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New Line Television executives have slated off-net runs of “The Twilight Zone” to debut the week of Sept. 6. The series is now cleared on stations in 96 percent of the country, including New York’s WPIX-TV, Los Angeles’ KCAL-TV/KCBS-TV, Chicago’s…
After only two years and one month on the job, Fox Broadcasting’s Roberta Mell has left as executive VP of marketing.Ms. Mell, who was hired by former Fox Chairman Sandy Grushow, had one year left on her contract. A Fox…
NBC Universal Cable signed a long-term carriage agreement with DirecTV that covers all of the former Universal content except for the cable channel Trio. NBC is in the process of evaluating its plans for Trio, the arts network with about…
Station group Hearst-Argyle Television on Wednesday reported a 32 percent increase in second-quarter profit to $36 million, or 37 cents a share, compared with $27.3 million, or 29 cents a share, a year ago, as the company benefited from a…
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association on Wednesday announced the appointment of Decker Anstrom, president and chief operating officer of Landmark Communications, and Robert Miron, chairman and CEO of Advance/Newhouse Communications, as co-chairmen of a search committee to find a…
The Federal Communications Commission announced Wednesday that it has voted unanimously to launch an inquiry to consider cracking down on TV violence. In a statement, the agency asked that the public respond by Sept. 15 to a variety of questions…
A dark cloud looming over Paul Allen’s Charter Communications lifted late Tuesday after the cable operator and the Securities and Exchange Commission reached a settlement in the agency’s probe of how Charter counted subscribers.As part of the settlement, Charter agreed…
Media giant Time Warner on Wednesday reported a 27 percent decline in second-quarter profit as strong results at the company’s film and television network divisions weren’t able to offset one-time gains reported in the year-ago quarter.Profit for the three-month period…
Japanese conglomerate Sony on Wednesday beat Wall Street’s and its own projections by reporting a huge surge in fiscal first-quarter profit, even as its core electronics business and movie-and-television businesses recorded declines.For the three-month period ended June 30, Sony reported…
For cable news networks, opening night coverage of the Democratic National Convention drew bigger crowds to the TV set than those that tuned into the Democratic gathering in 2000.Data from Nielsen Media Research showed decreased viewer interest in the hour…