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The Senate Commerce Committee has set May 19 for the hearing for Larry Strickling, nominated to run the National Telecommunications & Information Administration, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Strickling may take over the NTIA before the June 12 DTV transition date,…
The FCC will go over plans for the final 30 days before the digital television transition at its May 13 public meeting, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Staffers from the FCC and the National Telecommunications & Information Administration will discuss outreach…
The Writers Guild of America, West, sent a message to 8,000 members to remind them they can work only for companies that have signed guild contracts, Daily Variety reports. The message came in response to the increase in work from…
The new program designed to pool news resources among four major Chicago-area TV stations kicked off smoothly Monday, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Even though the four stations began sharing the same crews and footage, they each held on to a…
A new reality show inspired by the site HotChicksWithDoucheBags.com is premiering on MTV next month. According to the Hot Chicks site, MTV will launch “Is She Really Going Out With Him?” on June 15. MTV’s Web site for the series…
Fox is facing pressure to deliver at least one new breakout hit show this fall, Media Life Magazine reports. Although the network is wrapping up this spring as the No. 1 network thanks to the “American Idol” bump, many of…
Charter Communications has filed a lawsuit against DirecTV Group for using Charter’s recent bankruptcy filing in an advertisement aimed to draw customers to DirecTV, the Associated Press reports. Charter calls DirecTV’s ads “false and misleading,” particularly for claims that Charter…
An animated version of the popular rapper Eminem will co-host Sunday night’s Fox animation lineup, Freep.com reports. “Family Guy’s” Stewie Griffin will co-host the night, where Eminem is also expected to make an announcement with MySpace Music, the site says….
John Ferraro, creator of the “American Gladiators” franchise, is developing a film based on the original show, Daily Variety reports. Ferraro is working on the film with Sunset pictures and executive producing with Martin Guigui and Joe Allegro, the trade…