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The Tom Hicks-owned independent station KXTX-TV, Dallas, which was in talks with Pappas Telecasting, may end up being sold to Telemundo.Sources familiar with the station said the Pappas Telecasting acquisition of the station fell through earlier this month. KXTX was…
Media buyers are calling it Mel’s billion-dollar game of chicken.In what is easily the most surprising development of the upfront marketplace, CBS has decided not to join ABC, NBC and Fox in offering significant single-digit cost-per-thousand decreases.And it’s not only…
Univision Communications snapped up rival Telemundo Network’s hit show “Betty La Fea” in one of two deals the dominant U.S. Spanish-language broadcaster signed with South American program producers.Looking to guarantee a larger pipeline of programming to fill its planned second…
Rupert Murdoch’s crusade to add a U.S. direct broadcast satellite system to his worldwide media empire may have hit a snag this month with the power shift taking place in Washington.In a ripple from Vermont Sen. James Jeffords’ defection from…
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., is seeking Bush administration support for legislation that empowers the Federal Trade Commission to crack down on movie studios, record labels and video-game manufacturers that market violent, sexually explicit and profanity-laden content to kids.The senator asked…
Even though first-quarter ad sales were soft, Springfield, Mo., is now pacing between 1 percent and 5 percent ahead of last year. “Second quarter has come on strong. In fact, our national has been strong all year,” said Mike Scott,…
Now that AT&T has beefed up the channel capacity of most of its cable systems, the cable giant is telling the Federal Communications Commission it won’t have room to carry both the analog and the digital TV signals of broadcasters.The…
It doesn’t take a forensic specialist from “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” to deduce that Canadian series co-producer Alliance Atlantis Communications would be eager to spin off a second series from the hit CBS freshman drama.Looking at a potential billion-dollar franchise…
`Hard Knox’ a no gofor New Line TelevisionLos Angeles-New Line Television confirmed last week that it will not move forward on production of the syndicated series “Hard Knox.” The show had been cleared in most of the United States, including…
For the six broadcast networks overall, sexual content during prime time is down slightly, but violence is way up.When it comes to “bad” language and violence, UPN is the leader of the broadcast pack, followed by Fox.But when it comes…