Negotiations between LIN TV and Charter Communications over the airing of LIN’s broadcast signal have stalled, Broadcasting & Cable reports. It is not expected that the two companies will reach retransmission-consent agreement, according to an announcement by LIN TV, the…
Fox News has promoted Jay Wallace from executive producer of news to VP of news editorial, TVNewser reports, citing an internal memo. Wallace has been an executive producer since September 2006, the Web site notes. —Vlada Gelman
John Malone’s Discovery Holding Co. and Advance/Newhouse Programming Partnership reached a deal to combine their ownership stakes in Discovery Communications and create a new publicly held company to be called Discovery Communications Inc. Advance/Newhouse, which is privately held, owns one-third…
An appellate court engaged in “inappropriate second-guessing” in reversing an FCC decision that said expletives uttered during awards shows by Cher and Nicole Richie violated broadcast indecency rules, the government is telling the U.S. Supreme Court. In a petition filed…
Fox’s planned “remote-free TV” broadcasts of new series “Fringe” and “Dollhouse” are garnering pricing premiums of 35%-40% for commercials, Mediaweek reports, citing unnamed media agency sources. The two programs will air with half the usual number of commercials, clearing commercial…
The Federal Communications Commission will expand its DTV educational efforts with radio PSAs, billboards and transit ads, Broadcasting & Cable reports. PSAs will be available to more than 11,000 radio stations, while transit ads will be put up in 45…
The Tribune Co. is interested in talking to Jay Leno about a possible TV job at the company, the Chicago Tribune reports. Chief Operating Officer Randy Michaels noted the rebranded WGN America and Tribune Co.’s TV station group would provide…
An AOL poll found that “Pushing Daisies” was viewers’ favorite new show with 24% of the vote, Reuters reports. The CW’s “Gossip Girl” came in second with 20% and CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory” was third with 19%, followed by…
Showtime has given “The United States of Tara” a 12-episode order, the Hollywood Reporter says, citing unnamed sources. The series, starring Toni Collette and John Corbett, is written by Diablo Cody and produced by DreamWorksTV and Steven Spielberg, the newspaper…