Relative to where mixed martial arts wallowed a decade ago, it's easy to say it has reached mainstream success in North America. Yet, thinking to where the nascent combat sport could stand a quarter century from now if one were to glean anything from the way boxing grew palatable to audiences after its formative years, MMA has plenty of room to mature.
Infomercial pitchman Billy Mays died at his Tampa, Florida, home Sunday morning, authorities told CNN.
LOUISVILLE -- As 19-year-old jockey Joe Talamo prepared to enter the parking lot party tent where Tuesday's Kentucky Derby post position draw would take place, he was stopped by a crew from the reality series Jockeys, which airs on the cable network Animal Planet and is currently filming its second season. His wireless microphone was adjusted and activated, ensuring that his every interaction would be captured.
When the series "ER" airs its finale on Thursday, the event will not only mark the completion of one of NBC's most successful shows, but it can also be viewed as the end of an era for the network.
Walt Disney Co. is hurting as consumer spending remains tight. The world's biggest media conglomerate reported profit declines last month in its major business segments as advertising declined at its ABC network, fewer tourists visited Disney World, and 2008's "Wall-E" remained its last box office hit.
The founder of an upstate New York TV station aimed at countering Muslim stereotypes has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife, who was beheaded, authorities said.
Where in the world is Tom Freston? A lot of people have been asking that question ever since the day in September 2006 when Freston fell off the face of the media world.
The Televisa TV station in Monterrey, Mexico, came under attack Tuesday night from hooded gunmen who launched a grenade and fired at least one high-power weapon at it, federal authorities said.
For months, YouTube has been making a pitch to Hollywood studios: Give us your films, and we'll make you money.
Michael Westen, the main character in USA Network's hit show, "Burn Notice," has plenty going for him. He's attractive, and handy with a sniper rifle. But after spending ten years as a covert operative in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, he has been mysteriously blacklisted by the United States. He's not sure what it will take to get his good name back.
Relative to where mixed martial arts wallowed a decade ago, it's easy to say it has reached mainstream success in North America. Yet, thinking to where the nascent combat sport could stand a quarter century from now if one were to glean anything from the way boxing grew palatable to audiences after its formative years, MMA has plenty of room to mature.
Infomercial pitchman Billy Mays died at his Tampa, Florida, home Sunday morning, authorities told CNN.
LOUISVILLE -- As 19-year-old jockey Joe Talamo prepared to enter the parking lot party tent where Tuesday's Kentucky Derby post position draw would take place, he was stopped by a crew from the reality series Jockeys, which airs on the cable network Animal Planet and is currently filming its second season. His wireless microphone was adjusted and activated, ensuring that his every interaction would be captured.
When the series "ER" airs its finale on Thursday, the event will not only mark the completion of one of NBC's most successful shows, but it can also be viewed as the end of an era for the network.
Walt Disney Co. is hurting as consumer spending remains tight. The world's biggest media conglomerate reported profit declines last month in its major business segments as advertising declined at its ABC network, fewer tourists visited Disney World, and 2008's "Wall-E" remained its last box office hit.
The founder of an upstate New York TV station aimed at countering Muslim stereotypes has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife, who was beheaded, authorities said.
Where in the world is Tom Freston? A lot of people have been asking that question ever since the day in September 2006 when Freston fell off the face of the media world.
The Televisa TV station in Monterrey, Mexico, came under attack Tuesday night from hooded gunmen who launched a grenade and fired at least one high-power weapon at it, federal authorities said.
For months, YouTube has been making a pitch to Hollywood studios: Give us your films, and we'll make you money.
Michael Westen, the main character in USA Network's hit show, "Burn Notice," has plenty going for him. He's attractive, and handy with a sniper rifle. But after spending ten years as a covert operative in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, he has been mysteriously blacklisted by the United States. He's not sure what it will take to get his good name back.
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off a revamped line of iPods on Tuesday and trumpeted a truce with NBC Universal that means the TV network will begin selling programs again on iTunes
Dana White loves to say that running a major mixed martial arts organization isn't as easy it looks -- that's the typical self-congratulatory rhetoric we've become accustomed to from the outspoken UFC president. But White surely is the king of easy in comparison to the Elite XC, a recently tumbling promotion that has become the prodigy of making it look hard -- really hard.
BEIJING -- The 24-hour Olympics are so 2004. In what NBC Universal is calling the most ambitious single media project in history, the network and its affiliates will present 3,600 total hours from Beijing on seven NBC Universal networks: NBC, USA, MSNBC, CNBC, Oxygen (for the first time), Telemundo and Universal HD, as well as NBCOlympics.com. That's an average of more than 212 hours per day of Olympic coverage.
Like the dramatic final scene of "The Sopranos," if you haven't adequately prepared for the transition to digital television on Feb. 17, 2009, your television screen could fade to black.
In the aftermath of the writer's strike - and with ever-increasing competition from the Internet, cable channels and digital video recorders - primetime network television isn't the all-powerful medium it used to be.
The future of television is changing before our eyes, as media giants scramble to stake their claims in the wilderness of Internet video.
