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The restructuring at ABC News continues with the promotion of veteran Kate O’Brian to senior VP for news. In her new position, Ms. O’Brian will oversee newsgathering, the Washington bureau, NewsOne, ABC News Radio and affiliate relations. Ms. O’Brian, most…
CNN has made an out-of-the-box choice for senior executive producer of the prime-time show being developed for Campbell Brown: Mitch Semel, who has been a late-night comedy, prime-time, kids and news programming executive in cable, commercial and public broadcasting and…
Hallmark Channel said some of its fourth-quarter ad prices are up as much as 75% and that the writers strike could send viewers its way. Henry Schleiff, CEO of Hallmark Channel parent Crown Media, told analysts on the company’s third-quarter…
Even though NBC Universal has cut off its deal to distribute video over Google’s YouTube, the companies still talk, said NBC Universal Senior VP Ron Lamprecht at the Ad:Tech convention in New York. That doesn’t mean the media giant has…
Cablevision Systems posted a bigger third-quarter loss and the cable company said subscriber growth for its video, high-speed Internet and phone services would slow for the rest of the year. Revenue rose 9.4 % to $1.5 billion. For the quarter,…
Mojo, the all high-definition channel geared toward affluent men, announced the launch of Mojo Money Night, a Thursday night programming block catering to those in the world of high finance. The new lineup, to appear in January, will feature three…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, marks the official start of the holiday shopping season. TVPredictions.com has revealed some early sale details. Web site Gottadeal.com says Costco is planning to sell a Magnavox…
HD programming picks for Nov. 8-14: “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift,” “Tell Me You Love Me,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” (Cinemax HD). Saturday, Nov. 10, 10 p.m.: See every detail of the…
Discovery Communications said its third-quarter revenue increased 3% to $475 million and that operating cash flow increased 13%. The results were released by Discovery Holding Co., which owns 66.6% of Discovery Communications. Discovery Communications said that excluding the 2006 results…
Fox Broadcasting and Fox cable networks helped News Corp. report an increase in revenues, despite a drop in earnings, for the quarter ended Sept. 30. News Corp. on Wednesday reported net income of $732 million, or 23 cents per share,…