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Online television viewers prefer seeing a variety of advertisers in an online episode of a television show, according to data from ABC. The network conducted internal research on the viewing experience of watching primetime shows online and found that bumping…
Oprah Winfrey considered Tom Freston, who helped build MTV when he headed Viacom, as chief executive officer of her new OWN network before hiring ex-MTV President Christina Norman, Fortune reports. Freston, who was fired by Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone in…
CBS has ordered three drama pilots from CBS Paramount Network TV, the Hollywood Reporter says. Among them is an ensemble show about a team of federal prosecutors from “The Unit” co-executive producer Frank Military; “Back,” about a man who returns…
The Walt Disney Co.’s ESPN sports network will cut 200 jobs within the next year, mostly through not replacing unfilled positions, and will freeze pay to its top executives, the Associated Press reports. Despite such cuts, the network is still…
The Cartoon Network animated series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” will have some of its first-season previous episodes re-aired on sister station TNT starting Feb. 14, Daily Variety reports. The series, whose Oct. 3 premiere set a ratings record for…
The National Hispanic Media Coalition, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization, sent a petition to the Federal Communications Commission alleging that hate speech is widespread on cable news networks, Broadcasting & Cable reports. CNN’s Lou Dobbs and Fox’s Bill O’Reilly were…
HBO has ordered Alexandra Pelosi’s documentary chronicling Republican views during last year’s presidential campaign, Broadcasting & Cable reports. “Right America, Feeling Wronged—Some Voices From the Campaign Trail” will debut Feb. 16 at 8 p.m., B&C reports. —Danny King
Advertising spending on Spanish-language media through the first three quarters of last year rose 2.7% from a year earlier to $4.3 billion, AdvertisingWeek reports, citing data from its parent Nielsen Co. Procter & Gamble was the largest Spanish-language advertiser, while…
Fox News Channel broadcaster Heather Nauert will begin anchoring “Good Day Wakeup” on Fox’s WNYW starting next week, TVNewser reports. In addition to her anchor duties on Fox News, Nauert does the same for “The Strategy Room” and FoxNews.com, TVNewser…
CBS and Fox parent News Corp. shareholders should sell their stock because of television-station sales and profits that are expected to decline this year, Multichannel News says, citing Pali Capital analyst Rich Greenfield. CBS is likely to eliminate its quarterly…