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Michael Eisner struck a deal with MySpace to distribute his new online series “Prom Queen” that debuts next week. Under the deal MySpace will debut each of the 80 episodes about 12 hours before any other Web site. The first…
Univision Communications officially began its life as a private company, with Broadcasting Media Partners completing its $12.3 billion acquisition of the Spanish-language media giant.The Federal Communication Commission gave final approval for the deal earlier this week.Broadcast Media Partners, comprised of…
Discovery Communications Inc. agreed to acquire Cox Communications’ stake in the company in exchange for $1.275 billion in cash and the assets of the Travel Channel, Travelchannel.com and Antenna Audio.The deal would leave John Malone’s Discovery Holding Co. owning two-thirds…
Half the TV ads kids under 12 see are food ads, says a new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation that could further fuel Washington pressure on media companies and marketers in the face of rising childhood obesity.Just over a…
Matt Seiler was named president and CEO of PHD North America, a media agency owned by Omnicom Group. Mr. Seiler has been president of PHD since September 2004.At the same time, Steve Grubbs, who had been president of PHD North…
Hallmark Channel parent Crown Media Holdings today named Fred Dressler, the former programming chief for Time Warner Cable, to its board of directors.Hallmark is in the process of redoing most of its major carriage agreements with cable and satellite distributors.“Just…
Bad girls will have more fun on Oxygen.The cable network said Wednesday that it has ordered a second season of “The Bad Girls Club,” the highest rated original series in its history. The season will consist of 22 episodes and…
The mobile screen this year will join the TV screen and the PC screen at the table during the TV upfront. This 360-degree integration is possible for the first time this year, said Cyriac Roeding, VP-wireless, CBS Digital Media. MediaFloCBS…
Fox’s tactical deployment of a 7-minute “American Idol” overrun seemingly failed to drain viewers from ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” results show premiere Tuesday night.“Dancing” generated a 4.4 rating among adults 18 to 49 (11.4 million households), according to preliminary…
Mobile TV provider GoTV Networks said on Tuesday that it landed strategic investments from Motorola Ventures and Qualcomm. The investment, for an undisclosed amount, is significant because both companies are major players in the mobile phone business. GoTV produces content…