Comcast will launch a network version of their VOD Fearnet channel — suggesting that VOD-only distribution isn’t ready for prime time. Or that prime time is still the best time for ad supported content.
Fearnet Is Now Network. FearVOD?
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Ratings Up, Riders Down
As the 2010 Tour de France prepares to climb the Pyrenees, TV ratings are up while TDF numbers are down. Crashes and injuries have forced 20 cyclists to drop out.
But riders’ pain may be cable’s gain. Versus’ live morning coverage is setting ratings records.
Filed under: Whitey Chapin, cable, programming, tv by Dave
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Tweet This! — A TV Sitcom
Who says Twitter is useless and parents are stupid?
Here’s the story about a 20-something who tweeted his dad’s profane outbursts into a book deal and a CBS sitcom.
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A Lion in Your Living Room
If 3D takes off as some predict, its only a matter of time until the “jungle out there” feels like it’s in your living room.
Filed under: Paul Rule, programming, technology, tv by Dave
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And The Winner Is…The Academy Awards?
The upcoming Academy Awards broadcast on ABC is poised to do well in the ratings. The controversial decision to expand the Best Picture category from 5 to 10 films might frustrate purists, but it should also draw additional viewers.
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Just Smile And Nod, Guys
The 2010 Super Bowl commercials featured an unusual number of henpecked men. New studies show that they have good reason to think they are living in a woman’s world.
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Up Against The Big Game
What’s a TV network to do on Super Sunday if they don’t have the Big Game? Counter programming the Super bowl is one part art, one part science with mixed results at best.
The 2010 Super Bowl Broke TV Viewing Records — but 3 Out of 10 Homes Still Sat Out the Big Game.
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Leno, Letterman, O’Brien, and Facebook
Hitmaking is still an unpredictable business. Five years ago, who’dha thunk that Facebook would be a hit and Conan would have been a flop?
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Video They Demand
For 30 years, cable fought broadcast for a foothold in the media business. Now, the war is over. But the tables have turned.
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Soupy And Me
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Soupy Sales meant more than pies in the face on black and white TV. Here’s a story about an audacious phone call to a kids TV star back in the latchkey era before the word playdate was invented.