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Congress is on track to delay the digital TV transition scheduled for Feb. 17 until June 12, with wheels in motion to send legislation postponing the transition to President Obama before week’s end. Monday night, hours after the Senate unanimously…
AT&T and AccuWeather.com have teamed up to offer AT&T U-verse TV customers Weather on Demand, a new interactive feature that will give customers weather information for their cities whenever they like, the companies announced via PRNewswire. Customers in Atlanta, Austin,…
CBS has announced the roster of contestants for the next season of “The Amazing Race,” which will include writer-producer-actor Mike White and his father, Mel, ComingSoon.net reports. Mike wrote the feature films “Nacho Libre” and “School of Rock,” and Mel…
Several companies are exploring trimming or completely cutting out TV advertising—some out of necessity because of the economy and some on a whim, hoping to use the poor economic climate as a chance to explore other options, BrandWeek reports. Best…
Lifetime’s original movie “Prayers for Bobby” drew 3.8 million viewers in its premiere Saturday night, and another 2.3 million for its encore Sunday night. The film, starring Sigourney Weaver as a mother who questions her strong religious beliefs after her…
Allbritton Communications has fired 26 employees from the company’s WJLA-TV, an ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C., the Washington Post reports. The company said the cuts, which it called a “financial necessity in light of economic straits,” will affect some on-air…
Some PBS stations in Colorado are urging viewers to make the switch to DTV reception early in order to receive station signals after the analog antenna of Denver’s KBDI was damaged by heavy winds, TVNewsday reports. A spokeswoman for the…
A “majority” of the Screen Actors Guild’s national board has filed a written assent in the effort to fire current National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Doug Allen, the Huffington Post reports. The document, as signed by the board majority,…
Malcolm Gladwell, author of “The Tipping Point,” “Outliers” and “Blink,” has been tapped as keynote speaker at the upcoming National Association of Broadcasters convention. This year’s NAB Show will run April 18-23 in Las Vegas. Mr. Gladwell will speak at…