Thursday, September 2, 2010

TBS: Conan to 11/Lopes to 12 (sound familiar?)

April 13, 2010 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under Blog, People

Lets see…Conan moves to 12 if Jay moves from 10 to 11:30? Now TBS has Conan moving in at 11 and George Lopez moves to 12? from Boston.com Conan O’Brien began his late-night career nearly two decades ago with a remarkable feat of reinvention, transforming himself from a writer with virtually no performing experience into [...]

Ellis Henican: Obama Comedy Duel

June 10, 2009 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under Events & Shows, People

Now that Ellis has met The Obama Girl he is ready for action! “OBAMA COMEDY DUEL” On the left: ELLIS HENICAN (Fox, Newsday, Cartoon Network) On the right: JIM MENDRINOS (Fox, Comedy Central, Idiot’s Guide) Moderator: Comedian LEIGHANN LORD Standing Up for — and against — America’s 44th President “A Fun Show for Anyone Who [...]

Disney Joins Hulu

April 30, 2009 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under Industry News

How cool is this? Disney joins Hulu Disney has finally confirmed that full-length programming from ABC will join the line-up of online video service Hulu and that the Mouse is taking a stake in the NBC Universal/News Corp joint venture as part of the deal.

Big Changes at FOX

March 12, 2009 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under Industry News

From Forbes.com Murdoch Shakes Up Fox Lacey Rose, 03.12.09, 09:20 PM EDT News Corp. chief puts movie exec in charge of television unit. As promised, change is coming to News Corp. Peter Liguori is out as chairman of entertainment at television unit Fox Broadcasting, to be replaced by Fox Searchlight chief Peter Rice.

NY Times: YouTube Pales Next to Hulu’s Spiffy Multiplex

November 11, 2008 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under Technology

For those of you who weren’t aware, our December guest speaker, NBC Universal Chief Technology Officer, George Kliavkoff is our guest speaker. George is the architect behind Hulu, website that offers free, advertiser supported streaming video of TV shows and movies from NBC, FOX and many other networks and studios. I found the following article [...]