Filed under: BROADCAST/CABLE | Tags: Bain Capital, Blackstone Group, HBO, Landmark Communications, NBC, NBC Universal, NBC Weather Plus, Weather Channel
HBO on Sunday will premiere “Generation Kill,” a seven-part miniseries about the Iraq war. At $55 million, the miniseries is being described as the most expensive production to date on the conflict, and it comes from David Simon, the man behind HBO’s “The Wire.” (The Sun (Baltimore) 7/6)
Click the image below for the site and a trailer of the new series. Love David Simon. The Wire still stands as my most favorite TV series of all time. Marauder love on this one even though the Iraq war conflict plot seems a bit over-aired at this point in time.
NBC Universal — along with partners Bain Capital and the Blackstone Group — have announced a deal to acquire The Weather Channel, which is said to reach 96 million basic cable households, from Landmark Communications. NBCU intends to keep The Weather Channel running as a separate operation, having no plans to merge it with its NBC Weather Plus. (The New York Times 7/7, The Wall Street Journal 7/7)
NBC Universal is developing a new audience measurement system that can chart viewership of an event over several different media vehicles. The company, for instance, will issue its new Total Audience Measurement Index on a daily basis during this summer’s Olympics, for channels including NBC, Oxygen and CNBC and their corresponding Web sites. (Mediaweek 7/7, The Wall Street Journal 7/7)
Michael Phelps competes in the 100-meter butterfly final at Saturday’s U.S. Olympic trials in Omaha, Neb.
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