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Rick Feldman, president and CEO of the National Association of Television Program Executives, is busy preparing for his organization’s annual conference, which kicks off Jan. 15 in Las Vegas. But he took time out recently to preview the event and…
NBC Universal is expected to announce that long-time General Electric executive Mike Pilot will replace Keith Turner as president for advertising sales at the media business, sources said.Mr. Pilot’s name began circulating in ad sales and buying circles on Friday…
NBC Universal is taking the unusual step of objecting to the license renewal of Pappas Telecasting Co.’s Los Angeles area station KAZA-TV with a shot across of bow of Hispanic programming producer TV Azteca, which has a local marketing agreement…
As EchoStar today finishes cutting off signals from distant networks to 900,000 rural subscribers to its Dish satellite-TV service, the company’s legal battle with broadcasters is taking a new turn.The National Association of Broadcasters in earlier proceedings has said EchoStar…
NBC’s new Thursday comedy block lineup generated across-the-board season highs last night, with “My Name is Earl” and “The Office” topping ABC’s freshman hit “Ugly Betty” in the 8 p.m. hour. The Peacock Network recently shuffled its Thursday lineup, returning…
Hollywood unions and civil rights groups are stepping into the fray over the Federal Communications Commission’s attempt to limit the use of dirty words on TV, telling a New York appellate court that the FCC’s action could have dramatic effects…
Google and YouTube are offering settlement figures upwards of nine figures to big media companies in exchange for removing the specter of lawsuits, BusinessWeek reported today. The story said that Google refers to the money offering as “licensing fees,” but…
Keith Turner, president of NBC Universal’s sales and marketing team, is leaving the company, NBCU Chairman Bob Wright said in a memo to staff Friday morning.With NBC falling to fourth place in the ratings, the network’s upfront ad sales dropped…
Mediacom Communications and Sinclair Broadcast Group agreed to an extension of their retransmission consent agreements just hours before Sinclair’s stations could have been removed from Mediacom cable systems.The extension keeps the stations on cable until Jan. 5, 2007. This will…
On the next episode of MTV’s “The Real World,” alcohol fuels a misunderstanding between roommates who are just getting to know each other, said Jonathan Murray, the show’s creator.In his first outing on TVWeek.com’s Producer Shop Talk feature, Mr. Murray…