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Fox’s MyNetworkTV on Wednesday announced 13 new affiliation agreements, including one with Weigel Broadcasting-owned WCWW-TV in South Bend-Elkhart, Ind., the 87th-largest TV market in the country. Currently affiliated with UPN, the station is changing its call letters to WMYT-TV.The new…
MSN Video will stream for free the entire first two episodes of NBC’s upcoming drama crime series “Heist” for a week after each episode’s television premiere, NBC announced Tuesday. “Heist” is scheduled to premiere Wednesday, March 22, at 10 p.m….
The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday resolved 300,000 television obscenity complaints, levying millions of dollars in fines and providing producers and broadcasters guidance on what material will run afoul of indecency standards. The FCC also affirmed a $550,000 fine against…
EchoStar Communications reported Wednesday that its fourth-quarter profit surged 90 percent, as the satellite company benefited from onetime gains and subscriber gains. However, the company missed Wall Street’s revenue estimate for the quarter.The Englewood, Colo.-based company reported earnings of $133…
Susan Molinari, a former Republican congresswoman from New York, announced Wednesday that she is co-chairing a new National Cable & Telecommunications Association-backed group that will lobby against House legislation that would allow phone companies to bypass local regulation as they…
America Online said Tuesday it has signed four sponsors for the launch of its In2TV Internet television service. The advertisers are Intel, Kia, Hershey’s and Kraft. All sponsors will have video advertisements on the site when it launches Wednesday.In2TV, which…
CBS won Monday night in the adults 18 to 49 demographic, with two episodes of its new comedy “The New Adventures of Old Christine” outperforming previous time-period holders.A preview of “Christine” at 8:30 p.m. (ET) scored a 3.8 in the…
Legislation being drafted by Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, to ease the way for telephone companies to offer video services could hammer cable TV stocks because it appears it will leave cable at a competitive disadvantage in the marketplace, top financial…
Nielsen Media Research said Tuesday it plans to go beyond audience measurement and look for metrics for viewer engagement with television programs and commercials. The announcement was made during its National Client Meeting in Orlando, Fla. Nielsen said it will…
Fox’s “American Idol” reigned supreme for the week ended March 12, with the music reality series taking the top three spots in the adults 18 to 49 demographic and the top two spots in total viewers.The Wednesday edition of “Idol”…