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Kiefer Sutherland surrendered at a Manhattan police precinct to face charges of misdemeanor assault for head-butting a fashion designer, the New York Daily News reports. He left the police station two hours later, without saying anything to the crowd of…
Motorola is creating a remote control for IPTV set-top boxes with phone service, allowing TV viewers to take phone calls while watching TV, Multichannel News reports. The device will be manufactured in the fourth quarter, and may be available to…
Public broadcasters are concerned about funding they didn’t get in President Barack Obama’s budget, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Among the items was emergency funding they asked for to help stations hurt by a decline in contributions, the trade paper says….
Saga Communications, which owns five full-power television stations, said its first-quarter advertising sales declined 17.2% to $26.1 million, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Same-station sales slumped 17.2% from the year-earlier period, with political ad sales declining to $38,000 from $651,000 a…
NBC’s “Farrah’s Story,” a documentary chronicling Farrah Fawcett’s recent battle with cancer, will air May 15, the Hollywood Reporter says. The two-hour special uses footage shot by Fawcett herself on a video recorder in a diary-style format, the trade publication…
A new study by the Children’s Hospital Boston finds that children exposed to more adult situations on TV and in movies are more likely to become sexually active at a younger age, SFGate.com reports. The study tracked viewing habits of…
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation has scheduled a nomination hearing for Julius Genachowski, President Obama’s nominee for the post of Federal Communications Commission chairman, TVNewsday reports. The committee will meet May 12 at 11 a.m., the site…
Henry Schleiff is stepping down as president and CEO of Crown Media, effective May 31, he and the company announced Wednesday. Bill Abbott, the company’s executive VP for advertising sales, will replace Mr. Schlieff as CEO of Crown, which owns…
Rupert Murdoch says, “The worst is over.” The News Corp. CEO, noting he has been uncharacteristically pessimistic on recent earnings calls, now says “the days of precipitous declines are over” and that “we are beginning to see a number of…