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Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, already a thorn in the side of many television networks and studios, is preparing to ratchet up his political assault on Hollywood now that his party controls the Senate.Seizing on several new opportunities created…
Station managers say the Terre Haute market is pacing between 4 percent and 10 percent behind where it was last year, with the market flat for the first quarter.According to BIA Financial Network, Terre Haute TV revenues were $18.8 million…
John Hildebrand has three things on his mind: video on demand, next-generation set-top boxes and home networking. The vice president of multimedia technology for Cox Communications will have his eye on those three areas as he scours the floor at…
Disney handing out 1,000 pink slips Having secured a little more than 3,000 job cuts through voluntary severance packages, The Walt Disney Co. is preparing to send out pink slip notices to just under 1,000 employees from now through late…
PBS moves ‘Masterpiece Theatre’ Sundays won’t be quite as British next fall on PBS, which is moving “Masterpiece Theatre” out of its home of more than three decades to make room for “American Masters” (airing weekly October through December) and…
NBC’s ‘Kristin’ comes up lame in ratings race Like other series burned off during late spring or summer, the little-heralded debut of NBC sitcom “Kristin” did little to boost the Peacock Network’s season-long ailing ratings in the 8:30 p.m. (ET)…
Palmer steps up at Sony Sony Pictures Family Entertainment has promoted David A. Palmer to senior vice president of marketing and promotions. In his new position, Mr. Palmer will continue to be responsible for developing and implementing the overall marketing,…
SeaChange floating 2,000-movie serverMaynard, Mass.-Cable video-on-demand server vendor SeaChange International will ship new servers in July that are able to store 2,000 feature-length movies at one time, the company announced Friday. By the fourth quarter, SeaChange will begin using Gigabit…
NBA boosts NBC Sunday ratings Game 7 of the NBA’s Eastern Conference championship series, won by the Philadelphia 76ers over the Milwaukee Bucks 108-91, helped NBC easily take Sunday evening among adults 18 to 49 and 18 to 34. From…
EchoStar puts lawsuit on holdEchoStar last week agreed to extend a key filing deadline to June 12 in its pending antitrust suit against DirecTV. In its suit, Echostar accuses DirecTV of threatening economic harm to retailers offering both rival services….