Larry King isn’t feeling the love from the John McCain campaign, and he’s letting everyone know in his blog, TVNewser reports. A post in King’s CNN blog is titled, “McCain and Letterman make up; Is LKL next?” In July, the…
The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing a request from broadcasters that would put its report on unused digital airwaves, or white spaces, up for public comment before the panel votes on the issue Nov. 4, Broadcasting & Cable reports. “This…
New York Magazine catches up with Fox News Channel contributing pundit Howard Wolfson, a political operative, former Hillary Clinton campaign staffer and “skillful member of the permanent political class” in Washington. Like its drafting of former White House aide Karl…
NBC Universal’s Telemundo has inked a deal with Mexican media giant Televisa, Daily Variety reports. Televisa will distribute Telemundo’s original content via its digital and wireless platforms in Mexico, Variety says. The digital platform partnership is just another in a…
LG Electronics, the world’s third-largest television maker, said today that its TV-making operation turned its third consecutive quarterly operating profit on a continued increase in demand for its flat-screen TVs. The South Korea-based company’s digital-display unit’s operating profit was $15…
CBS has signed an affiliation agreement with WENY-DT in Elmira (Corning), N.Y., with a sign-on date effective Jan. 1, 2009. Lilly Broadcasting of Pennsylvania owns WENY-DT, in addition to Erie, Pa.’s WSEE-TV, another CBS affiliate. “This marks the first time…
Comcast wants in on a co-production deal not unlike the partnership between DirecTV and NBC for its series “Friday Night Lights,” Broadcasting & Cable reports. The cable company was actually in the race to land “Lights” but eventually lost out…
“Survivor” host Jeff Probst is creating a new reality pilot for CBS, Entertainment Weekly reports. “Live Like You’re Dying,” to be hosted by Probst, will surely bring out the Kleenex as cameras follow a person with a terminal illness living…
A panel of high-level media executives convened last week in New York for Innovation 360, presented by TelevisionWeek. Examining the complex challenges of guiding their various companies during tough economic times were Bruce Campbell, president of digital media and corporate…
Tina Fey impersonating Sarah Palin on “Saturday Night Live” isn’t just funny, it’s become a landmark in terms of how people watch television and offers a glimpse of the future, the Associated Press reports. More people have been watching Fey…