The HBO dream was started by airing their first program which was to be “Sometimes a Great Notion”. This featured the likes of Paul Newman and Henry Fonda and was extremely popular with viewers. Next, a meeting between the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks at the NHL hockey game was aired and again, [...]

There was a huge problem though and that was the strength of competitors. The reality was that how ever hard the crew tried, they were still trailing the likes of Fox News and CNN. Obviously this was a huge battle to have on their hands, as the much more established two channels had a huge [...]

Over the years, various scoring bugs have been tried and tested. One of the most memorable for sports fans was the theme used from 2001-2003. It was a black rectangle that could be seen through, incorporating a small baseball graphic for all the major airings of baseball games. Of course, the boxes were changed for [...]

A company or organization is usually only as strong as the people that are running it. That being said, CNN was looking for a new change to strengthen their position in the new broadcasting industry. In 2004, this was eventually the case, with Jonathan Klein being appointed as the newly acting president of the company. [...]

In the past, MSNBC broadcasts have been criticized slightly. Many have suggested that it is one of the best channels around, where as other suggest that the news reports are extremely biased. Some have suggested that its prime time viewing is among the worse for bias. That being said MSNBC have suggested that they aim [...]

European based sporting events are something that has not been big with the channel. That being said they are trying their best to air some of the better events in Europe. One of the biggest European events of the year is the UEFA Champions League final. This was eventually seen on Fox Sports on May [...]

Home Box Office, like many premium cable television networks is a subsidiary of the huge corporation that is Time Warner. Since its launch it has gone from strength to strength and is now available in over 150 countries. It is a dominant force of 24/7 paid TV in the United States and either known as [...]

After realizing this, the team set to work in getting the National Geographic Channel launched in the United States. By January 2001, the producers had everything they needed to launch it. Thanks to a collective effort between National Geographic Television & Film and Fox Cable Networks, the new channel was born and they expected it [...]

CBS were not always one of the world leaders in delivering news forecasts and it did take a great deal of work for them to reach their current state. Back in the 30s, CBS was simply a radio broadcaster with a fairly small following. Eventually it was time for the team of Paley, Ed Klauber [...]

This led to them changing the 9 O’clock news being moved to 10pm, where as other parts of the news were segmented. The BBC split down into the BBC World, BBC Prime and of course, they introduced the BBC News 24 back in 1997. Having a channel dedicated to news 24 hours a day meant [...]