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DirecTV Group on Thursday reported a narrowed fourth-quarter loss, as robust subscriber growth helped offset a series of one-time charges booked in the quarter.The El Segundo, Calif.-based company, which has 13.9 million subscribers, reported a net loss of $283 million,…
Jack Ford and Jamie Floyd are once again going to be familiar faces on Court TV, where they were anchors in the O.J. Simpson-trial era. Ms. Floyd will become a daytime trial anchor and Mr. Ford is expected to work…
Twentieth Television has confirmed it is moving forward with its new court strip “Judge Alex,” having cleared the program in 65 percent of the country for a fall 2005 national launch, with another 15 percent of the country in final…
Paramount Domestic Television has cleared the off-net weekly one-hour “Star Trek: Enterprise” in more than 90 percent of the country for fall 2005. Mark Dvornik, executive VP and general sales manager of the division, made the announcement Wednesday. The latest…
Marcel Matley, a San Francisco-based document examiner, claims he was defamed by a report issued by an independent panel examining a controversial “60 Minutes Wednesday” story that painted President Bush as a shirker in the Vietnam war-era Texas Air National…
Casting directors and associates held a press conference in Los Angeles today to rally support for their unionization efforts. Typically employed as independent contractors, casting directors do not receive health benefits or have a pension fund and cannot collectively bargain…
CBS gained an easy ratings victory for the week ending Jan. 23, due to Sunday’s AFC Championship Game (44.3 million viewers) followed by the impressive debut of its new crime drama “Numb3rs.” Though “Numb3rs” lost about half the game’s audience,…
Charter Communications’ former chief financial officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal fraud charge in connection with an accounting scandal uncovered in 2001.Kent Kalkwarf, 45, pleaded guilty in a federal court in St. Louis to a single felony count of…
CNN will add two former CNNfn business programs–Dolans Unscripted,” with hosts Ken and Daria Dolan, and “Open House,” with host Gerri Willis–to its Saturday lineup at 10 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., respectively, starting Feb. 5. “Dolans,” a live hour-long show,…
FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps is calling for rules setting aside a quarter of prime time for programming from independent producers.Speaking Wednesday via satellite from Washington to the NATPE convention in Las Vegas, Mr. Copps said, “It is long past…