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National Association of Broadcasters President and CEO Eddie Fritts has asked the National Cable & Telecommunications Association to resurrect talks to see whether the two industries can resolve a long-running dispute over carriage rights for broadcasting’s digital TV signals. “Our…
Anime Network, which has been running as a VOD service, will launch Tuesday as a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week cable service on the Insight cable system in Columbus, Ohio. Insight has agreed to carry the Anime Network in its other markets by…
Twentieth Century Fox has agreed to be the sponsor of the TNT original movie “Evel Knievel,” as well as the live telecast of Robbie Knievel’s motorcycle jump from the former USS Intrepid in New York City. Twentieth Century Fox also…
Wrapping up this summer’s TCA press tour in Los Angeles, the Disney Channel announced a new series starring identical 11-year-old twins Dylan and Cole Sprouse. The twins, who are bound to be compared to Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, play sisters…
LIN TV on Monday named former Telemundo Chief Financial Officer Vincent Sadusky as CFO of the TV station group, replacing VP and treasurer Deborah Jacobson, who is leaving the company.Mr. Sadusky will join Providence-based LIN in mid-August, and will be…
Actors George Eads and Jorja Fox are back on the “CSI” beat. After the actors were fired over an apparent pay dispute, CBS announced Friday that Mr. Eads and Ms. Fox are rejoining the show as series regulars.The show shut…
MTV Networks introduced an extensive lineup of programming for its planned gay and lesbian channel, LOGO, while executives said they’re expecting controversy in conservative markets. “We’re not naive, we know there’s going to be some discomfort out there, even in…
The four Belo stations are WFAA-TV in Dallas, KVUE-TV in Austin, Texas, WHAS-TV in Louisville, Ky., and WVEC-TV in Hampton-Norfolk, Va. The Belo stations join the ABC-owned stations, all 10 of which are carrying the channel. ABC News’ Peter Jennings…
Two soap opera veterans are about to give a boost to NBC Universal’s daytime reality series “Starting Over.” The distributor has tapped former soap opera actress-turned-head writer Millee Taggart-Ratcliffe as executive producer and longtime daytime actress/director/producer Francesca James as consulting…
In a First, Drama ‘Jack & Bobby’ Will Premiere on AOL Broadband in Advance of Network Debut