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The Spanish-language upfront market is expected to close with only a modest 6% increase compared to last year’s 10% increase in spending, Media Life magazine reports. The slowdown is attributed to an uncertain economy, which has resulted in tightened budgets…
Philadelphia CBS affiliate KYW-TV has discharged anchor Larry Mendte after former co-anchor Alycia Lane claimed that he engaged in a sabotage campaign against her, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Lane, who was also discharged, recently filed a sex-discrimination lawsuit against the…
TV audience researcher TRA and DVR-maker TiVo have made a licensing deal that will give TRA access to set-top-box data from TiVo’s 1.7 million STBs, Adweek reports. The researcher matches viewing data from set-top boxes to purchase data from frequent…
Comcast Chief Operating Officer Steve Burke told an audience at the Cable-Tec Expo 2008 on Wednesday that he sees the DTV transition as a way to grow Comcast’s basic-video subscriber base, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Burke believes that unused converter…
Former Adelphia executives John and Timothy Rigas, who were convicted on 18 counts of fraud and conspiracy in 2004, had their sentences reduced yesterday to 12 years and 17 years, respectively, Multichannel News reports. The sentences are down from 15…
CBS has ordered six additional episodes of “Million Dollar Password,” Zap2it reports. The Regis Philbin-hosted update on the classic game show has averaged 9.46 million viewers in its first four broadcasts, the Web site notes. —Vlada Gelman
Financier/management company Relativity Media has acquired reality producer Tom Forman’s self-titled production company, the Hollywood Reporter says. Forman will serve as CEO of Relativity Real, the new production, sales and distribution division of Relativity Media, the newspaper says. Tom Forman…
The Travel Channel will launch a beta version of free mobile application Travel GO, Multichannel News reports. The service, which can be downloaded to any Web-enabled mobile device, will provide more than 10 million points of interest and 2,000 Travel…
USA Network delivered an average 2.99 million viewers in prime time during the week ended June 22, MediaWeek reports. The network’s “WWE Raw” helped boost ratings, attracting an average 5.21 million viewers on June 16, the newspaper says. Sunday’s lineup…
Telemundo will debut “Levantate,” a new two-hour live morning show, in August, MediaWeek reports. The show, which will be a mix of entertainment, talk show, current events and news, will feature coverage from Mexico, Los Angeles, New York and Miami,…