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The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced Thursday that Meredith Vieira, co-host of ABC’s “The View” and host of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” will host the 33rd Annual Creative Arts Daytime Emmy Awards on Saturday, April…
The Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday voted to approve the nomination of Robert McDowell to a Republican seat at the Federal Communications Commission. If Mr. McDowell is confirmed by the full Senate as the FCC’s fifth commissioner, he will give…
Fox’s MyNetworkTV has signed Young Broadcasting’s KRON-TV, the independent station in San Francisco, the sixth-largest market in the country. The Thursday announcement was made by Fox Television Stations CEO Jack Abernethy and Young Chairman Vincent Young.The deal boosts clearances to…
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group said Thursday it has named Simon Kenny president of the newly formed Warner Bros. Digital Distribution unit.Mr. Kenny will manage electronic distribution streams of Warner Bros. studio product over existing, new and emerging digital platforms,…
ABC News President David Westin in an e-mail informed ABC News staffers that Mr. Woodruff has been moved to a private facility in New York to continue his recovery from severe injuries suffered in a roadside blast while on assignment…
Talk show host Jerry Springer has donated $200,000 to the new Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, the museum president said Thursday.“The generous donation from Jerry Springer will help us create entertaining and educational exhibits and will help us build…
Gray Television swung to a fourth-quarter loss amid a sharp drop in political advertising revenue, the company said Thursday.The Atlanta-based operator of 36 television stations reported a net loss of nearly $7.1 million, compared with profit of nearly $14 million…
E.W. Scripps Co. bolstered its presence in the online shopping space Thursday by agreeing to acquire British comparison-shopping site uSwitch for $366 million cash.The move comes less than a year after Scripps paid $525 million to acquire Shopzilla.com, a U.S.-based…
HBO has ordered a half-hour comedy pilot based on the life of comedian Mike Epps. Titled “The Unsuccessful Thug,” the single-camera series will chronicle Mr. Epps’ hapless criminal efforts before he found success as a stand-up comic. The pilot is…
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association and The Walt Disney Co. released new studies Wednesday alleging that a February report by the Federal Communications Commission on a la carte pricing for cable TV is flawed. The FCC report, ordered by…