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WCVB-TV President and General Manager Paul La Camera, regarded as one of the country’s consummate local station executives, will retire from the powerful Hearst-Argyle-owned ABC affiliate in Boston at the end of the year. Mr. La Camera’s TV career started…
The premiere of TNT’s “The Closer” scored a 4.8 U.S. household rating, representing 5.3 million households, setting a record for the most-watched original scripted series telecast on ad-supported cable. The show also delivered 7.03 million viewers, making it cable’s most-watched…
Michael Jackson’s acquittal Monday on child molestation charges spurred record traffic and requests for streaming video on news Web sites and boosted cable news channel viewership. According to data from Nielsen Media Research, Fox News Channel was the first choice…
DIC Entertainment has been named by McDonald’s Corp. as its worldwide licensing agent for active play toys, entertainment and apparel, the companies said Tuesday. Under the agreement, DIC will develop programs and products for McDonald’s McKids brand, which is slated…
Fox News Channel’s Geraldo Rivera is feeling good this week. He’s taking bows for having been right on the Michael Jackson verdict — Mr. Rivera had confidently promised he would shave his signature mustache if Mr. Jackson were convicted by…
Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., introduced legislation Tuesday that would require broadcasters to switch to digital TV by Jan. 1, 2009. Under the measure, called the Save Lives Act of 2005, some of the analog spectrum broadcasters…
In an effort to broaden its scope beyond music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment on Tuesday said it hired Jeremiah Bosgang as executive VP of television, handing him the responsibility for identifying and exploring opportunities for Sony BMG artists to develop…
Viacom’s board of directors Tuesday afternoon voted to break up the media giant into two publicly traded companies, a move that had been widely expected in the company’s bid to juice its stock price.The board also elected Viacom Chairman and…
ABC’s new reality series “Dancing With the Stars,” plus the NBA finals, helped give the network a win in the adults 18 to 49 demographic for the week ended June 12, but CBS still prevailed in total viewers.“Dancing” was the…
The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) has boosted its lineup for its third annual TV Producers’ Boot Camp, which will take place in Los Angeles July 28 and 29. The boot camp gives participants a chance to pitch…