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NBC’s five-night reality experiment “Celebrity Cooking Challenge” has ended after only three days. The network is moving the Thursday and Friday episodes of the culinary competition reality series “Cooking” to NBC.com and replacing them with sitcoms and the more successful…
Political spending on TV will top $1 billion in 2006 and might top the record set in 2004, predicted Evan Tracey, chief operating officer of the campaign media analysis group at TNS Media Intelligence. Speaking at the Television Bureau of…
Newspaper and television station owner Belo said Thursday that its first-quarter profit tumbled 27 percent to $17.3 million, hurt in part by $4.7 million in stock-based compensation expenses booked in the quarter.Revenue rose 6.5 percent to $372 million, driven by…
As new technology makes it easier for consumers to form communities around specific areas of interests, local television stations are well positioned to take advantage of the trend, given their ties to the communities they serve and their ability to…
NBC News has named Natalie Morales national correspondent for the “Today” show. In addition to reporting for “Today,” she will continue to be featured regularly in the program’s third hour. Ms. Morales joined NBC News in 2002 as an MSNBC…
The CW has added three Clear Channel-owned stations as affiliates, raising its clearances to more than 83 percent of the country.The newly signed stations are WKRC-DT, the digital station of Clear Channel’s CBS affiliate in Cincinnati (the 34th largest market…
Car-enthusiast magazine Motor Trend is teaming with Multicast Networks Group to launch a car-themed broadcast television network that local TV stations could carry on a portion of their digital broadcast signal.To be called Motor Trend TV, the new channel is…
Veteran sales executive Paula Peden has been promoted to senior VP for the Central region for Univision and TeleFutura national sales. The announcement was made Wednesday by the network. Ms. Peden previously served as VP of national sales for Univision…
HBO has renewed its polygamy drama “Big Love” for a second season, the network confirmed. The March 12 debut of the Sunday night drama was seen by about 4.6 million viewers, losing 47 percent of its “Sopranos” lead-in. The second…
BBC World Limited on Wednesday said it hired ad agency BBDO for the launch of the 24-hour BBC World News Channel in the U.S. BBC World News is expected to be carried by Cablevision in New York on its digital…