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Cable more than holds its own against satellite and DSL in head-to-head competition in Phoenix-one of the most competitive video, telephone and high-speed Internet markets in the country-when it comes to services offered and future potential, though some services can…
Ellen DeGeneres and her ABC sitcom “Ellen” made TV history in 1997 when her character, Ellen Morgan, became the first openly gay leading character on a broadcast network TV series. Ms. DeGeneres, who is herself openly gay, is back this…
In a behind-the-scenes pre-emptive strike, NBC lobbyists are trying to win commitments from the chairs of key congressional committees to refuse to subpoena NBC for videotape that allegedly shows GE chief Jack Welch attempting to influence the network’s presidential election-night…
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California News Service setting up shopAt a time when California’s BayTV and Orange County NewsChannel are folding, several notable CNN alumni are starting up Sacramento-based California News Service. It will be the first regional cable news network in the state….
Oh, to be a fly on the wall at NBC, where network President Andrew Lack is behaving a lot like a man scrambling to cover up an election-night blunder by Jack Welch, the outgoing chairman of NBC’s parent company, General…
Truth or fiction?Disclaimer: The following isn’t true. Couldn’t possibly be. If you happen to get Neal Shapiro, the prez of NBC News, on the phone, he’d ask you what you were smoking. OK, so we’re all clear now, right? That…
News Corp. is considering pulling its newly acquired Chris-Craft Industries stations out of the Association of Local Television Stations, sources said.That would be a big financial hit for the organization. The 10 Chris-Craft stations have long been one of ALTV’s…
Even in a difficult economic year, NBC will make more money than any of its broadcast or cable network peers. But it is wrestling with the challenge of how to maintain that edge under a new boss and despite intense…
Personal video recorders may finally be coming into their own, thanks to an expected union with set-top boxes in coming years. So far, PVRs have yet to gain much traction, due in part to consumer confusion surrounding the product. According…