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Moderator Bob Schieffer promises to call out the presidential candidates if they do not answer the questions presented during their final debate on Oct. 15, the Hollywood Reporter says. During the vice presidential debate between Sen. Joe Biden and Gov….
Conifer Research, at the behest of Microsoft Advertising, NBC Universal and Starcom’s MediaVest, recently developed a study in which 11 households went two weeks without their TV and instead used the Internet for all their television needs, MediaPost reports. After…
A House bill that would postpone the national digital transition date of Feb. 17 is close to being introduced by Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif., Multichannel News reports. The bill would require the Federal Communications Commission to develop a market-by-market plan…
An “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” marathon is scheduled for TV Land from Sept. 29-Oct. 5, Multichannel News reports. Every evening the cable network will air Ty Pennington and his team of contractors and designers from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m….
YES Network’s pre-game show before the New York Yankees’ final game at Yankee Stadium before it’s demolished was the network’s most-watched pre-game show ever, Multichannel News reports. The show featured pre-taped packages of the baseball team’s greatest moments as well…
Microsoft will be the exclusive maker of banner advertisements running on CNBC’s mobile network, AdWeek reports. Microsoft has been in talks to build its mobile ad business through network clients such as Facebook and Digg, AdWeek says. Ford is the…
The New York Yankees, which have had some games broadcast on WWOR-TV since 2005, extended their agreement with the station for another three years, Multichannel News reports. Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network, which controls the team’s broadcast rights, and the…
ABC’s Web site updated its video player to improve features such as full-screen viewing while adding items such as closed captioning and parental ratings, Newsday reports. Web-site visitors may now access 15 ABC series and may e-mail each other comments…
Former Paramount and Sony Pictures Entertainment executive Mel Harris died Saturday from cancer, Daily Variety reports. He was 65. Harris was widely known as an innovator in first-run syndication and the home video business during his 25-year run at the…
On Sunday’s “NBC Nightly News,” anchor Brian Williams asked eight-time gold medalist Michael Phelps for his reaction to Bruce Springsteen dedicating “Born in the USA” to him at a concert in Jacksonville, Fla. There was only one problem: No such…