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Meredith Corp. laid off 20 employees in its broadcasting division, with a statement from Meredith Broadcasting Group President Paul Karpowicz in April hinting at the difficult economic climate as the reason, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The layoffs affected employees in…
Nielsen’s annual “Television Audience” report found that the percentage of TV channels watched has fallen to its lowest number since the 1980s, Media Daily News reports. Only 16 channels were viewed in 2007 despite the number of average channels hitting…
NBC is selling Super Bowl ad spots for next year at $3 million per 30-second unit, Adweek reports. The numbers indicate a 11% increase over Fox’s average intake of $2.7 million per spot during this year’s game, the newspaper says….
The upcoming edition of “Survivor: Gabon” to be filmed in Africa has encountered several pre-production problems, says host Jeff Probst, AP reports. Shipments have been delayed, resulting in a lack of crew housing, food cargo has gone missing and a…
DirecTV will launch Azteca Mexico, a 24-hour Hispanic network that will air on DirecTV Mas in the U.S., Mediaweek reports. TV Azteca’s three Mexican networks will provide exclusive programming including Mexican telenovelas, news program “Hechos,” morning show “Venga la Alegria”…
The CW network is expected to complete its upfront sales deals with cost-per-thousand increases averaging 8% and an intake of $370 million for 10 hours per week of programming, Mediaweek reports. The total is in the same ratio of total…
Live mobile TV service MediaFLO USA will present live coverage of the U.S. Open golf championship next week, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Thirty hours of coverage will be available in partnership with ESPN on ESPN Mobile TV and NBC Sports…
TLC will premiere “The Singing Office” on June 29 at 9 p.m., Broadcasting & Cable reports. The reality competition series features hosts Mel B. and Joey Fatone ambushing offices and holding impromptu singing contests, the newspaper says. —Vlada Gelman
A National Association of Broadcasters survey found that while 89% of viewers polled in Wilmington, N.C., were aware of the coming digital TV transition, only 18% knew Wilmington stations are going to pull the plug early on analog signals, Broadcasting…
Jenna Elfman shot a guest spot today on NBC’s “My Name Is Earl,” E! Online‘s Kristin Dos Santos reports, citing unnamed sources. Elfman plays a cheer academy coach in the first episode of the upcoming fourth season, the Web site…