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TV One Passes 50-Million Mark

TV One, the cable network aimed at African American adults, has passed the 50-million household subscriber mark, Multichannel News reports. The six-year-old network recently launched on a number of cable systems nationwide.

Murdoch Confirms New York Edition of Wall Street Journal

News Corp. Chairman-CEO Rupert Murdoch confirmed today that The Wall Street Journal will launch a New York edition in April, Advertising Age reports. The new edition will compete directly with The New York Times for high-end New York metro advertisers, and Bloomingdale’s…

Cablevision Responds To Disney Re: Pulling WABC TV New York

This afternoon, Charles Schueler, Cablevision’s executive vice president of communications, responded to the threats by Disney/ABC to pull WABC-TV off Cablevision on March 7 at midnight, thus jeopardizing the broadcast of the Academy Awards on Sunday night to viewers in…

Streisand, Bates, Travolta, Jackson, Downey Jr. and Theron Added to Oscar Presenters List

Former Oscar winners Barbra Streisand, Charlize Theron and Kathy Bates are among the big names added to the list of presenters at Sunday night’s telecast of the Academy Awards. Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Downey, Jr., John Travolta and Queen Latifah…

NBC Shuffles Back to Fourth Place After Olympics

With the Olympics over, NBC reclaimed its fourth-place position in Monday night’s ratings, as ABC’s "The Bachelor" finale led ABC to a nightly victory, tvbythenumbers.com reports. ABC posted a 5.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic, with "The Bachelor" two-hour finale…

Comcast COO Burke Bullish About Cable; Reiterates NBC to Stay a Broadcast Outlet

Speaking at the American Association of Advertising Agencies conference in San Francisco today, Comcast COO Steve Burke told attendees that he sees a rebound occurring in the TV advertising market, one that will benefit both Comcast and NBC’s cable and broadcast…

New York Transportation Authority Hits the Brakes on A&E Subway Series

A reality series about the people who work on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority subway system in New York City has been delayed after a month of filming, reports the New York Times. A 15-minute pilot was in the works that…

Leno’s Ratings Solid for Return to Late Night

The return of Jay Leno to "The Tonight Show" Monday evening resulted in the show scoring a rating better than the norm for the Leno "Tonight" tenure, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The numbers, however, weren’t as good as Conan…

National Geographic Goes WILD Starting March 29

The new National Geographic channel, Nat Geo WILD, launches on Monday, March 29, and the premiere lineup will serve up monkeys, giraffes, man and bear. The network plans to use new technologies to give viewers an eye into the natural…

NBC’s ‘Access’ Spinning Off Live Entertainment Talk Show for Fall

The producers of "Access Hollywood" will launch a new, one-hour live entertainment news talk show news program in September called "Access Hollywood Live." Announcing the project today, Barry Wallach, NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution president, and John Wallace, president of NBC Local…