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Digital video recorder maker TiVo posted a widened fourth-quarter loss Thursday, as the company booked higher expenses in its bid to expand its subscriber base.The Alviso, Calif.-based company reported a loss of $33.7 million for the three-months ended Jan. 31,…
Jamie Kellner’s Acme Communications reported a narrowed fourth-quarter loss of $6.8 million, compared with a year-earlier loss of $7.2 million, as improvements in broadcast cash flow helped overcome a lack of political advertising revenue at the company’s nine television stations.Revenue…
The influential AARP has joined the call for government subsidies of converters for at least some of the 73 million analog TV sets that could go dark under Texas Republican Rep. Joe Barton’s plan to force broadcasters to switch to…
Rainbow Media has promoted Matthew Frankel to VP of corporate communications. Mr. Frankel will oversee trade publication relations for AMC, WE and IFC. Mr. Frankel previously headed PR for IFC.“Matt is an extremely talented communications strategist with incredibly strong message…
AOL will stream the debut of Bravo’s “Project Greenlight” free to consumers simultaneously with its West Coast broadcast at 9 p.m. (PT) on March 15. The show will continue to be available on AOL throughout the week. America Online will…
More than 600 media buyers and planners attended the Syndicated Network Television Association’s annual Syndication Day in New York on Thursday. SNTA President Mitch Burg delivered a “state of syndication” presentation that discussed syndication’s growth in ratings and revenues, made…
EchoStar Communications’ shares fell as much as 8 percent Thursday after the company learned of a setback in its patent fight with digital video recorder maker TiVo and that the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the company for accounting…
Gray Television has reported a huge surge in fourth-quarter profit, buoyed by robust political advertising spending, which helped offset a decline in national advertising.The Atlanta-based owner of 31 television stations in 27 states reported a quarterly profit of $14 million,…
Syndicated strips had mixed ratings results in the week ended July 10, which included not only a significant number of repeats and the Independence Day holiday but also widespread pre-emptions July 7 for coverage of the London transit bombings.The two…
Madison Road Entertainment has countersued Mark Burnett Productions in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking $20 million plus damages for defamation of character, unfair competition and other causes of action.Madison Road Entertainment, an entertainment marketing company, was sued March 3 by…