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Last week’s announcement that NBC will be stripping Jay Leno in prime time at 10 p.m. helped lift the network’s late-night franchises to their biggest audiences in almost a year. “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” wrapped up the week…
Television industry revenues are expected to be down 7% this year, according to BIA Advisory Services estimates. BIA’s Investing in Television Market Report estimates that TV station revenues will be $20.1 billion in 2008, their lowest number in seven years….
Rainbow Media said it is shutting down the domestic operations of its Voom high-definition programming service. The shutdown follows Dish Network’s decision in May to drop Voom’s 15 channels. The only other major distributor of the channels is Cablevision Systems,…
Fox Business Network has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department. FBN’s lawsuit claims the Treasury Department failed to provide information on the bank bailout funds and didn’t respond to FBN’s expedited request filed under the Freedom of Information…
YouTube star Michael Buckley inked a deal with Sony to create videos for Sony’s “Minisode Network,” Mr. Buckley told TelevisionWeek. “I’ll be hosting a new show for them online starting in January and it will be an original show for…
MSN has joined the list of companies calling for new content ideas in MIPTV’s 2009 Content 360 international competition. MSN will award up to $10,000 in development funds to produce and distribute the winning original video in MSN’s category. Other…
Univision New York affiliate WXTV Channel 41 has taken the top spot in local early weekend news viewership among all key demographics, not only for Spanish-language TV but for all channels in the area. WXTV has been No. 1 among…
Telemundo is becoming the fastest-growing major broadcast network in prime time, according to Nielsen Media Research data for 2008. The Spanish-language network saw its total viewers grow by 13% from 2007, putting it ahead of NBC’s 10% increase. Fox and…