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Nielsen Media Research and NetRatings Inc. launched a database Wednesday that combines television viewership information with Internet usage data to allow programmers and marketers to study and capitalize on the relationship between use of the two media.The National TV/Internet Fusion…
Mika Salmi has been named president of global digital media for MTV Networks, a new post. Mr. Salmi was founder and president of Atom Films, which was acquired by MTVN in August. He will report to Judy McGrath, chairman and…
ABC News has hired well-regarded veteran news producer Diane Masciale to do double duty. Ms. Masciale, who spent 13 years at NBC News, where she was a senior broadcast producer on “Today” and “Dateline NBC,” will be executive editor for…
“House” returned Tuesday night to become the top-rated show, boosting Fox into second place for the evening. “House’s” 9 p.m. (ET) time-period premiere pulled in a 5.8 rating among adults 18 to 49, according to Nielsen Media Research preliminary numbers….
The National Hockey League has signed a deal to make full-length games and other video available to fans through Google Video. In addition to current games, which will be shown on a delay, and classic games from the league’s archives,…
The ABC Television Network has signed two new affiliates, bringing its total to 218 affiliated stations. Joining the network fold are Metro Video Productions-owned WLOP-TV, in Lima, Ohio, and Chambers Communications’ KOHD-TV in Bend, Ore. The station in Lima, the…
The World Series gave Fox a significant ratings bump, but it wasn’t enough to challenge the Big 3 networks, which continued to dominate the fall season in Week 6. ABC led with a 3.9 average rating for the week ending…
Time Warner, the world’s biggest media company, reported nearly a threefold rise in profit, citing advertising growth at the revamped AOL unit and gains at its cable television systems.Time Warner on Tuesday said third-quarter net income surged to $2.3 billion,…
Four-year-old syndicated game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” has continued its surprising ratings climb, enjoying a third consecutive week as the greatest year-to-year gainer among first-run strips. The Buena Vista series was up a strong 21 percent to…
A month after former Court TV CEO Henry Schleiff was hired for the top slot at the company, Paul FitzPatrick resigned as chief operating officer and executive VP of Crown Media Holdings, which owns and operates Hallmark Channel.“Paul has made…