So much for a weak dollar and stronger global economy helping to lift results for large multinational companies like General Electric.
General Electric's latest attempt to revive its troubled NBC television unit with a 65-week "superseason" of fresh programming is grabbing a lot of headlines these days. But some investors wonder if it's worth the conglomerate's trouble.
It's no secret that the Internet, digital video recorders and video games are sucking audiences away from broadcast television and radio. Just how painful that shift is for traditional media hit home Tuesday when CBS, owner of the country's most popular television network, released its earnings.
Last year featured a number of intriguing storylines in American MMA. The UFC established itself as the number one MMA brand in this country, if not most of the world, while PRIDE was dismantled. Steroids became a major topic as high-profile fighters failed drug tests. And, for the first time in this country, a MMA fighter succumbed to injuries suffered at a sanctioned event. So, what are some potential storylines in 2008? Here are five things to look for as we begin the new year.
This is "Green Week" at NBC Universal, a seven-day revelry of environment-themed content spread across the company's various TV channels and other properties. The 150 hours of programming - integrated into everything from news and sports to soaps and entertainment - is certainly a first for a major media company.
General Electric won't make a decision on whether or not to sell its NBC Universal unit until after it is done broadcasting the 2008 Olympics from Beijing, according to a published report.
With many viewers apparently outside enjoying summer's last hurrah, the broadcast television networks hit a negative ratings trifecta only a few weeks before the start of the fall season.
Walt Disney Co. reported a 4.7 percent increase in net profit Wednesday, driven by strong television program sales and higher receipts at its theme parks.
The Fox Broadcasting Co. Monday named Kevin Reilly, the recently ousted programming chief at rival television network NBC, as entertainment president, pairing him with his former cable TV boss, Peter Liguori.
Cable television shows, unless they are the series finale of "The Sopranos," often don't generate the types of ratings that come anything close to what even the least-watched programs on the free broadcast networks get. But cable TV is actually among the hotter segments of the media business these days.
It has already revolutionized the music business with its iPod device and iTunes music store. Now will Apple help kill the television's industry historic reliance on the 30-second TV commercial to help pay the bills?
The hunt is still on for Web giant Google to find a willing television partner, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Most media stocks have enjoyed a revival on Wall Street this year after a disappointing 2005. But whether or not the group finishes the year on a strong note will largely depend on what three industry leaders say in their upcoming earnings releases.
When Carl Icahn tried to force Time Warner to split into four companies in February, it was easy to suggest that Icahn was being unfair in his criticism of the media giant.
There has been a lot of chatter about how network television is starting to lose some of its allure thanks to the growing popularity of online video and digital video recorders that allow people to fast forward through ads.
CBS gets a bad rap.
The major TV networks trotted out their biggest stars and presented their fall schedules to advertisers this week during lavish presentations in New York City known as the upfronts.
Walt Disney, one of the world's largest media companies, reported better than expected fiscal second-quarter earnings Tuesday thanks to strength in its network TV and cable business. But revenues were a bit lower than analysts were hoping for due to sales declines in the company's film studio and consumer products businesses.
Leslie Moonves has spent his entire career trying to get people to watch television. He's been pretty good at it too. When he was president of Warner Bros. Television in the early '90s, he oversaw ...
Leslie Moonves has spent his entire career trying to get people to watch television. He's been pretty good at it too. When he was president of Warner Bros. Television in the early '90s, he oversaw the development of hit shows like Friends and ER, which became part of NBC's Thursday night "Must-see TV" lineup. He leaped to CBS in 1995 and proceeded to break the Peacock network's hold on Thursday night with phenomenally popular shows like Survivor and CSI.
Is the old-fashioned 30-second TV commercial destined to go the way of the dinosaur, the wooly mammoth and the dodo?
On 52 nights last season the most watched television network among 18- to 34-year-olds was not ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, or even youth-oriented outlets like the WB and UPN. It was Univision, the Spanish-...
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Once again, there are six major TV networks. Or is it five and a quarter?
CBS is looking to sell its theme parks, which account for about $1.1 billion in annual sales, according to a published report.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Who will be the big winner from the creation of the new CW television network? Here's a hint. It might not be CW or even the other major TV networks.
ABC, the Walt Disney-owned network that pulled itself out of a ratings slump this year, has lined up initial ad sales at higher rates than last year, according to a new report.
The long running "Monday Night Football" has found a new home, moving from the Disney-owned ABC network to the company's sister cable channel ESPN in 2006, according to a news report Monday.
As the world watched Iraq's historic elections Sunday, Arab media weighed in with a mix of hope, concern, and skepticism. The following is a selection of quotes from Arabic newspapers as well as TV networks:
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. said late Thursday it will replace Sharon Patrick with former ABC Entertainment president Susan Lyne as its new president and chief executive officer.
"Lost," "Desperate Housewives" and "Wife Swap." Desperate measures for desperate times -- the long-struggling ABC network took a gamble this season with risky, edgy shows, and it's paying off.
