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Comcast is discussing purchasing the 50% of New England Cable News that it doesn’t already own from Hearst Corp., Mediaweek reports. “NECN acknowledges that our two parent companies are engaged in discussions about a change in ownership in which Comcast…
Carl Vogel has stepped down as vice chairman of Dish Network, Broadcasting & Cable reports, citing a regulatory filing. Vogel will continue as a senior adviser, the trade publication says. —Aimee Picchi
Engaging advertisements are less likely to be skipped, according to a study from TiVo and Innerscope Research, MediaPost reports. The study looked at 55 national TV ads and found that those that were rated low in emotional engagement were 25%…
NBC affiliate KGW-TV in Portland is considering layoffs after parent company Belo Corp. ordered 150 job cuts across the organization, the Portland Business Journal reports. Station general manager DJ Wilson said employees have been informed that job cuts are likely,…
The National Association of Broadcasters has begun circulating a 41-page study on Capitol Hill that refutes claims from the cable and satellite industries that broadcasters have too much leverage in retrans negotiations, TVNewsday reports. The report also takes aim at…
NBC Universal’s Telemundo will become the first Spanish-language network to broadcast in high-definition when it begins the service in April, Adweek reports. The initial broadcast in high-definition will be the 2009 Billboard Latin Music Awards April 23, followed by a…
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was kicked off “Dancing With the Stars,” after consistently earning the lowest score, the New York Daily News reports. Wozniak’s tango “really stunk,” judge Bruno Tonioli told Wozniak, the newspaper reports. “Girl Next Door” Holly Madison…
ABC will air the series finale of “Life on Mars” Wednesday night, but the show’s producers tell TV Guide that they had a great season finale planned that they weren’t allowed by the network to shoot. “So [you’ll get] big…
The three Hollywood guild pension plans may need to tighten eligibility and reduce benefits after significantly losing value in the market last year, Daily Variety reports. The Screen Actors Guild’s plan dropped 22.7% to $2.1 billion, while the Directors Guild…
Fox is getting back into business with Wanda Sykes, readying a new Saturday latenight series to be hosted by the comic. The network is expected to make the deal official as early as Wednesday, a person familiar with the situation…