Schurz Communications acquired three low-power televisions stations in South Bend, Ind., from Weigel Broadcasting, TVNewsday reports. Schurz already owned CBS’s full-power affiliate in South Bend, WSBT-TV, TVNewsday says. —Danny King
Univision Communications’ Television Stations Group president Terry Mackin left his post with the company today, TVNewsDay reports. Mackin arrived at Univision five months ago from Hearst-Argyle Television. A Univision rep confirmed his departure, but did not disclose further information, the…
Skip Caray, who has been an announcer for baseball’s Atlanta Braves for 33 seasons, died in his sleep at his Atlanta home Sunday, the Associated Press reports. Caray, whose father was iconic Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Caray, is survived by…
“Entertainment Tonight” will be the primary entertainment news provider for Microsoft’s MSN Web site, the world’s seventh-most popular Internet portal, Broadcasting & Cable reports. CBS’ “ET,” which already provides some news for MSN, in September will have its brand featured…
Lifetime Networks will start a 14-stop bus tour designed to encourage women to register to vote while giving their opinions in videos that will be aired by the network, Multichannel News says. The tour, which will stop in both Denver…
MTV Networks promoted Rebecca Keszkowski to vice president of digital integrated marketing from senior director of Spike TV’s digital entertainment group, Multichannel News says. Ms. Keszkowski, who joined Spike in 2003, will head the marketing of Web sites for Comedy…
An episode of NBC’s “Law & Order: SVU” this fall will feature Josh Charles and Teri Polo, who played a couple on Aaron Sorkin’s series “Sports Night,” Entertainment Weekly reports. Polo and Charles will play a husband and wife whose…
Online video leader YouTube will stream coverage of Beijing’s Olympic Games to 77 countries where digital rights haven’t been sold, the Associated Press reports, citing the International Olympic Committee. Olympics news, highlights and daily clips will be sent primarily to…
News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch said today that his company would add six regional television channels in India, the New York Times reports. News Corp. also launched a new stock index, called the Dow Jones India Titans, to track stock…
Cablevision received a favorable court ruling today related to its pending launch of a digital video recorder service after a federal appeals court in Manhattan threw out an earlier ruling blocking its release, Reuters reports. Film and TV content producers…