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10 Years of Speed: ‘Victory Lane’ Starts The Post-Race Party

By Natalie Finn If you’re a NASCAR driver, you want to end every race on Victory Lane. If you’re a NASCAR fan, you want to know what it feels like to party on Victory Lane. Watching Speed’s “NASCAR Victory Lane”…

Station Signs Look Good

Local Outlets Enjoying Fat-Year Feast of Super Bowl, Olympics, Campaigns

Ain’t WE Got Fun?

Women’s Net Changing Name, Programming to Attract Younger Demos

Biz Briefs: Viacom to Acquire Xfire Gaming

Viacom said last week that it reached a definitive agreement to acquire online gaming company Xfire for $102 million in cash as it looks to raise its profile in online video games. Viacom said that, as part of the MTV…

E! Plans Summer Celebrity Watch

‘Carters,’ ‘Simple’ Continue Star-Centric Theme

New Game Show on Tap for NBC

Net Orders ‘1 Versus 100’ From ‘Deal’ Producer Endemol

Martin May Consider Retransmission Rule

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin delivered good news to networks and affiliates at the National Association of Broadcasters convention last week. Those same tidings may dishearten cable providers fighting to keep control of their channel listings.Mr. Martin told reporters…

Viral Video: Bush’s Greatest Trips

TelevisionWeek is trawling cyberspace to find the hottest video clips spreading on the Web. The setup: Call it a State of the Union address, a speech to the nation, or, really, whatever you want. That’s straight from the commander-in-chief’s mouth…

NAB Notes: Convention Attendance Up Slightly From Last Year

This year’s National Association of Broadcasters convention drew 105,046 attendees, up less than 1 percent from 2005, NAB said. The conference posted a 9 percent increase in foreign attendance, drawing 25,537 people from outside the U.S., the group said. In…

CBS Opens May Sweeps on Top

‘CSI’ Snags Demo Wins on First Night; ‘Survivor’ No. 2