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New York’s Viacom-owned CBS station WCBS-TV has inked a deal with 2002 Olympic gold medalist Sarah Hughes to cover the Olympic Games in Athens. Ms. Hughes, who won the gold in women’s figure skating, is slated to begin her pre-Olympics…
HBO has greenlighted a documentary about a gay and lesbian family vacation cruise, the network announced Thursday. The project is co-produced by Rosie O’Donnell. The currently untitled project features 500 families-including Ms. O’Donnell’s-on a cruise liner to the Bahamas. The…
Sinclair Broadcast Group on Thursday said it swung to a profit in the second quarter, helped along by improvements in local advertising and record political advertising spending.The Baltimore-based owner of 62 television stations said it posted a profit of $20.2…
Fox announced Thursday it has begun casting its newest reality series, “Hell’s Kitchen,” an “Apprentice”-like look at the world of high-end cuisine.Based on the Granada Entertainment/A. Smith & Co. series from the United Kingdom, the series takes place inside chef…
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said Thursday that if elected, he’ll oppose further consolidation of the media industry. “I’m against the ongoing push for media consolidation,” Sen. Kerry said. “It’s contrary to the stronger interests of the country.”…
Lifetime has ordered a sixth season of the veteran medical drama “Strong Medicine,” a spokesman confirmed. The announcement was made by Lifetime President and CEO Carole Black during a party for the show at the Sony Pictures Television studio in…
Spanish-language broadcasting titan Univision Communications on Tuesday reported a 101 percent surge in second-quarter profit as the company received a boost from its acquisition last year of Hispanic Broadcasting as well as continued ratings gains and advertising growth at its…
In a major blow to the Motion Picture Association of America, the Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved technology Wednesday that allows TiVo customers to send at least some digital copies of broadcast TV shows over the Internet virtually anywhere in…
ABC Sports has reached an agreement in principle with the Rose Bowl Management Committee to continue the network’s coverage of the Rose Bowl game for eight years starting with the 2007 game. The agreement includes the national championship game, which…
CBS News will launch a program in January 2005 to develop a pool of minority producers and correspondents from which the news operations of the network, the network-owned stations and the network’s affiliates can draw. “This program is a significant…