A stronger box office showing by Viacom's Paramount film studio offset weaker advertising revenues than expected at US cable channels such as MTV in the second[...]

The websites will court fans of such activities as surfing, skateboarding, motocross and snowboarding that don't get carried on mainstream TV. ESPN, looking beyond the middle-aged male sports fan, will unveil a new digital strategy Wednesday aimed at the Dogtown crowd.[...]

NBC finally let us know how long the delay would be between Olympics events appearing on television and then online. According to an NBC rep, popular events like swimming and gymnastics will run live in prime time TV on the East Coast, will be delayed for the Pacific Coast and [...]

Viacom (NYSE: VIA), parent of MTV and Rock Band, reported Q2 revenue of $3.85 billion a 21 percent increase from $3.18 billion in the year-ago quarter. The top line appears well ahead of Wall St. estimates of $3.55 billion. Operating income grew 13 percent to $792 million from $702 million [...]

Reality shows, newsmagazines and reruns of scripted series dominated prime-time schedules last week, so that's what viewers watched. Read More Permalink[...]

The NBC Experience Store is odd. It is, there's no denying it, even if you work at NBC Universal. There are bobble head dolls, sparkly tanktops, life-size cardboard cutouts of Dwight Shrute, green "Psych" mugs, and "Monk" wet wipes. Hey, that's why it's called the NBC Experience! The real treat [...]