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While auto and pharmaceutical industry spending was down for the first nine months of 2008, the top 10 categories were up as a group, according to figures from the Nielsen Co. Posting an especially big gain was direct response, with…
A&E is expanding its “Paranormal” franchise with “Paranormal Cops.” The reality series about a team of Chicago-area cops who also investigate the paranormal has been given the greenlight by the network. The series is expected to debut later this year….
AMC will make all 17 episodes of the original 1960s series “The Prisoner” available on its Web site, amctv.com. In addition to full episodes in full screen, the Web site will feature one-minute versions of the episodes, full-episode recaps, behind-the-scenes…
Ion Television has acquired U.S. rights to the original series “Durham County” from ITV Global Entertainment. Ion will premiere the one-hour crime procedural in 2009, making it the network’s first original series debut. The network has also secured digital media…
The National Association of Broadcasters and other TV organizations are asking the FCC to expand the number of TV stations eligible to broadcast in analog after the Feb. 17 DTV switch under the “analog nightlight” law, Broadcasting & Cable reports….
SNL Kagan predicts local TV stations’ revenue from retransmission fees for cable and satellite companies will triple in the next four years, MediaPost reports. Local TV stations pulled in $487.5 million for retransmission fees in 2008, and that amount could…
The Washington Post’s Tom Shales tells TVNewsday that HBO is producing the best programming on TV today, as is CBS among the broadcast networks. The critic-columnist discusses NBC’s decision to strip Jay Leno weeknights at 10 p.m., something he originally…
As the deadline loomed and Viacom prepared to remove its cable channels from Time Warner Cable over a license-fee dispute, Viacom also was getting ready to take the unusual step of preventing Time Warner Cable broadband subscribers from accessing full…
MSNBC and msnbc.com have debuted a new Web site for “Morning Joe.” The new site, located at www.joe.msnbc.com, features embeddable show clips, commentary, all of Mika Brzezinski’s must-read op-eds, an expanded Zeitgeist section and podcasts. “‘Morning Joe’ is where the…
Google is asking mobile phone users to submit ideas for new mobile products, MediaPost reports. Google users can go to the Product Ideas page through Google Mobile’s site to submit their suggestions, the site says. Already popular submissions include speaking…