Comcast, the largest U.S. cable television company, said today that video subscribers declined slightly from a year ago, hinting that satellite companies such as DirecTV and fiber-optic services may be continuing to pull customers from cable providers. Comcast said its…
More than 5 million U.S. households, or 4.4% of homes, aren’t ready for the switch to digital television signals, Nielsen Co. said today. The new numbers were released the day after more than 400 stations threw the switch, ending analog…
Online television studio For Your Imagination snagged a six-figure ad deal for the upcoming Warner Bros. film “Watchmen” to sponsor FYI’s “Axis of Comedy” (axisofcomedy.tv) online network. The sponsorship launches today and will run through March 6, when the film…
Executives at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences have created a plan to trim the number of awards presented on air during the Emmys broadcast, Daily Variety says. Since the Emmy presentation has been criticized for its length, the…
About 25% of the country’s television stations cut their analog broadcasts Tuesday night, with some stations reporting a stream of frustrated callers and questions, the Associated Press reports. Still, some stations, such as WINK-TV in Fort Myers, Fla., have already…
The Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers resumed contract talks yesterday for the first time in three months, with their discussion lasting into the evening, Daily Variety reports. While a timetable is unclear, SAG…
GSN has given the thumbs-up to its original series “Catch 21,” greenlighting the Alfonso Ribeiro-hosted show for a second season, TVWeek reports. The network has ordered 65 additional episodes of “Catch” and has slotted the season-two premiere for April 6…
California lawmakers are debating an “Ugly Betty” tax credit for television and film production, so named because the ABC show moved to New York from Los Angeles last year to tap the Big Apple’s 35% tax credit, the Wall Street…
Comcast’s G4 cable network is cutting staff and episodes on its series “Attack of the Show!” and “X-Play,” Daily Variety reports. The network will tape four episodes a week of “Attack of the Show,” from five currently, and “X-Play” will…