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The Federal Communications Commission denied WSMH-DT, Fox’s affiliate in Flint, Mich., a waiver from the regulator’s requirement for the station to prove its digital signal strength, Broadcasting & Cable says. The station, which also broadcasts into Canada, says its signal…
February’s switchover to all-digital broadcasts will be commemorated Nov. 10 with an event hosted by NBC’s David Gregory that will include Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin and NAB Chief Executive Officer David Rehr, Radio Business Report says. Univision chief…
National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell sent a letter to Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., defending the programming policies of the NFL Network, the Associated Press reports. U.S. senators have said the network, which is available in fewer than 40% of…
U.S. households sped up their effort to prepare for next February’s switchover to all-digital broadcasts by either buying digital televisions or acquiring digital subscriptions or digital-to-analog converter boxes, Multichannel News says, citing Nielsen. The percentage of so-called “unready” U.S. households…
Netflix will add about 300 high-definition titles to its inventory that can be streamed directly to televisions through the Roku set-top box, Video Business reports. Netflix is enacting a similar “soft launch” of HD streaming titles through Microsoft’s Xbox 360…
Discovery Channel tapped Turner Broadcasting programming executive Ken Schwab to oversee its programming starting next year, Multichannel News says. Schwab helped boost ratings among younger adults by adding comedies such as “Family Guy” and “My Name Is Earl” at Turner’s…
“Heroes” showrunner Tim Kring will try to pull the NBC drama out of its ratings slump by being more involved in simplifying the show’s story lines, Daily Variety reports. Kring, who let executive producers Jesse Alexander and Jeph Loeb go…
NBC Universal is requesting that its “Project Runway” breach-of-contract lawsuit against the Weinstein Co. be moved back to a New York state court from a federal court, Multichannel News says. NBC, which says Weinstein failed to gave the network first…
HBO is starting a Web series “Ring Life,” which follows eight young boxers, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The series, whose four- to six-minute segments will debut weekly on sites such as HBO.com and HBO’s YouTube channel, will be narrated by…
Gene Nelson, who hosted Sacramento’s first locally produced television show in 1953, has died at age 87, the Monterey Herald reports. “Sacramento Varieties,” which premiered on what’s now Fox 40, was the first of a handful of entertainment shows hosted…