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The board of governors of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences approved changes to this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards, which will forego spontaneous speeches in a number of categories for pre-taped acceptance statements.On Tuesday the board of governors passed…
WE: Women’s Entertainment said Wednesday it has acquired exclusive rights to air BBC1 live coverage of the royal wedding on Saturday. “Charles & Camilla’s Wedding Day: A WE Exclusive” will begin at 7 a.m. and include all the events except…
The Federal Trade Commission will not get involved in the battle over Nielsen Media Research’s Local People Meter service. In a letter dated March 30 to members of Congress who had complained about LPM results and sought federal regulation, FTC…
Telemundo Chief Operating Officer Don Browne has been named president and CEO of the NBC-owned Spanish-language network, replacing Jim McNamara. Telemundo announced Wednesday that Mr. McNamara will leave the network to pursue what the company described as “outside production opportunities.”Mr….
MTV on Wednesday said it plans to launch a new ad-supported Web site with original content April 25. MTV Networks Group President Van Toffler called the site, MTV Overdrive, a “hybrid” network because it delivers programming both on a linear…
Shares of Paxson Communications surged Wednesday as Wall Street reacted to the possibility of syndicated television show impresario Byron Allen buying the beleaguered company for around $2.2 billion.The story of Mr. Allen’s possible purchase was first reported in Monday’s edition…
Republican Sen. Ted Stevens’ visit to the National Cable & Telecommunications Association national conference in San Francisco this week has not convinced the lawmaker to drop his campaign to clean up cable programming.In a series of recent blasts at the…
In another twist to two already percolating stories, Cablevision Systems on Tuesday reportedly prepared a $16.5 billion all-cash bid to buy bankrupt cable operator Adelphia Communications.While speculation abounded last week that Cablevision might join forces with a private-equity consortium led…
ABC has given its veteran drama “Alias” and rookie dramas “Boston Legal,” “Desperate Housewives” and “Lost” early pickups for the 2005-06 season.“Alias,” which moved to Wednesdays at 9 p.m. (ET) this season, has an average rating of 4.7 in adults…
For the second week in a row CBS took first place among the broadcast networks in the adults 18 to 49 demographic and total viewers. For the week ended April 3, Fox’s Tuesday edition of “American Idol” was the top-rated…