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PBS’ new show “Blueprint America: A Tale of Three Cities,” a documentary series produced by WNET that examines the roads and bridges of U.S. cities including New York and Denver, will be hosted by former CNN space and aviation correspondent…
Peter Chernin will be stepping down as president and chief operating officer of News Corp. when his contract expires on June 30, News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch announced this afternoon. The company said that News Corp.’s Los Angeles-based Fox businesses…
Peter Chernin will step down as president of News Corp., the Los Angeles Times reports, citing people familiar with the process that it didn’t identify. News Corp. Chief Executive Officer Rupert Murdoch, who will take over many of Chernin’s duties,…
Rev. Al Sharpton, along with New York City council members, is organizing a petition to try to get the Federal Communications Commission to rescind a waiver allowing Fox parent News Corp. to own two New York-area television stations, Broadcasting &…
Comcast’s investment in interactive advertising cooperative Canoe will have little effect on the U.S. cable leader’s earnings this year, Multichannel News says, citing Comcast Chief Operating Officer Steve Burke. Still, Comcast has maintained its pace of advertising in the venture,…
Jonathan Adelstein, commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, criticized former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin for the regulator’s taking more than 200 days to approve Time Warner Cable’s spinoff from Time Warner Inc., Broadcasting & Cable reports, citing a C-SPAN interview….
This year’s Academy Awards broadcast may be among the lowest on record because the five Best Picture nominees’ combined box office gross is about a quarter of what the comparable group grossed a decade ago and about 20% less than…
FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein says the agency is working on rules related to the next effort by broadcasters and television stations to switch over to all-digital broadcasts, Broadcasting & Cable reports, citing an interview with C-Span. With more than 1,000…