Late newscasts on local stations took less of a ratings hit than the network primetime shows that preceded them, TelevisionWeek reports, citing Katz Television Group’s Bill Carroll. CBS and its affiliates’ news broadcast ratings fell the most while news broadcasts…
The charity that oversaw funding from the “American Idol” charity initiative Idol Gives Back last season declined to release its fund-raising figures, saying it would meet a May deadline to do so, the New York Times reports. “Idol” host Ryan…
Tribune Co.’s Sam Zell has hired radio executives to spur sales and cut losses at the company’s television stations and newspaper outlets, the Wall Street Journal reports. Mr. Zell, who took over Tribune in December, has hired a handful of…
Cablevision sports network MSG will start showing movies, including “Requiem for a Heavyweight” and the Tom Cruise-staring “All the Right Moves,” Daily Variety reports. MSG, which lost the New York Yankees in 2002 and the New York Mets four years…
Online video content management company Brightcove has inked distribution deals with social networking sites Bebo and Slide, Web video sites Meebo and Veoh and widget creator and distributor RockYou. Through the deal, Brightcove’s customers will have access to the new…
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s positions on media issues include concerns about consolidation, encouragement of an improved ratings system and criticism of advertisements encouraging unhealthy foods for children, TelevisionWeek reports. Republican candidate John McCain led a senate committee that oversaw the…
ABC News President David Westin secured the network an interview with General David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Iraq, before his hearing with Congress this week by visiting him personally in Baghdad in February, the New York Times reports. Mr….
Music-oriented channel Music Choice started changing the programming on its demand service in an effort to get viewers to watch on a more regular basis, TelevisionWeek reports. While primarily offering music videos, the channel has started producing original programs covering…
Children’s network PBS Kids Sprout next month will start airing videos submitted by its family audience between regular shows such as “Jay Jay the Jet Plane” and “Dragon Tales,” Multichannel News reports. The network, owned by Comcast, Hit Entertainment, PBS…