BC Beat
Commentary, analysis and observations on the business of television from the staff of Broadcasting & Cable.
Museum of the Moving Image Fetes A+E's Raven, Charter's Rutledge
A crowd of TV industry bigwigs turned out Wednesday evening to fete Abbe Raven, chairman of A+E Networks, and Tom Rutledge, president and COO of Charter Communications, who were honored at the Museum of the Moving Image’s annual black-tie benefit at the St. Regis Hotel in New York. Nancy Dubuc, who is succeeding Raven as CEO of A+E Networks, introduced her. Dubuc told the room that she read ...... Read More
Comments (0)NBCU Aims to 'Amplify' Agencies Year-Round
NBCU’s Amplified site is hoping to keep the upfront momentum going after the presentations and parties ended last week. The online destination aims to be a year-round, one-stop shop for agencies, brands and those in the trade community, offering event footage, interviews with executives, research about the marketplace and digital content. “There are hundreds of up ...... Read More
Comments (0)Where to Be, What to Watch: Week of May 20-May 26
Here is a rundown of where to be and what to watch the week of May 20-May 26. All times Eastern unless otherwise noted. Where to Be… B&C/Multichannel News’ TV in a Multiplatform WorldAs television content moves further away from the TV set, the industry has a lot to figure out when itcomes to multiplatform viewing. During B&C/MCN’s event TV in a Multiplatform World, ex ...... Read More
Comments (0)Moore and Spurlock Help NYC Officials Break Ground on First All-Doc Cinema in U.S.
By New York’s skyscraping, neon-lit standards, Tuesday’s groundbreaking ceremony for Downtown Community Television’s new all-documentary cinema was fairly low-key. When it opens in 2015, the downtown theatre will seat only 73, so this was miles from promo-happy Broadway. Still, the idea of welcoming the first all-doc theatre in the U.S. was more than sufficient to entice filmm ...... Read More
Comments (0)Where to Be, What to Watch: Week of May 6-May 12
Here is a rundown of where to be and what to watch the week of May 6-May 12. All times Eastern unless otherwise noted. Where to Be… B&C/Multichannel News’ On Demand SummitFor the fifth annual OnDemand Summit, B&C/Multichannel News is bringing an entourage- well, the former star of HBO’s Entourage, Adrian Grenier, that is. The rest of this year’s cast includes ke ...... Read More
Comments (0)'New Girl' Cast Talks 'Virgins' at Academy Q&A
North Hollywood — Tuesday night at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences hosted a screening of the most recent episode of Fox comedy New Girl, followed by a Q&A panel with the cast and executive producers Brett Baer, Dave Finkel and Jake Kasdan. In the episode titled “Virgins,” each member of the gang shares the cringe-inducing sto ...... Read More
Comments (0)Sports Media Struggles in Initial Coverage of NBA Player Coming Out as Gay
April 29 will go down as a milestone day in the sports world, as current NBA player Jason Collins became the first player in a major U.S. sport to reveal his homosexuality during his active playing days. And while it won’t likely have a dramatic impact on how NBA games themselves are broadcast, the large and ever-expanding sports media ecosystem showed notable signs of disorientation. The m ...... Read More
Comments (1)Where to Be, What to Watch: Week of April 29-May 5
Here is a rundown of where to be and what to watch the week of April 29-May 5. All times Eastern unless otherwise noted. Where to Be… B&C’s “Keynotes & Cocktails: Women of New York”B&C presents its third-annual off-the-record event featuring a networking cocktail hour followed by a speaker program that includes a Q&A with Lauren Zalaznick, executive VP, ...... Read More
Comments (0)Prospect Park Betting On Online Model for Revived Soaps
Prospect Park founders Jeff Kwatinetz and Richard Frank saw an opportunity two years ago when ABC canceled longrunning soap operas All My Children and One Life to Live. On Tuesday night, Kwatinetz and Frank were finally able to reunite the shows with their fans (who had been emailing the duo daily since the shows’ cancellation) and perhaps usher in a new wave of viewing habit ...... Read More
Comments (4)Mel B and Heidi Klum Take 'America's Got Talent' to 'a New Level'
Pasadena, Calif. — The judges from America’s Got Talent and host Nick Cannon joked like old friends at NBC Press Day at The Langham Huntington Hotel & Spa on Monday. “I’m going to be an honest judge. You saw how great I was last season,” returning judge Howard Stern said during the show’s session. “He’s bringing humility to the panel, ...... Read More
Comments (1)Where to Be, What to Watch: Week of April 22-April 28
Here is a rundown of where to be and what to watch the week of April 22-April 28. All times Eastern unless otherwise noted. Where to Be… E! Upfront When: Monday, 6 p.m.Where: The Grand at Manhattan Center, New York Scripps Networks Interactive Upfront When: Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.Where: Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, New York MTV Upfront When: Thursday, 4:30 p.m.Where: Beacon Theatre, New Y ...... Read More
Comments (0)How I Kept Tabs on the Boston Saga, One Absurdly Brief 'Push Notification' at a Time
My iPhone has been making lots of those familiar “buh-link!” noises lately, the ones that denote new messages. However, I knew I wasn’t getting loads of friendly notes from friends; instead, these were urgent news reminders, courtesy of push notifications through my CNN, NBC News and The New York Times apps, each chock full of news about unfolding events in Boston, Texas and e ...... Read More
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