Media — paidContent

TVGuide.com-paidContent Survey Shows Big Spike In Online, Time-Shifted TV

By Ingrid Lunden Nov. 3, 2011, 7:00pm Comments Off

Consumers are watching more TV today than ever before, but that increased consumption is rapidly changing with the times. According to a new… Read More »

TV Guide Online’s Greenberg Takes Top Digital Post At Time Inc. Lifestyle Group

By David Kaplan Feb. 25, 2010, 10:18pm Comments Off

Paul Greenberg (image, left) is leaving his job as EVP/GM at TV Guide Online to become digital president of Time (NYSE: TWX) Inc.’s Lifestyl… Read More »

TV Guide President Ryan O’Hara Leaving, Nine Months After Lionsgate Bought It

By Rafat Ali Feb. 5, 2010, 10:24pm Comments Off

More trouble and reorg continues at TV Guide Network: Ryan O’Hara, president of TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com is leaving to take a new po… Read More »

TV Guide Network And MTV’s TV Land Pick Up Rights To ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’

By Joseph Tartakoff Nov. 9, 2009, 12:15pm Comments Off

A second big pick up for the TV Guide Network. Along with MTV’s TV Land, it’s buying the basic cable and some broadband, wireless and VOD ri… Read More »

TV Guide Magazine Cuts Include Publisher, Four Other Senior Staff

By Rafat Ali Oct. 2, 2009, 2:36am Comments Off

BusinessWeek employees, read this carefully. Could be your potential future owner. TV Guide magazine, now owned by PE Firm OpenGate Capital… Read More »

TV Guide Network Gets Cable Exclusive for Ugly Betty; Includes Some Streaming

By Staci D. Kramer Jul. 22, 2009, 6:50pm Comments Off

An interesting announcement from TV Guide Network as it continues the push to be seen as an entertainment destination. In its first major mo… Read More »

Industry Moves: Kliger Joins TV Guide As Interim CEO; Can He Save It?

By Rafat Ali Jul. 8, 2009, 4:07am 1 Comment

In a surprise move, TV Guide magazine, now owned by PE firm OpenGate Capital, has appointed former Hachette CEO and magazine industry vet Ja… Read More »

Lionsgate Sells 49 Percent of TV Guide To Former Bidder One Equity, For $123 Million

By Rafat Ali May. 29, 2009, 5:24am Comments Off

That was quick, and brings back things full circle, sort of: Lionsgate Entertainment has sold off 49 percent stake in TV Guide network and t… Read More »

Earnings: Macrovision Swings To Loss On Writedowns Related To TV Guide Sale

By David Kaplan Feb. 11, 2009, 3:11am Comments Off

Macrovision (NSDQ: MVSN) posted a $209.9 million ($2.06 per share) GAAP net loss in Q4versus $9.2 million in profits the year before. That l… Read More »

Macrovision Backtracks On TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com Sale; Chooses Lionsgate Instead

By Tameka Kee Jan. 6, 2009, 9:20am Comments Off

The TV Guide saga continues … Macrovision (NSDQ: MVSN) has done an about-face and found a very interesting new buyer for its TV Guide Netw… Read More »

Macrovision Sells Off TV Guide Network For Up To $300 Million; Shocker: Also Sells Online

By Rafat Ali Dec. 18, 2008, 7:56pm 2 Comments

Macrovision (NSDQ: MVSN) is almost done with most of its dispositions, and after selling off its TV Guide magazine for $1 to OpenGate Capita… Read More »

TV Guide’s Print Buyer To Launch A New Site, Separate From TVGuide.com

By Rafat Ali Dec. 8, 2008, 10:19am Comments Off

TV Guide, the print magazine now under the ownership of LA-based private equity firm OpenGate Capital, plans to launch a new website (at TVG… Read More »

Desperate Times: TVGuide Sold For A Buck…Really

TV Guide Magazine Sold To OpenGate Capital; Online Still With Macrovision

TV Guide Network Being Sold Separately From Mag; Book Finally Out

Earnings: Macrovision Call: TVGuide Mag To Be Sold Without Site