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To clear the way for phone companies to get into the TV business, Ivan Seidenberg, CEO and chairman of Verizon Communications, asked broadcasters on Monday to support a phone industry effort to avoid traditional cable franchise regulation. Under the traditional…
“Monday Night Football” will move to ESPN for the 2006 season, and NBC will return to the NFL family with prime-time football on Sunday nights, the league announced Monday.ESPN’s “MNF” agreement covers eight seasons. The 17 games per season will…
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has bailed out of a commitment to speak at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas. An NAB source said the agency’s new Republican chairman cited “personal reasons.” His Tuesday morning slot…
Telecommunications giant Verizon Communications on Monday added NBC Universal Cable to the growing roster of content providers supplying programming to the company’s new phone line-based video service, striking a carriage agreement Monday with NBC Universal Cable.Financial terms of the deal…
GSN has acquired the rights to the spinoff game show “Super Millionaire” from Buena Vista Television, the network announced Monday. “Super Millionaire” will air Sundays beginning May 1.GSN has also renewed its deal for the original “Who Wants to Be…
NBC is the most upscale broadcast network in prime time, according to a report released Monday by Steve Sternberg, executive VP and director of audience analysis at Magna Global. The report is based on adults 25 to 54 in the…
CNN Headline News will rearrange the repeats on its new prime-time weekday lineup starting Monday, April 25, in an attempt to maximize the big bounce it got when the schedule launched Feb. 21. The first telecasts of “Showbiz Tonight,” “Nancy…
Sarah Smith has been named to the newly created position of director of development for the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation. Ms. Smith will oversee corporate foundation relations, the expansion of NATAS educational programs and fund raising….
After six years as senior White House correspondent, CNN’s John King has been named chief national correspondent. He will remain based in Washington. “During his on-site reporting of the tsunami aftermath, we witnessed the breadth of John’s capabilities beyond the…
Michael Teicher, executive VP, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, was named chairman of the Syndicated Network Television Association, the group said Monday. Mr. Teicher succeeds Howard Levy, executive VP, Buena Vista Television. Also named to the board were Clark Morehouse,…