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Los Angeles Lures Production to City

The Los Angeles City Council has passed a series of incentives meant to draw and keep production in the city, DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com reports. The package includes a break on parking costs, access to utility nodes and exploring business tax breaks for…

Oscars Set Date for March 7, Avoid Olympics

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has set next year’s Oscars ceremony and telecast for March 7, the Hollywood Reporter says. The ceremony, airing live on ABC live from the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, was moved to March…

Ion Looks to Original Movies to Bulk Up Primetime

Ion says it plans to produce 12 original films beginning in the fourth quarter as part of its effort to build its primetime schedule. The films, in a variety of genres, include romances, thrillers, action and holiday pictures. Ion will…

40.4 Million Watched Obama Press Conference

President Barack Obama’s primetime press conference Tuesday night drew 40.4 million viewers across 11 broadcast and cable networks. Last night’s press conference was down 18% from President Obama’s first primetime press conference on Feb. 9, which was watched by 49.5…

Logo Renews ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” has turned out to be anything but a drag for Logo. The MTV-owned cable network has ordered a second season of the drag queen competition reality show from World of Wonder Prods., according to two people familiar…

New Reality/Documentary Event Lures Big Names

Unscripted heavyweights David Goldberg, Thom Beers and R.J. Cutler have signed on to appear at Westdoc: The West Coast Documentary and Reality Conference, launching this fall in Santa Monica. The three-day event will feature panels and seminars devoted to unscripted…

More Daylight Means Lower Viewership in Syndication

CBS Television Distribution’s “Dr. Phil” was the only show to post a week-to-week original syndication rating increase during the first complete week of the March sweep period, ending March 15. “Phil” gained 6% to a 3.8 household rating, the show’s…

NBC.com Sees Rise in Full-Episode Streaming, Engagement

NBC.com saw a bump in full-episode streaming with its video player in the fourth quarter, as well as higher user satisfaction compared with the quarter before, the network reported today. Viewers also multitasked less when watching NBC shows on NBC.com…

Cartoon Network Adds Live-Action, Reality Shows

Cartoon Network announced it’s making a move into live-action programming, with six reality projects and two scripted shows in development. At its presentation to advertisers and media buyers Wednesday morning in New York, the Turner-owned kids channel also said it…

Online Spending to Take ‘Significant’ Hit

Online advertising spending may fall anywhere between 8% and 9% this year, according to Infectious Greed editor and economist Dr. Paul Kedrosky, MediaPost says. Kedrosky spoke at the OMMA Hollywood conference Monday morning, where other participants agreed that although online…