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ABC is making some big moves in the fall, launching an all-new comedy night and slotting buzz drama “Flash Forward” in the key 8 p.m. Thursday time slot. Other big plays include a new Mark Burnett reality show, “Shark Tank,”…
With Fox preaching stability in its lineup, its upfront presentation was reminiscent of last year’s. The main thing upsetting the sense of déjà vu was that this year’s presentation at New York’s City Center and party afterwards at Central Park’s…
Advertising revenue at Boston-area local TV stations dipped 13%, or $66 million, during the past year, the Boston Globe reports. The drops come after a big decrease in political ad spending and some of the major business sectors, including automotive,…
Gawker Media vet Owen Thomas has been tapped to serve as editorial director of digital initiatives for NBC in the Bay Area, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Thomas previously worked with Gawker’s Valleywag blog covering all things Silicon Valley and now…
Verizon is launching six new high-definition channels on its FiOS television service from Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios this week. The channels are Comedy.TV, Recipe.TV, ES.TV (entertainment news), MyDestination.TV, Cars.TV and Pets.TV. “The addition of these channels helps us to continue…
National Association of Broadcasters President David Rehr is stepping down, TVNewsday reports, citing unnamed sources on the NAB board. A permanent successor has not been named by the board, the Web site says. Mr. Rehr’s tenure as president of the…
E.W. Scripps Co.’s first-quarter TV revenue dropped almost 21% from last year to $60.4 million, TVNewsday reports. While both local and broadcast TV revenues were down, retransmission revenue was up 41.5% and political advertising almost disappeared completely compared with the…
Web-to-TV viewing is expected to draw $2.9 billion in revenue by the year 2013, a new study by InStat.com reports. The site also said more than 40% of young adults below the age of 35 have viewed some online video…