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Doug McCormick has joined ReelzChannel as vice chairman of the network’s executive management board. Mr. McCormick is non-executive chairman of LIN TV and a venture partner with Rho Ventures. He previously was CEO of iVillage, which was sold to NBC…
Expressing continuing doubts about whether the digital transition is going smoothly enough, the chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s telecom panel is setting two October hearings to explore whether more needs to be done. U.S. Rep. Edward Markey,…
“60 Minutes” kicked off its 40th season with the biggest sweep of any single program at the 28th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards ceremony Monday night. The granddaddy of all TV newsmagazines earned four of the five Emmys taken…
The Federal Communications Commission is proposing to fine Comcast $4,000 for running a video news release without disclosing the provider, in what may be a signal that the agency is close to acting on more than 100 similar complaints about…
EchoStar Communications said Tuesday it is considering separating the company into two publicly traded corporations, one of which would continue to operate its Dish Network satellite TV service. The other company would control EchoStar’s technology and infrastructure assets. That would…
NBC has ordered 13 episodes of a new anthology series from the producers of Showtime’s “Masters of Horror.” The one-hour series “Fear Itself” will premiere next summer featuring stories penned by some the genre’s top writers and helmed by name-brand…
NBC has ordered a fifth season of its weight-loss reality series “The Biggest Loser,” with a new twist, the network announced Monday. “‘The Biggest Loser’ continues to be a top performer and important franchise for NBC, and season four is…
Yahoo! TV will exclusively stream the full premiere episodes of The CW’s new primetime series “Aliens in America” and “Life Is Wild” free and without commercial interruption before their first air dates, the network announced Monday. “Aliens,” a comedy about…
“The View” looks good in the ratings with Whoopi Goldberg as moderator and Sherri Shepherd as the ensemble’s new permanent co-host. Two weeks into the ABC daytime show’s 11th season, national data from Nielsen Media Research shows it is averaging…
Calling the ouster of Dan Rather from CBS News in 2006 a “travesty,” newsman Ted Koppel said today that he hopes the $70 million suit filed by Mr. Rather against CBS and Viacom will bring Mr. Rather “relief from his…