analysis at Miller Tabak Roberts Securities, said in a phone interview. “Even with the $8 billion debt reduction figure, the company is still heavily indebted and vulnerable to further restructuring if EBTDA takes a turn for the worse.”
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Report: Charter cable firm ready to file for bankruptcy
Posted on January 30, 2009 at 7:46 pmReuters reports that the nation’s fourth-largest cable company missed a debt payment this month and is talking to bondholders about a restructuring. Between Tennessee and Louisiana, Charter has more than 500,000 customers.
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Cable and satellite companies may fail to benefit from digital switch
Posted on January 9, 2009 at 7:38 amFrom I, Cringely:
We’ve had more than a decade to prepare for this moment. I did the first-ever PBS HD broadcast back in 1998 and explained then what was going to happen next month. The date was already set. But some people just don’t listen and I think the confusion we’ll see next month among parts of the TV audience will be huge.
Most of us actually have nothing to worry about because those who have satellite or cable TV, which is more than 80 percent of American TV viewers, won’t even notice a difference. That’s because the cable and satellite companies will continue to provide us with the same signals they always have, even though it means converting a digital signal back to analog.
In one sense the coming of DTV is a boon to cable and satellite companies because it may drive new customers to them. BUT IT HASN’T YET. Look at Time-Warner Cable’s recent announcement of flat subscriber growth. If customers were flying to cable because of worries about the DTV transition those TWC numbers would have been up, not flat. And they will go up, but not until the stations pull their plugs next month.
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