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The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday asked the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington to force the Federal Communications Commission to act by Nov. 15 on a series of long-pending industry petitions urging the agency to dramatically ease its new…
A legal tussle involving a pair of former executives from Gemstar-TV Guide International served as the foundation of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Tuesday that strengthens the ability by the Securities and Exchange Commission to freeze the assets of corporate…
Fox gave full-season production orders to two of its new shows, the Tuesday forensics drama “Bones” and the Sunday family comedy “The War at Home.”Since its premiere Sept. 13 “Bones” has been a successful lead-in for the 9 p.m. (ET)…
Gannett said Tuesday that its third-quarter profit fell more than 4 percent due to weakness at its broadcasting unit and rising costs associated with newsprint at its publishing division.The McLean, Va.-based owner of 21 television stations reported a third-quarter profit…
For the third week of the 2005-06 season, ABC was once again the highest-rated network in the adults 18 to 49 demographic, taking three of the top five spots, including No. 1 with Sunday’s “Desperate Housewives.” Stability was also maintained…
Financier Carl Icahn ratcheted up his fight with the management of media giant Time Warner Tuesday, blasting the company’s directors in a letter to shareholders that sought to rally support for his push for change at the company.In the letter,…
The Senate Commerce Committee announced Tuesday that it will vote Oct. 19 on legislation that would require cable TV operators and broadcast stations that air government-sponsored video news releases to continuously disclose the sponsorship.The bill, backed by a coalition of…
The series premiere of ABC’s real estate comedy “Hot Properties” on Friday was down from its year-ago time period performance in the adults 18 to 49 demographic, but built on its “Hope & Faith” lead-in to become the highest-rated comedy…
SBC Communications, the nation’s No. 2 telephone company and soon to be a provider of video services, announced Monday that it has hired former Fox Cable Networks executive Rob Thun to help with SBC’s programming efforts.Based in Los Angeles, Mr….
DirecTV announced Monday that it has eliminated 100 jobs at its Latin American unit as the company moves ahead with a strategy to consolidate that division’s operations into a single office.Many of the affected jobs will be at the company’s…