NBC’s owned-and-operated stations are relaunching their Web sites, starting with today’s unveiling of WMAQ-TV’s NBCChicago.com, formerly NBC5.com, TVNewsday reports. The new sites will replace the current station-centric sites and will offer content not only from the stations but also from…
Business networks are perhaps the only ones happy with the current financial crisis, and this is best exemplified by the year-old Fox Business Network’s recent deals with U.S. Cable and Insight Communications, Multichannel News reports. The two cable operators will…
San Francisco station KBWB-TV, owned by Granite Broadcasting, is going back to its roots, TVNewsday reports. The station is returning to its original call letters KOFY, pronounced like the drink, to better reflect, as Granite says, “the station’s shift back…
A pilot and photographer working for ABC affiliated Houston station KTRK-TV died today when their helicopter crashed in nearby Montgomery County, Texas, the Houston Chronicle reports. No information regarding the cause of the crash has been made available, but the…
CNN has announced it will open a new broadcast center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where it plans to produce live daily programming on the Middle East. The new studio will open in Abu Dhabi’s Media Zone sometime in…
Yes! Mike Fratello has joined the YES Network as an analyst for the network’s New Jersey Nets basketball telecasts. Mr. Fratello joins play-by-play announcer Marv Albert, with whom he currently calls games for TNT’s national NBC telecasts, and analyst Jim…
Royal Philips Electronics’ third-quarter loss from its television-making operations widened as sales fell while it prepared to outsource its TV sales in North America to cut operating losses. The Dutch conglomerate’s TV operating loss widened 70% to $98.6 million from…
Martin Cass has been named president of media agency Carat’s U.S. Operation, MediaWeek reports. “As a leader at our organization who has served in a variety of roles, Martin has an in-depth knowledge of our culture and clients,” said Sarah…
“Prison Break” producers Marty Adelstein and Paul Scheuring are readying separate projects at 20th Century Fox Television. With Mr. Adelstein’s help, CBS and 20th Century Fox Television are looking to reinvent “The Verdict,” the Oscar-nominated 1982 legal thriller that starred…