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20th Century Fox Television announced it is launching Fox Mobile Entertainment to further develop programming for cellular phones and other wireless technology. Lucy Hood, senior VP of content and marketing for 20th’s parent company News Corp., has been named president…
Paxson Communications Chairman and CEO Lowell “Bud” Paxson on Wednesday challenged reports that his company is abandoning entertainment programming in favor of paid programming, saying the beleaguered media company could continue to offer the same or an increased amount of…
Federal Communications Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein on Wednesday promised a federal crackdown on “covert commercial pitches” on radio and TV and urged the public to help by documenting undisclosed product placements, video news releases or news segments that look like advertisements…
After sharing the top job for a year, Angela Bromstad has been named president of NBC Universal Television Studio. Ms. Bromstad’s former NUTS co-president, David Kissinger, will join late-night talk show host and executive producer Conan O’Brien’s company Conaco Productions…
Bravo will air the first two episodes of its new series “Being Bobby Brown” on June 30. The first episode will premiere at 10 p.m. (ET/PT), and the second will follow at 10:30, the network said Wednesday. The eight-episode series…
CBS Sports on Wednesday said it expanded its contracts with lead “NFL on CBS” analyst Phil Simms and “NFL Today” analyst Boomer Esiason. Terms of the multiyear deals were not disclosed.
Oxygen has cast Laura Prepon of “That ’70s Show” in its latest film, “Romancing the Bride,” a romantic comedy that will co-star Matt Cedeno of “Days of Our Lives,” the network said Wednesday. The film is scheduled to premiere on…
Alliance Atlantis, the Canadian company that co-produces the “CSI” franchise with CBS, said Wednesday it has hired David Lazzarato as executive VP and chief financial officer.Mr. Lazzarato replaces W. Judson Martin, who announced plans to leave the company because of…
For the second full week of May sweeps, most syndicated strips were even with their ratings performance from the previous week. A few strips were able to break that trend and achieve modest growth.For the week ended May 15, only…
ABC News announced Tuesday that it will once again make an extended edition of “Nightline” a tribute to the more than 900 United States military men and women killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since it broadcast the first such tribute…