Bob Schieffer will anchor CBS’ “Face the Nation” this Sunday from the Xcel Center in St. Paul, Minn., where the Republican National Convention is being held. He will be joined by former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Sen. Joseph…
“CSI” creator Anthony Zuiker has signed a seven-figure deal with publishing company Dutton, Daily Variety reports. Zuiker will create a series of suspense-thriller “digital novels,” a multiplatform experience that incorporates book reading, a social networking site and video. Readers will…
In a cost-cutting move, NBC News will move its London headquarters, TVNewser reports. Staff in the London bureau will share a new, state-of-the-art digital workspace with ITV News, the news division of British broadcaster ITN. Some NBC employees will be…
Transmitter makers are struggling to meet demand from U.S. broadcasters trying to prepare for February’s switchover to all-digital broadcasts, TVNewsday reports. Less than 60% of full-power TV stations are ready for the switch, TVNewsday says, citing a report from the…
Clark Morehouse, general manager and executive vice president at Tribune Entertainment, is leaving the company to join digital network .2, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Morehouse will serve at .2 as senior VP and chief revenue officer. Other recent departures at…
Traditional 30-second television commercials likely will no longer exist 10 years from now, Advertising Age reports. Such spots will be replaced by more specialized advertisements, such as interactive ads that will allow viewers to choose from a batch of commercials…
Production music producer 615 Music has named Shelley Walker its first director of licensing for its television network division, TVNewsday reports. Walker, whose appointment aims to give the company more of a presence in the Hollywood marketplace, will seek new…
No. 2 U.S. satellite-television service Dish Network told the Federal Communications Commission that broadcasters are trying to triple carriage rates in advance of the switchover to all-digital broadcasts in February, Multichannel News reports. Dish says a so-called quiet period, in…
About 97% of U.S. television stations will be prepared for the switchover to all-digital broadcasts in February, TVNewsday reports, citing a report from the Federal Communications Commission. Almost all of the 60 stations that won’t be ready will seek a…
Sinclair Broadcasting’s pending $85 million acquisition from Raycom of CBS affiliate WTVR-TV in Richmond, Va., was turned down by the U.S. Justice Department because of antitrust concerns, TVNewsday reports. With the purchase, Sinclair would have owned both the Fox and…