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NBC Universal said Tuesday that it reached an agreement with Web content distribution company Aeon Digital to offer NBCU content on an on-demand basis on Aeon’s new Web-based digital video recorder.The device, called the Aeon DVR-220, is scheduled to go…
Time Warner should break itself into four separately traded public companies and launch a $20 billion stock buyback to unlock shareholder value, investment firm Lazard said in a report released Tuesday.The long-awaited report, which was put together at the urging…
Sharyl Attkisson has been named Capitol Hill correspondent for CBS News, effective immediately, the network announced Tuesday.Ms. Attkisson has been a Washington-based correspondent for CBS News since 1995.
The Sunday telecast of Super Bowl XL catapulted ABC to the top of the weekly ratings in both total viewers and the adults 18 to 49 demographic, almost doubling its nearest competitor in both demos.The Super Bowl was the highest-rated…
ABC is set to air a U.S. version of the Spanish reality music series “Operación Triunfo” after striking a new production agreement with Endemol USA, the producers of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.”“Triunfo,” which broke ratings records on Spanish television and…
Comedy Central announced on Tuesday a new stand-up series called “Live At Gotham.” The series is billed as the network’s “first original multiplatform stand-up series” and “the first original broadband program to migrate to the linear channel.” Translation: The new…
Showtime on Tuesday announced a deal with Apple Computer that makes more than 50 shows from the premium cable network available from the iTunes Music Store. The shows include the first seasons of “Sleeper Cell,” “Weeds” and “Fat Actress.” Downloads…
ABC’s telecast of Super Bowl XL drew a 34.6 rating among adults 18 to 49, up 4 percent from last year’s game on Fox, according to Nielsen Media Research. The game attracted an average audience of 90.72 million viewers, the…
Strong results across three of its four main business segments helped The Walt Disney Co. post a 7 percent increase in fiscal first-quarter profit, even as costs associated with programming at ESPN depressed results for the media networks group.The company…
Telling public broadcasters to tighten their belts, President Bush announced Monday that he wants to slash the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s federal appropriation for fiscal 2007 from $400 million to $346.5 million.In addition, the president’s federal budget proposes to zero…