MarketWatch is skeptical of Viacom chief Sumner Redstone’s recent statement about his cinema exhibition company, National Amusements, which read, “I am pleased that talks with National Amusements’ banks and noteholders are proceeding in a smooth and constructive manner.” MarketWatch begs…
Fox Business Network is going live tomorrow for eight hours to cover the World Economic Summit in Washington, TVNewser reports. Neil Cavuto will report live from the White House while Stuart Varney, Cheryl Casone, Tom Sullivan and Dagen McDowell anchor…
Gannett has acquired social media services provider Ripple6, which becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Gannett. Ripple6 currently powers Gannett’s MomsLikeMe.com, social media properties for Procter & Gamble and the soon-to-launch MixingBowl.com—a social network around meals and meal planning from…
“Pushing Daisies” may be close to pushing daisies. According to industry sources familiar with the situation, ABC has decided not to produce any more episodes of the critically beloved show this season. Word of the show’s apparent death began spreading…
NBC’s “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” special will feature guests Beyoncé, Tony Bennett, Neil Boyd, the Jonas Brothers, Harry Connick Jr., David Cook and Rosie O’Donnell. The special, which will be broadcast Dec. 3 from New York City’s Rockefeller Center, also…
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association has called on Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to rescind a letter to cable operators inquiring about the move of some channels from analog to digital tiers, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The NCTA…
About a half-dozen station groups have agreed to lease digital television spectrum to Sezmi, the planned over-the-air multichannel TV service, TVNewsday reports. The names of the station groups weren’t disclosed because of an official announcement planned for January, but Sezmi…
Research by the Leichtman Research Group found high-definition television sets are slowly becoming the de rigeur way to watch TV, with 34% of American households owning at least one HDTV, Multichannel News reports In the past 12 months, HDTVs made…
Video search and publishing firm Digitalsmiths raised an additional $12 million in venture funding, the company announced today. The Series B round was led by .406 Ventures, with money also coming from current investors Chrysalis Ventures and Aurora Funds. The…
Fox Television Stations and NBC Local Media are setting up a local news service to generate general video news coverage and thus reduce costs. The service will start in January 2009 in Philadelphia, where Fox owns WTXF-TV and NBC owns…