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Monthly Archives : April 2008

FCC Rejects Fox Fine Appeal

Fox’s request to reconsider the $91,000 indecency fine levied against 13 of its stations has been rejected by the FCC, according to Broadcasting & Cable. The FCC claims the network exceeded the page limit in its petition, which they say…

Echo Bridge Acquires Alliance Atlantis

Echo Bridge Entertainment has signed a deal to acquire Alliance Atlantis International Distribution from Goldman Sachs. The deal gives Echo Bridge distribution rights to approximately 7,500 titles and 5,500 hours of first-run and catalog programming from Alliance Atlantis. The worldwide…

What About the Little Guys?

If business wasn’t already tough for the independent Web video creators, consider these latest numbers from Nielsen Online. In the month of February, online consumers watched 6.3 billion total streams of video on the Internet, according to Nielsen Online. Not…

Comcast-Starcom Study Shows Success With Addressable Ads

Comcast Spotlight, the ad sales division of Comcast Cable, and media agency Starcom MediaVest Group have released the latest results of their study in addressable advertising and, based on its success, disclosed plans to launch a second trial this year….

Wolf on Wrong Side of ‘Law’ Ruling

“Law & Order” creator Dick Wolf lost an arbitration ruling to NBC Universal over cable terms for two of the show’s spinoffs, which air on USA Network, Web site DeadlineHollywoodDaily reports. Mr. Wolf is also in a contract dispute with…

Sony Signs Writers Dropped in Strike

Sony Pictures Television signed more than 10 TV writers, many of whom were released by other studios during the Writers Guild of America strike, Daily Variety reports. Graham Yost of “Boomtown,” David Guarascio and Moses Port of “Aliens in America,”…

‘Smallville’ Creators Make Big Exit

“Smallville” creators Al Gough and Miles Millar won’t return for the show’s eighth season, saying on their Web site that “we achieved what we set out to do,” Daily Variety reports. Executive producers Darren Swimmer, Todd Slavkin and Kelly Souders…

Nielsen Says Strike Didn’t Free the Couch

The Writers Guild of America strike didn’t cut down the amount of time Americans spent in front of the television, the Hollywood Reporter says, citing a Nielsen survey. An increase in cable and video on demand made up for the…

Nets Add to Pilot Casts

Fox signed Olivia Williams, who appeared in “X-Men: The Last Stand,” to the cast of the pilot “Dollhouse,” Daily Variety reports. CBS added Eion Bailey, whose credits include “Fight Club” and “Almost Famous,” to medical pilot “Can Openers,” the newspaper…

‘Hill’ Reign Extended by Fox

Fox ordered a 13th season of animated comedy “King of the Hill,” the second-longest running sitcom behind “The Simpsons,” Daily Variety reports. Fox ordered 13 new episodes, which will be sufficient for another season because so many episodes were written…