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Fox Television Studios tries new model for network TV by Company Town

When Emiliano Calemzuk was tapped by Peter Chernin to take over News Corp.'s Fox Television Studios, the media giant's boutique production house, the first thing he did was move its offices off the Fox lot in Century City and away...
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Discovery board doesn't hear a lot about Oprah by Company Town

Discovery Communications' board of directors held its quarterly meeting today but anyone looking for news about Oprah Winfrey and her cable network was sorely disappointed. While some of the cable programming giant's top executives made glowing...

Disney plans new soundstage and production facility in Santa Clarita Valley by Company Town

The Walt Disney Co. today filed plans to build a sprawling soundstage and production complex on the northwest corner of its Golden Oak Ranch in the Santa Clarita Valley. The proposed Disney/ABC Studios at the Ranch would occupy 56 acres...
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Shopping "Southland" by Company Town

So the folks behind the recently canceled "Southland" are working the phones today, hitting up every cable network they can think of that might be interested in the cop drama. First on everyone's list for taking the departed NBC drama.....
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L.A. schools are learning the Hollywood game by Company Town

L.A. schools are getting an education in Hollywood: It pays to be film-friendly. Half a dozen films and TV series filmed in the Los Angeles Unified School District this summer, contributing nearly $1 million in revenue to the district. That's...

DVR usage growing fast, and that's good and bad for TV by Company Town

Digital video recorders are a double-edged sword for the broadcast networks and a single-edged one for cable channels, according to a lengthy report from Sanford C. Bernstein Co. media analyst Michael Nathanson. With DVR penetration near the 30% mark...
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Disney's Iger needs to move quickly to name new studio chief by Company Town

Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger needs to act quickly to replace studio head *** Cook if he wants to avoid further destabilizing Walt Disney Studios. Cook's abrupt departure has been a source of anxiety and distraction for the...
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Ad spending 2009: Even media is buying less media by Company Town

How brutal is the advertising market? Even big media isn't spending as much on big media. Advertising tracker TNS Media Intelligence this morning issued the grim news that ad spending plummeted 14.3% to $60.87 billion during the first six months....
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Big media's new research coalition's mixed message by Company Town

It's not an academic exercise. No, it's a research foundation. It's a competitor to Nielsen. No, it's not a slap at Nielsen at all. Confused? We are too. The conference call detailing the media industry's creation of the Coalition...
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Shortsighted or smart? TNT's 'Saving Grace' has plug pulled by producers by Company Town

TNT issued a press release today announcing its plans for a shortened nine-episode final season of "Saving Grace," the cable network's at-times risque drama starring Oscar winner Holly Hunter. Alas, these are not the "plans" TNT...
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Television delivers strong quarter for Lions Gate by Company Town

Lions Gate Entertainment posted better-than-expected results for the fiscal first quarter: Revenue grew 30%, thanks in large part to gains from television production and first full-quarter revenue from its recent TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com acquisition...
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AFTRA's Roberta Reardon, unopposed, elected to second term by Company Town

Call it the least anticipated union election in Hollywood. Roberta Reardon on Sunday was reelected for another two-year term as president of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, which represents 70,000 actors, recording artists and...
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Want a better spot on the dial in New York City? Open up your wallet. by Company Town

The price of real estate is rising in New York — at least on the TV dial. Time Warner Cable just rejiggered its lineup of channels in the Big Apple on its cable systems, and the cost of moving to...
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Networks hedge their bets with chump insurance by Company Town

When ABC's highly anticipated new drama "FlashForward" (pictured) premieres in September, HBO probably will be scrutinizing its performance just as much as the alphabet network. That's because the pay cable channel negotiated a nice...
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Big broadcaster Sinclair in dire straits by Company Town

Another big broadcaster may be on the verge of bankruptcy. Baltimore-based Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., which is controlled by David Smith and his family and operates 58 television stations, said if it can't restructure its heavy debt load it will...
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