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As part of a reorganization of Discovery Communications’ emerging networks group, 16-year veteran Client Stinchcomb announced today that he will step down this week from his current post as executive VP and general manager for Discovery HD Theater and Turbo…
MySpace is making video clips from members’ pages available to mobile phones and other mobile devices, Reuters reports. The news service says the online network planned to begin making video available today as a free, ad-supported service on the BlackBerry…
Video game marketer Activision, which is rolling out a new version of its popular “Guitar Hero” game for the holiday season, is widening its ad deal with News Corp., MediaDailyNews reports. The deal will put Activision on 12 News Corp….
YouTube is pursuing a variety of strategies in an effort to turn its market dominance into revenue, according to Jordan Hoffner, the video Web site’s director of content partnerships, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The executive detailed those strategies at a…
Cox Enterprises is forming a new organization, Cox Media Group Inc., which will bring together Cox Newspapers, Cox Television and Cox Radio into a single unit beginning in January, TVNewsday reports. The businesses that will make up the group will…
NBC will bid farewell to “ER” with a two-hour finale on March 12 at 9 p.m., the network said in its mid-season schedule announcement. New series “Kings” will start with a two-hour premiere March 19 at 9 p.m. before it…
Fox News Channel’s firm grip on the cable news crown continued in the November sweeps, which was chock full of economic, political and terrorism news that boosted ratings across the board. Ten of the top 15 cable-news programs for the…
Former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Richard Wiley sees a relatively smooth transition ahead, both on the digital front and in the political arena, as a new Democratic-controlled FCC takes over just as the DTV conversion goes into effect nationwide, Broadcasting…
Kansas City, Mo., station KCWE-TV, a Hearst-Argyle-owned CW affiliate, will shut down its analog broadcast on Dec. 19, making the switch to digital two months ahead of the national deadline, TVNewsday reports. The early conversion “will provide local viewers with…