Posted on 20 February 2010 by andrewtytla
I’ve been unhappy about Winter Olympics coverage for decades. Not enough live events are shown, and I don’t particularly care for the “puff” pieces in between taped highlights.
The wide appeal of sports as TV content is that the outcome is unknown. With results being made available from every outlet imaginable, how many of us know [...]
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Posted on 12 January 2010 by andrewtytla
Gotta love Conan’s statement:
People of Earth:
In the last few days, I’ve been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I’ve been getting paid to do what I love most and, in a world [...]
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Posted on 1 October 2009 by andrewtytla
Another biggie. Comcast is negotiating to buy NBC Universal from GE. The scoop, via The Wrap:
Comcast, the nation’s leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services, is in talks to buy the entertainment giant NBC-Universal from General Electric, according to knowledgeable individuals.
Deal points were hammered out at a meeting among bankers for both [...]
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Posted on 16 March 2009 by andrewtytla
NBC Universal’s SciFi Channel had a very good year, reports Television Week:
Sci Fi is coming off the best year in its history. In primetime it ranked 13th in total viewers among ad-supported cable networks in 2008. It’s a top-10 network in both adults 18 to 49 (up 4%) and adults 25 to 54 (up 6%).
During [...]
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