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Woodruff in Outpatient Treatment, Spending More Time at Home

Less than a month after entering a rehabilitation center in New York, “World News Tonight” co-anchor Bob Woodruff, who was severely injured two months ago in Iraq, is in outpatient treatment and spending more time at home. “I can’t tell…

Senate Hold Delays McDowell’s FCC Confirmation

A hold on the nomination of Robert McDowell to a Republican seat at the Federal Communications Commission is blocking his Senate confirmation vote, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, said Thursday.Mr. McDowell is unlikely to win a confirmation vote until the hold…

Senators Blast Cable Attempts to Deny Access to Sports Nets

Top Senate Commerce Committee members on Thursday publicly blasted a growing effort by leading cable TV operators to deny competitors access to regional sports networks. “There ought to be access by the public to sports programming,” said committee Chairman Ted…

Discovery Introduces Broadband Channels, Mobile Network

Discovery Networks unveiled plans for ad-supported broadband channels for each of its major linear networks Thursday during its upfront presentation to advertisers. The broadband channels will provide additional video content complementary to Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, TLC and…

Media General to Acquire Four NBCU Stations

NBC Universal and Media General said Thursday they have reached a definitive agreement under which Media General will pay $600 million to acquire four NBCU-owned television stations.As part of the deal, Media General also announced that it will sell four…

CNBC’s First Original Prime-Time Series to Debut April 17

CNBC’s first original prime-time series, “American Made,” which focuses on U.S. business leaders, will debut at 8 p.m. (ET) Monday, April 17, the network announced Thursday. Hosted by Internet entrepreneur Ingrid Vanderveldt, the six-part series will open with a profile…

Roberts Named CW Current Programming Chief

In the first of its creative executive announcements, The CW has named Michael Roberts executive VP of current programming. Dawn Ostroff, the network’s president of entertainment, to whom Mr. Roberts will report, made the announcement Thursday. Mr. Roberts will supervise…

Bravo Deal With PayPal Mobile to Facilitate Purchases by Cellphone

Bravo said Thursday it made a deal with PayPal Mobile that will allow viewers to use their cellphones to buy products featured on Bravo shows while watching those shows. The new Text to Buy service will launch on Bravo April…

Big 4-Commissioned Study Says No Difference Between DVR Owners and Nonowners in Ad Recall

A study sponsored by the four major television networks and released Thursday found that there is no difference between DVR owners and nonowners in ad recall or ad recognition of commercials aired on network TV during prime time.The study, conducted…

Fox Schedules ‘Feresten’ Debut

Fox is scheduling the series premiere of its new weekly late-night chat series “Talk Show with Spike Feresten” for Sunday, Sept. 16, at 12 a.m. (ET) following the network’s sketch comedy series “MadTV.”Todd Yasui, Fox’s senior VP of late-night programming,…