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ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson has signed a new multi-year deal with ABC, Variety reports. The deal will keep McPherson in his current position, which he has held since 2004, the newspaper says. ABC has risen from fourth place to…
ESPN is partnering with the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour to stream 150 hours of women’s professional tennis coverage on ESPN360.com, Multichannel News reports. More than 70 tennis matches will be available for on-demand replay for at least 48 hours following…
One day you’re covering an Arnold Schwarzenegger rally in L.A., the next you find yourself in Eagle, Colo., waiting for Kobe Bryant to show up. The timing of news is not always convenient. TV crews who were already dead tired…
The evening of Oct. 13 promises to be among the more memorable of Andrew Heyward’s professional life. Not only did CBS lead among networks in winning eight of the Radio-Television News Directors Association’s Edward R. Murrow Awards, but the spoils…
Amid all the talk of media ownership rules, the NBC affiliate in Anchorage, Alaska, is making a case for mom-and-pop ownership.KTUU-TV has ranked No. 1 in all its newscasts for the past 17 years and is slated to receive the…
The calendar is filling in with dates for 2004 affiliate gatherings, which may include the first full-blown national convention for ABC affiliates since the late ’90s.ABC is giving strong consideration to scheduling a multi-day, family-friendly affair at parent company Disney’s…
Bankrupt satellite producer and operator Loral Space & Communications last week rejected EchoStar Communications’ $1.85 billion offer to buy all of its assets, saying the bid was too low. EchoStar’s latest offer, which had been upped from a previous bid…
The New York Times recently published a lengthy article on Microsoft’s new Windows XP Media Center. The story went on and on about how the software can turn your PC into a TV, playing DVDs and recording and rewinding your…
The latest round of complaints by cable operators about escalating fees for sports programming is being viewed by some as an attempt to take the high ground in advance of a congressional report later this month that is likely to…
During last week’s historic gubernatorial recall election in California, San Francisco’s powerhouse Fox station KTVU-TV continued its news dominance while independent KRON-TV showed it’s much more than an afterthought. The new kid on the block, NBC-owned KNTV, meanwhile, went out…