Russia said it still has concerns about the draft U.N. resolution on Iraq proposed by the United States and Britain and that it "needs some hard work," according to Interfax.
The Arabic-language television network Al-Jazeera showed video Wednesday of three Italian hostages taken captive in Iraq nearly two months ago. In the video, one of the men said the captors were treating them "excellently."
What do you get when you mix spouse-swapping, anxious housewives and yet more lawyers behaving badly?
The Triple Crown of advertising sales kicked off Monday and all bets are on cable channels to make further strides against major broadcast networks.
The annual Preakness Stakes of advertising sales kicks off Monday and all bets are on cable channels to make further strides against major broadcast networks.
Former U.S. vice president Al Gore announced Tuesday that he and entrepreneur Joel Hyatt plan to launch their own cable television network by buying cable television channel NewsWorld International from Vivendi Universal for an undisclosed sum.
The ABC television network, owned by The Walt Disney Company, shook up its entertainment division Tuesday, announcing a series of major changes led by the departure of ABC Entertainment Television Group Chairman Lloyd Braun and ABC Entertainment Television President Susan Lyne.
Citing reports by Arabic-language television networks they considered erroneous, U.S. military representatives urged Tuesday that reporting from some news organizations not be taken at face value.
Victoria's Secret, owned by Limited Brands Inc., is dropping its racy televised fashion show this year, but a spokesman for the company told CNN/Money on Monday that it has very little to do with Janet Jackson's breast-baring move at this year's Super Bowl.
All night long the fax machine at Jay Leno's house spits out jokes. It delivers jokes about President Bush, the Democrats who want to unseat him, Martha Stewart, Michael Jackson and his sister Jane...
Last December, some of the biggest names in the television business gathered in a brownstone on Manhattan's Upper East Side for Viacom's annual Christmas party. It was the company's first holiday c...
I predict that mass culture will persist.
One of the notable things about the presidential primaries so far is the largely superficial treatment given to the candidates' economic views. Charges and countercharges about tax reform, tax cuts...
Whenever a couple of media titans are spotted having lunch, Wall Street analysts and the press start blurting out the "s" word. It happened most recently when CBS and Viacom announced their $36 bil...
With the broadcast networks losing market share and making slim profits, you'd think they'd be focused on creating new hits. Alas, programming a TV network in a world of clashing media titans isn't...
Barry Diller doesn't blink. When you meet him, that's the first thing you notice. His stare feels demanding--though some of the many journalists who have called on Diller in the past have described...
Considering Scott Sassa's career, you might think his main talent is failing his way to success. He got fired from Fox Broadcasting by Barry Diller, squeezed out of Time Warner by Ted Turner, and n...
In a good week, NBC sells $100 million of TV advertising. That's more than Yahoo has sold so far this year and about four times what MSNBC.com has sold since its launch two years ago--evidence that...
Wall Street's favorite TV show these days is not Seinfeld, ER, or the CNBC stock ticker but a CBS drama that we'll call The Mel and Les Show. It stars Mel Karmazin, 54, the pugnacious radio mogul w...
Michael Jordan, the CEO of CBS, had lots to celebrate the week after Thanksgiving. His network had just won the November sweep, toppling NBC to become America's most-watched broadcaster. Flanked by...
Traditionalists at NBC were appalled. General Electric CEO Jack Welch had announced that he was changing the name of the landmark RCA Building at 30 Rockefeller Center to the GE Building. This was ...
Leslie Moonves can't escape his job as president of CBS Entertainment. His home fax machine beeps at dawn with the overnight Nielsen ratings. He spends evenings poring over scripts and screening vi...
Shaped like a snub-nosed bullet, the ruthless billionaire who controls CBS may be the world's worst broadcaster, but Laurence A. Tisch is close to making a killing from the Tiffany Network's tatter...
HE HAS BEEN LAMPOONED, vilified, and skewered for pulling apart CBS and turning television's Tiffany network into costume jewelry. For Larry Tisch, heading CBS must sometimes seem like a long run t...
ON THE WALL of Rupert Murdoch's office at Twentieth Century Fox are four clocks, keeping track of the time in Los Angeles, London, Sydney, and Hong Kong. They remind visitors that here resides a gl...
ACCORDING TO Robert Wright, CEO of the National Broadcasting Co., here's how network television works: ''We're buying the most expensive programming available and taking it off the air quickly.''
There must be a media company somewhere that Rupert Murdoch does not want to get his mitts on, but trying to name it would be foolish.
The battle for the rights to televise National Football League games is as intense as sudden death overtime. A weak advertising market and the emergence of upstart cable and independent TV networks...
The U.S. will soon have what is billed as a fourth TV network. Fox Broadcasting Co., the subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. that operates the six TV stations formerly owned by Metromedia, wi...
THE TELEVISION networks are well aware of viewers' complaints that their favorite programs are submerged in a sea of commercials, station breaks, and promotional spots. But under prodding from adve...
ROBERT C. WRIGHT, president of NBC, is the luckiest guy in network television. His company takes in 40% of the industry's revenues, earns about 70% of the profits, and broadcasts the four top-rated...
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