Donald J. Trump, NBC and Paula M. Shugart, President, Miss Universe Organization, announced that the 56th Annual Miss Universe Competition will air live from Mexico City, Mexico. The glamorous live event, featuring some of the
world’s most beautiful women, will air from the National Auditorium (Auditorio Nacional), on NBC and Telemundo on Monday, May 28, 2007 from 9-11 p.m. ET.
Media
Telemundo to broadcast Miss Universe 2007 from Mexico City.
Pappas Telecasting terminates Azteca America affiliation.
Pappas Telecasting Companies announced that it has terminated its affiliation agreements with the Azteca America Network in all markets. The stations and Designated Market Areas (DMAs) affected are KAZH-TV (Houston), KTNC-TV (San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose and Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto), KAZR-CA (Reno), KAZO-LP (Omaha), and KAZJ-LP/KAZS-LP (Sioux City, Iowa). As of June 30, 2007, Azteca America programming will cease on these stations.
¡Univision Sold!
Univision Communications Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition by Broadcasting Media Partners Inc. (“BMP”), an investor group including Madison Dearborn Partners, Providence Equity Partners, TPG, Thomas H. Lee Partners, and Saban Capital Group, for $36.25 per share in cash. The transaction was originally announced on June 27, 2006.
New Podcasting statistics – is The Glass Half-Full, or Half-Empty?
Recently, I presented an update to last year’s Podcasting study to the Corporate Podcasting Summit in London, with data from the yet-to-be-released Arbitron/Edison Internet and Multimedia 2007 study–big thanks to Arbitron for making this early release possible. The most accurate thing one can say about the state of Podcast consumption in 2007, now that we have some trending under our belts, is that podcasters face some challenges ahead, but the rewards for success are great.
‘Primetime’ U.S. Video Streaming activity occurs on weekdays between 5-8 P.M.
comScore released the latest data on the U.S. streaming video market from its Video Metrix service. In January, nearly 123 million people in the U.S. (70 percent of the total U.S. Internet audience) viewed 7.2 billion videos online. The average video streamer viewed 59 streams during the course of the month — nearly two videos per day — and viewed an average of 151 minutes of video online during the month, with the average viewing time per video registering 2.6 minutes.
Broadband zooms around the World.
Global broadband expansion is moving millions into the fast lane.
With the United States and China the two largest broadband markets in the world — with 54.6 million and 46.6 million broadband households, respectively — there were approximately 250 million broadband households worldwide at the end of 2006.
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences goes to court to stop ‘Emmys en Español’.
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Los Angeles) is challenging the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in court to stop presenting Emmy Awards to Spanish-Language Television and Broadband Producers.
