Topic: Television

Why do some people excel in public venues like school or work but sometimes fail in private ventures like losing weight or saving money? They lack peer pressure in their private lives. You work harder when everyone’s watching. It’s like "The Hunger Games"…without the mass slaughter of children.    Read More

The National Cable and Telecom show is all about the convergence of content, distribution and technology, and today I had the pleasure of moderating a panel at NCTA's annual show that addressed all those issues.    Read More

David Zaslav's Discovery Communications is bucking the trend, and proving that content is king. Despite the fact that overall cable ratings are flat and broadcast ratings fell 7 percent last quarter, Discovery grew US ratings 6 percent.   Read More

While the cable industry celebrates its accomplishments — growing distribution, advertising revenue, etc. — there are also some looming questions about the industry's transition to the digital future.   Read More

For those of you a little rattled by the first day of trading Facebook stock — there's a drink for that.   Read More

Have you heard that Facebook is going public with an IPO this week? It's going to do great things for all people.    Read More

In the budget revision released this week by California Governor Jerry Brown, there was only one thing to “like”—Facebook.    Read More

While the center of the universe this week for Wall Street and the IPO world is Facebook’s long-awaited debut to the public market, the biggest ongoing story related to the IPO market is the enactment last month of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act.    Read More

When Activision Blizzard’s long-awaited Diablo III went on sale at midnight, it had already broken sales records. Once players got their hands on the game, they also overloaded Activision Blizzard's servers.   Read More

He also comments on how Disney is looking at returning value to shareholders, the success of "The Avengers" movie franchise and the failure of "John Carter."   Read More