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DirecTV on Thursday said it is reorganizing the company into a simpler structure that will feature three operating divisions, including one to be headed by Fox Sports Chairman and CEO David Hill.As part of the changes, the company, whose official…
Congressmen Dan Burton, R-Ind., and Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., are urging their colleagues on Capitol Hill to stay out of the television ratings process.“The Federal Trade Commission already has enough work to do without Congress telling it to intervene to…
NBC is in production on a reality special starring recording artist Amy Grant called “Three Wishes,” in which teams of experts will help ordinary people make their dreams come true.The special, which will also operate as a backdoor pilot for…
Television host and broadcast journalist Arthel Neville has been added to Twentieth Television’s new syndicated newsmagazine strip “A Current Affair” as the show’s West Coast correspondent, The announcement was made Thursday by Peter Brennan, “Affair’s” creator and executive producer. The…
HBO on Thursday said it has renewed “The Wire” for a fourth season. The shooting of 12 new episodes is scheduled to begin in late 2005, with the shows expected to air in 2006.HBO said the fourth season of “The…
EchoStar Communications Chairman Charlie Ergen said Thursday he is confident EchoStar’s planned purchase of Cablevision’s lone satellite will go forward despite speculation that Cablevision Chairman Charles Dolan might try to scuttle the sale.“The only thing preventing us from acquiring that…
Rock band the Eagles will perform at Turner Broadcasting’s upfront presentation for TNT and TBS. The presentation is scheduled for April 12 at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.Turner’s 2004 upfront featured vocalist Sting.
“60 Minutes” staple Morley Safer will host the 64th Annual George Foster Peabody Awards ceremony, set for Monday, May 16, 2005, at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. The CBS News veteran has won three Peabodys during his six decades on…
To duck a legislative solution on indecency, it would behoove the cable TV industry to consider radically restructuring its tiers to give subscribers the ability to easily limit the edginess of the programming allowed into their homes.That is a pitch…
Viacom on Wednesday said its board of directors is exploring the possibility of splitting the media giant into two publicly traded companies as a means of jump-starting the company’s stock price, which has languished for a number of years.While the…