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Telemundo, the Spanish-language network owned by NBC Universal, agreed Wednesday to acquire Telemundo affiliate KBLR-TV in Las Vegas, bringing to 15 the number of owned-and-operated stations under the Telemundo umbrella.The network purchased the station from Summit Media. Terms of the…
Sci Fi Channel said Wednesday it has renewed “Battlestar Galactica” for a second season. The network ordered 20 new episodes, which will begin production in Vancouver, B.C., in March. The second season will premiere during the summer. The cast, including…
Cablevision Systems CEO James Dolan acknowledged Wednesday that selling Rainbow Media’s national cable channels is an option being explored by the cable company in the wake of dumping its failed satellite business. But he stressed that at this time the…
Crown Media Holdings, which owns the Hallmark Channel, said Wednesday it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its international channels for $242 million to an investment group led by Providence Equity Partners.The sale, which closes a months-long saga during…
Brooke Bowman has been promoted to VP of programming and development at ABC Family, the network announced Wednesday. Ms. Bowman will oversee scripted and reality series. “Brooke is a dynamic creative executive who has been instrumental in developing our originals…
Strong political advertising helped a pair of station groups post improved fourth-quarter and full-year results, the groups reported Wednesday.Hearst-Argyle Television, which owns 25 network-affiliated television stations, reported a 17 percent jump in fourth-quarter profit to $39.6 million, on 16 percent…
Martha Stewart’s legal troubles continued to loom over her company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, which reported Wednesday that it swung to a fourth-quarter loss due to persistent weakness in its television and publishing divisions.The company reported a loss of $7.2…
Vulcan Chairman Paul Allen, DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and Walt Disney Co. President Robert Iger are among the speakers slated for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association conference. Organizers announced the speaker list Tuesday for the conference, scheduled for April…
CNN is combining the Justice Department, homeland security and national security beats into one unit dubbed the America Bureau. Shirley Hung, a 10-year CNN veteran most recently a senior producer in CNN’s Washington newsroom, will be the America Bureau’s executive…
Twentieth Television announced Tuesday it has cleared its new newsmagazine strip “A Current Affair” in San Francisco, Las Vegas and Raleigh, N.C. The half-hour weekday strip has been cleared on KPIX-TV in San Francisco, KVVU-TV in Las Vegas and WRAZ-TV…