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Due to college basketball and a slew of repeat episodes, many syndicated strips saw declines for the week ended March 20.Among the most hard-hit strips were Paramount’s “Entertainment Tonight” and “The Insider,” which run on the CBS owned-and-operated stations and…
The European Commission on Wednesday approved the $4.8 billion acquisition of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by a Sony Pictures Entertainment-led consortium primarily of private equity players.According to a statement released by the company, the EC granted unconditional approval to the deal, in which…
Twentieth Television’s most recent version of the syndicated newsmagazine strip “A Current Affair” was down from its premiere date average in the metered markets.On Monday, March 28, “Affair” scored a 2.9 weighted metered market household rating in its primary runs,…
Cablevision Systems Chairman Charles Dolan has provided a slightly clearer picture of how he will finance his struggling satellite service Voom, indicating in a filing that he might tap his holdings in Cablevision to keep the satellite operation running.In a…
Paxson Communications President and Chief Operating Officer Dean Goodman said Tuesday that his company isn’t planning to adopt an infomercial programming format, despite widespread speculation to the contrary.“The company has no plans to modify the amount of entertainment programming it’s…
Olympic gold medalist Brandi Chastain will join ABC Sports and ESPN2 as a sideline reporter for their Major League Soccer telecasts. Ms. Chastain will joins play-by-play commentator JP Dellacamera and analyst Eric Wynalda on ABC Sports’ broadcast of the MLS…
UPN has signed a new primary affiliation agreement with Gray Television’s WCTV-DT, the group’s digital station in Tallahassee, Fla., the 109th-largest TV market in the country, according to Nielsen Media Research. The deal, which takes effect April 1, is the…
NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution has renewed its syndicated reality strip “Starting Over” for the 2005-06 season. “Starting Over,” which has been cleared in more than 90 percent of the country, is getting 35 local-market upgrades for its third season….
David Doebler has been promoted to president and general manager of WVIT-TV, the NBC Universal-owned and -operated station in Hartford, Conn. The appointment is effective immediately. Mr. Doebler had been president and general manager of sister station WVTM-TV in Birmingham,…
VH1 announced three new reality series Tuesday. Two of the shows, “Hogan Knows Best” and “Being Bonaduce,” continue the MTV Networks strategy of filling programming hours by following around celebrities with reality show cameras. In “Hogan Knows Best,” the subject…