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The 400-21 vote by the U.S. House of Representatives last week to approve appropriations legislation that would roll back the national TV station ownership cap to 35 percent has added so much momentum to the re-regulatory drive that veteran political…
Tribune Entertainment has acquired the exclusive syndication rights, including barter advertising sales, to DreamWorks SKG’s library of feature films, which includes such films as “Saving Private Ryan,” “Gladiator” and “Shrek.” The agreement represents one of the largest domestic television distribution…
DirecTV will get national People Meter numbers for the first time under a new deal with Nielsen Media Research.The numbers from Nielsen’s national People Meter sample are expected to become a centerpiece of the DirecTV ad sales efforts by Sony…
Greg Meidel, president, programming, Paramount Domestic Television, will be among the panelists as the National Association of Television Program Executives presents its annual TV Producers Boot Camp on Friday, Aug. 1, in West Hollywood, Calif. The camp includes workshops, exhibits…
ABC is talking seriously about saying “Good Morning America” seven days a week.The possibility of extending the ABC News weekday morning franchise with hour-long installments on Saturday and Sunday mornings has gained steam in recent weeks within the network and…
Although Comcast Corp. could still enter the Vivendi Universal Entertainment auction, the leading cable operator is more likely to begin making big content plays with AOL Time Warner, high-level sources said.In a recent meeting with Vivendi Universal Chairman Jean-Rene Fourtou,…
In the TCA Notes item “Green Lights” (TelevisionWeek, July 14), the original TV movie “Hidden in the Heartland: The Eric Rudolph Story” is being planned by the USA Network.
TNT did it. Court TV did it. TNN is finally doing it. And Bravo is doing it-whether it means to or not. Practically every cable channel, it seems, is rebranding. Even The Food Network and The Weather Channel, two stalwarts…
A panel of multiple system operator executives speaking at the CTAM Summit in Seattle last week criticized cable networks that opt for rebranding-even if the result is a better network. “It’s not all about ratings,” said Lynne Costantini, VP of…
Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps announced last week that he’s planning to turn up the heat on broadcasters by holding a series of field hearings in their communities to determine whether they have been doing enough to warrant .At hearings…