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Broadcasters, unions, newspaper publishers and consumer groups urged the Federal Communications Commission in late filings Monday to take immediate actions on its media ownership rules, but disagreed on whether that action should be to ease, retain or toughen the rules.Broadcasters…
NBC’s drama “Heroes” received another bump in the ratings Monday night, climbing to its best numbers yet.According to preliminary figures from Nielsen Media Research, the 9 p.m. drama “Heroes” received a 6.2 rating among adults 18 to 49. The viewership…
NBC will show the Chicago Bears taking on the New York Giants on “Sunday Night Football” on Nov. 12, the first week in which the NFL’s new flexible scheduling plan goes into effect.Flexible scheduling was created by the NFL to…
The National Football League is bringing the operations of its popular NFL.com in-house after having CBS SportsLine produce and operate the Web site for the past five seasons.NFL.com averages more than 15 million unique visitors during the season. The site…
Turner Broadcasting said Tuesday its networks will not participate in the first wave of average commercial minute ratings being calculated by Nielsen Media Research.Also declining to participate with Nielsen at this point are the ESPN networks, Discovery Communications’ networks, Lifetime…
“NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams” won the total viewership race and ABC’s “World News With Charles Gibson” won the demographic race that most drives the newscasts’ revenue potential the week of Oct. 16. The “CBS Evening News” remains in…
The CW Network announced Tuesday it has signed a long-term affiliation agreement with Montecito Broadcast Group’s KHON-DT, the digital station operated by the company’s Fox affiliate in Honolulu. KHON’s sister station, KHON-TV, will help promote the launch of The CW…
Bravo has ordered a second season of its gym reality series “Work Out,” the network announced Tuesday. Six episodes of the series have been ordered, the same commitment Bravo made for the first season. According to Nielsen Media Research, the…
Fox will debut the season premiere of “The O.C.” on both MySpace.com and on the 24-Fox-owned local television-station Web sites on Oct. 26. The show will be available online for a week prior to its Nov. 2 on-air debut.Online premieres…
Comcast Interactive Capital and Turner Broadcasting invested in Atlanta-based startup ViTrue, which provides technology to enable user-generated advertising campaigns.As part of the “single-digit millions” investment, Comcast and Turner gain spots on ViTrue’s board, the companies said Tuesday in a statement….