Experts predict Mo’Nique to win supporting actress at Oscars
While all six of these Oscar pundits said the supporting actress Oscar will go to Mo’Nique from “Precious,” they were surveyed before Gold Derby broke the news that she was skipping the New York Film Critics Circle soiree. Such shenanigans could cost this Hollywood outsider the ultimate prize. Below, the rankings of Edward Douglas (Comingsoon.net), Dave Karger (Entertainment Weekly), Mark Olsen (The Envelope), Richard Rushfield (Gawker), Peter Travers (Rolling Stone) and me. See experts’ predictions of the best actor race here, best actress race here, best supporting actor here and best picture here. Contenders are ranked according to their likelihood of winning. ● More from: Gold Derby | Los Angeles Times
A Proposal From Apple to Offer Online TV Subscriptions Stirs Network Interest
Apple is eliciting tentative interest from some networks in its proposal to offer a TV subscription package via the Internet.
Theoretically, customers would be able to tune in online, allowing them to cancel their cable or satellite subscriptions. ● More from: NYTimes.com
Holiday lull: CBS wins with repeats
Averages a 2.4 in 18-49s, besting originals
The holiday lull seems to have set in on broadcast. With an entire lineup of repeats, CBS finished first last night, as only NBC offered all-original programming.
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CBS, Disney Examine Apple’s TV-Subscription Service
CBS Corp. and Walt Disney Co. are considering participating in Apple Inc.’s plan to offer television subscriptions over the Internet, according to people familiar with the matter, as Apple prepares a potential new competitor to cable and satellite TV. ● More from: WSJ.com
Outlook for radio in 2010: More struggle
Declines in ad spending will ease next year
Along with newspapers and magazines, radio has been particularly hard hit by the recession.
Radio advertising hasn’t seen a year-to-year rise in some two and a half years, and year to date in 2009 ad spending is off another 22.8 percent, according to TNS Media Intelligence. ● More from: Media Life Magazine
Stern’s threat to quit Sirius could be empty talk
Howard Stern is threatening to leave Sirius XM Radio Inc. now that the shock jock and the satellite radio provider are getting set to enter contract talks in 2010.
That threat probably seems less daunting to Sirius than it once would have. Sirius originally wanted Stern so badly that it gave him the most lucrative radio contract ever, a five-year deal that started in 2006 and paid him $500 million in cash and stock. ● More from: The Associated Press
Outlook for cable in 2010: Up and up
Recovery may already be setting in for the medium
Only a handful of media have held up well during this recession, and cable television is certainly one of them.
Third-quarter numbers suggest that the recovery so many other media are hoping for has already begun for cable. Next year should bring even better advertising numbers, as well as a continuing rise in viewership, buzz and awards for both basic and premium cable networks. ● More from: Media Life Magazine
