Travel Channel

How to Make Web Video That Looks Like TV: Make Web Video About a TV Show

Peter Kafka in Media on March 5 at 8:00 am PT

A show about rock-star food dude Anthony Bourdain’s show. A whole lot cheaper than making the show itself.

HomeAway Hopes Golden Globes Ad Can Fix Super Bowl Blunder

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 15 at 6:00 am PT

The new campaign — set to the tune of “Let’s Stay Together,” by Al Green — is much more subtle than last year’s ad.

Oyster Makes Searching for a Hotel a More Visually Stimulating Experience

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 27, 2011 at 7:46 am PT

Going forward, Oyster.com, which is partially owned by the Travel Channel, will be less about hotel reviews and more about photos.

It's Back! Scripps' Shopzilla, Nearly Left for Dead, Growing Again.

Peter Kafka in Media on February 10, 2011 at 9:50 am PT

The comparison shopping site that Scripps Network Interactive was reportedly desperate to get rid of not long ago has rebounded.

Scripps Books Travel Channel in $975 Million Deal

Peter Kafka in Media on November 5, 2009 at 5:47 am PT

It’s official: Scripps Networks Interactive has won the Travel Channel auction. In a deal that values the channel at $975 million, Scripps will acquire a majority interest in the property while current owner Cox retains a 35 percent stake. News Corp., among others, had been bidding for the channel.

Surf’s Up? News Corp. Mulling Sale of “Action Sports” Channel Fuel TV.

Peter Kafka in Media on October 29, 2009 at 11:52 am PT

News Corp. is reportedly interested in purchasing the Travel Channel from Cox for something like $800 million. Here’s one way to help pay for a small piece of that deal: Sell off Fuel TV, its modest surf, skate and snowboard-themed cable channel.