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Belo, a newspaper group that also owns 19 network-affiliated television stations, on Thursday reported mixed first-quarter results as the Dallas-based company saw an increase in net income and a decline in revenue.The company reported a first-quarter profit of $23.7 million,…
Time Warner and Comcast have won the closely watched and heavily fought battle for Adelphia Communications, with the two cable giants agreeing to pay $17.6 billion for the bankrupt cable operator. As part of the deal reached Thursday, Time Warner…
The National Association of Broadcasters plans to ask the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider a decision rejecting an NAB proposal to require cable operators to carry all of the programming streams on broadcasters’ digital channels, Eddie Fritts, NAB president and…
HBO’s much anticipated miniseries “Empire Falls” will debut in two parts, with Part 1 airing May 28 from 9-11 p.m. and Part 2 airing May 29 from 9-10:30 p.m. Part 1 will be rebroadcast May 29 from 7-9 p.m., just…
Cablevision Systems Corp.’s uphill battle to snag Adelphia Communications could get a bit steeper if a federal bankruptcy court judge approves a plan to pay Time Warner and Comcast a breakup fee of $440 million if their joint bid for…
Sundance Channel has acquired the rights to the Canadian comedy series “Slings and Arrows,” a behind-the-scenes look at a Shakespeare theater festival. The rights include the first two seasons (six episodes each) and an as-yet-unproduced third season. The show is…
As broadcasters develop methods to deliver news content to different digital portable devices, the most important element is not the architecture, but trust, said Jon Klein, CNN president in a keynote at NAB. Mr. Klein was slated to speak about…
Weeks of rumors about management change at NBC’s “Today” show are about to come true with the announcement that Tom Touchet is out after 2½ years as executive producer of the morning show and two new leaders are coming in….
Attendance at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas this week was 104,427, up from 97,544 last year. According to NAB, international attendance was 23,401, up from 22,320 last year. In addition, 1,276 reporters registered for this year’s…
The Media Rating Council has implemented a detailed “performance improvement process” and monitoring procedure designed to improve Nielsen Media Research’s Station Index diary and meter-diary services. Nielsen has agreed to the procedure. The Nielsen Station Index collects data from some…