Two station general managers have announced their retirement. Sam Rosenwasser of CBS’ Tampa Bay, Fla., affiliate WTSP-TV will retire at the end of the year, the St. Petersburg Times reports. The Lexington Herald-Leader is reporting NBC’s Lexington, Ky., affiliate WLEX-TV…
After 26 years with the brewery giant, Anheuser-Busch’s VP of global media and sports marketing Tony Ponturo, one of the most powerful men in sports marketing, is retiring at the end of the year, the Wall Street Journal reports. Since…
ESPN Tuesday formally announced an agreement to air all of the college football Bowl Championship Series games on cable television beginning in 2011. Fox on Monday said it wouldn’t match ESPN’s offer, said to be $500 million over four years….
Comedy Central’s “Jeff Dunham’s Very Special Christmas Special” became the most-watched program in the network’s history on Sunday, as 6.6 million viewers tuned in to the show. “Dunham” surpassed “South Park’s” 1998 cliffhanger resolution, “Cartman’s Mom Is Still a Dirty…
Young Broadcasting’s third-quarter net revenue fell $36.2 million, down .4% from the same time a year ago, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Operating expenses were also down, falling 6.1% from the same time in 2007. Young Broadcasting’s station operating performance for…
The Child Safe Viewing Act, a bill requiring federal media regulators to study parent’s access to technologies that are capable of shielding minors from inappropriate content on TV and the Internet, is going before the Senate once again, Multichannel News…
The New York Daily News catches up with former CBS and CNN anchor Paula Zahn about her new gig hosting “Sunday Arts” on PBS’ New York affiliate, WNET-TV. “It’s a very different dynamic,” says Zahn about the show. “One of…
MTV Networks Entertainment Group has named Eddie Dalva its senior VP of content, Daily Variety reports. Dalva’s new responsibilities include pursuing international content opportunities, programming enterprises and digital content partnerships. Dalva previously served as a consultant to Spike TV and…
Mark Cuban took to his blog to comment on insider trading accusations from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Attorneys for Cuban say the HDNet chairman “intends to contest the allegations and to demonstrate that the Commission’s…
FremantleMedia North America is looking to buy Original Productions, Thom Beers’ company responsible for many popular “blue collar hero” reality TV series, the Hollywood Reporter says. Fremantle has previously signed an international distribution deal with Original for several of the…