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Granite Broadcasting said Thursday that it reached definitive agreements to sell its two large-market WB-affiliates to private-equity firm ACON Investments for $180 million, a move designed to allow Granite to focus on its Big 3-network-affiliated stations and to pare down…
The National Association of Broadcasters has announced an initiative to distribute 1,300 battery-operated hand-held television sets to public safety officials for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.The 5-inch analog sets, which include AM and FM radio receivers, are being distributed by the…
Comedy Central and “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have renewed their deal for another three years, the network announced Thursday. The deal includes 14 episodes for each year through 2008. “I was at Comedy Central when we…
The video dreams of SBC Communications and Verizon Communications got a huge boost Wednesday after Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed into law a bill that permits the telephone companies to seek a franchise at the state level, rather than town…
While most news networks feel compelled to juggle coverage of the confirmation hearings scheduled to begin Monday on John Roberts Jr.’s nomination to be chief justice of the Supreme Court and their continuing coverage of Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath, Court TV…
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. said Thursday it is paying $650 million cash to acquire IGN Entertainment, an online company, as the media giant looks to further bolster its presence online by entering the gaming space. The purchase comes on the…
Even with a 15 percent decline in its adults 18 to 49 rating from its two-hour debut, Fox’s new Monday drama “Prison Break” took the No. 1 spot for the night of Sept. 5 in its second outing.“Break” scored a…
Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin, who has cast a long and award-winning shadow on daytime programming since the late 1970s, is leaving her post of executive in charge of production for the venerable Procter & Gamble-produced CBS soaps “Guiding Light” and “As…
The broadcast networks will expand their fund-raising platform on Friday, Sept. 9, beyond the one-hour “Shelter From the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast” prime-time special by allowing viewers to call in donations starting with the morning news programs…
Fox’s attempt to get an early start to the 2005-06 season with its new drama “Prison Break” paid off, giving the network a tie with CBS for No. 1 in the adults 18 to 49 demographic for the week ended…