The news last weekthat Participant Media would be shutting down shocked the entertainment industry, but it hit the documentary community with particular force.
08.04.2024 - 13:15 / variety.com
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor CBS is forecasting that viewer interest in the ins and outs of national weather is about to gain new wind. Wendy Fisher, a longtime senior executive at ABC News who ran its newsgathering operations, has been named to lead a newly formed national weather-news operation that will work with both national and local news programs across CBS’ news-and-stations unit. “This is a significant team effort, as Weather coverage plays a role in virtually every program produced by CBS News and Stations,” said Adrienne Roark, president of content development and integration for the Paramount Global division, in a memo sent to staffers Monday.
“This team will work in conjunction with the Stations’ weather teams and storytellers, to serve every newsroom, across every time zone. Ultimately, this will become the CBS Weather Network.” Environmental topics are taking on new importance as the global environment changes due to rising temperatures, with effects that have become hard to ignore and weather patterns more erratic. Several media companies have tried to focus their attention on such topics, with The Weather Channel weaving climate change into much of its programming and Fox Corp.
launching a 24/7 Fox Weather service across broadband and digital cable. CBS News took some steps in this direction in 2022 when it struck a content alliance with Weather Channel. “Weather is consistently among the most urgent and important content we provide local and national audiences.
Year after year, studies show it is the biggest driver of audience engagement. From life-impacting to life-threatening weather, audiences turn to us for community connection, context, and clarity,” says Roark. “With extreme weather events
.The news last weekthat Participant Media would be shutting down shocked the entertainment industry, but it hit the documentary community with particular force.
Coronation Street star Daniel Brocklebank has been flooded with compliments as he revealed he was starring in two soaps at once. Fans will best know the actor for playing Billy Mayhew in the ITV soap.
David Beckham is suing Mark Wahlberg! Uh-oh!
The weather may be hit or miss, but there's no denying that spring has well and truly sprung in the UK. If those glorious bursts of sunshine (in between the hail storms!) have got you thinking about spring cleaning, updating your decor and doing a wardrobe sort-out, we have just the duo to give you all of the top tips: our OK! columnists, the Style Sisters. Best friend duo Gemma Lilly and Charlotte Reddington have years of experience when it comes to sorting people's stuff out, and as a result, they have gained a strong celebrity following on their Instagram page.
Bethenny Frankel is revealing much more about the difficult marriage she had to ex-husband Jason Hoppy.
Katie Price has given fans a sneak peek into her cosy life with beau JJ Slater, sparking engagement whispers.The 45 year old icon took to Instagram on Sunday to share a candid clip of her reality star boyfriend, 31, lending a hand with the renovations at her notorious Mucky Mansion. While we're used to seeing Katie and her latest squeeze glamming it up for nights on the town or strutting their stuff at glitzy events, she's now shown us a different side to their romance.
Scottish army veterans have lined up a canine support team to take part in the Army Benevolent Fund’s Cateran Yomp.
Lorraine Kelly has broken her social media silence after stepping away from presenting her flagship ITV programme. While still noticeably absent from TV screens, she expressed her heartfelt sorrow upon hearing some sad news.The devoted dog owner to her beloved pooch Angus, Lorraine shared her condolences upon learning of the passing of crime novelist Hilary Bonner's cherished dog, Coco. This heartfelt tribute came during Lorraine's break from presenting her show during the half-term holiday.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor As Amazon ramps up its efforts to woo ad dollars that once were earmarked for traditional TV, it is also luring ad executives who tried to capture that money for TV networks. Krishan Bhatia, previously a senior executive at NBCUniversal who ran the business aspects of the company’s ad-sales division, is joining Amazon as vice president of global video advertising for Amazon Ads. He will be charged with leading a global sales seeking to monetize Amazon’s growing video operations tied to sports, Freevee, Twitch and Prime Video.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor John Dahl, an ESPN veteran who helped produce the much-lauded Michael Jordan documentary “The Last Dance,” is getting into gear at NASCAR, where he will lead new efforts to connect to fans with content. Dahl has been named senior vice president of content, and will start in his new role on May 1.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Richard Leibner, a celebrated talent agent who represented some of the best-known anchors in TV news, first at a firm he helped build and then for UTA, died Tuesday after a battle with cancer. He was 85 years old. In his time, Leibner served as an agent and adviser to Dan Rather, Mike Wallace, Ed Bradley, Morley Safer, Bob Simon, Steve Kroft, Bill Whitaker, Diane Sawyer, Chuck Scarborough, Paula Zahn, Brian Stelter and Fareed Zakaria, among others.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor CBS News is ready to launch a new salvo in TV’s streaming wars. With many of its rivals bolstering their streaming offerings in recent months, CBS News plans to broaden its efforts by debuting a new signature “whip-around” live-streamed program, “CBS News 24/7” that will rely on journalists both from the national news outlet as well as from CBS local stations — and serve as the new name of the broadband outlet.
Sophie Hinchliffe, aka Mrs Hinch, is said to be worth millions after becoming an Internet sensation with her cleaning hacks on Instagram, where she now boasts 4.8million followers. But it wasn't alway so, as the 34 year old mum-of-two took to Instagram to share a number of throwback snaps of her life over the past decade, with her followers requesting photos from certain dates.
Heavy rain and snow have sparked travel chaos as Storm Kathleen batters large parts of Scotland.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Video platform provider Vimeo named Philip Moyer, a senior exec at Google Cloud overseeing AI applied engineering and business development, as CEO and member of its board. Moyer’s appointment is effective April 8, 2024.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Does the sports world have room for April Action after weeks of March Madness? Fox aims to answer the question in 2025 when it launched a new post-season college-basketball tournament in tandem with large sports and music promote AEG Worldwide. The College Basketball Crown will rely on 16 teams drawn largely from the Big Ten, Big 12 and Big East conferences, with the possibility of other participants.
Scots star Laura Anderson will join the Capital Scotland breakfast show as Tallia Storm leaves the much-loved station.
Carolyn Giardina Luxury home entertainment tech company Kaleidescape — which develops and sells high-tech movie players and servers that deliver studio content to homes — is expanding into the cinema business with a sort of “on demand” service for library titles. In doing so it aims to make older titles more accessible in theaters and open up ancillary revenue opportunities for content owners and exhibitors by attracting more moviegoers.
Marta Balaga Emma Thompson is Team Finland all the way and she wants you to know it. In an emotional letter shared with local newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, the actor detailed her experience working on Brian Kirk’s upcoming action thriller “The Fisherwoman.” Set in Minnesota, the film will see two-time Oscar winner as a widow who, while trapped in a blizzard, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenager. “They had no snow [in Minnesota] owing to the changing climate, [so] the decision was taken to shoot all the exteriors in Finland.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor CAA, the agency that helped broker the recent deal that brought former Republican National Committee chief Ronna McDaniel to NBC News as a political analyst, has parted ways with her, according to a person familiar with the matter, as she wrangles with the media outlet over appropriate terms for an exit. McDaniel has been advised to seek an attorney to represent her, this person said. A representative for CAA did not respond immediately to a query seeking comment.