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Fox Sports Networks and the Arena Football League reached a multiyear agreement Thursday to carry regular-season games on 11 of FSN’s owned and affiliated regional sports networks. Most of the FSN regional telecasts will take place on Fridays and Saturdays….
The YES Network today named Ray Hopkins chief operating officer. He will be responsible for day-to-day operations and will have direct oversight of the network’s cable and satellite distribution. He will report to President and CEO Tracy Dolgin, a fellow…
Sundance Channel said Thursday that Jay Mohr will host “Festival Dailies,” its program covering the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. The half-hour show will air Jan. 24-28 at 9 p.m., with a one-hour special Jan. 29 that will include an announcement…
New Line Television said Thursday that “The Lord of the Rings” is the centerpiece of a new syndicated movie package it is calling New Line 11. The films will be sold at the National Association of Television Program Executives conference…
Superstation WGN this week added 1.2 million Comcast subscribers in the San Francisco Bay area. The deal brings WGN’s household total to 65 million.
Larry Divney on Thursday was named president, MTV Networks Ad Sales, as expected (TVWeek, Dec. 13), and Doug Rohrer was named executive VP and senior adviser to Mr. Divney, focusing on areas including emerging new media platforms. Mr. Divney manages…
Charter Communications’ former chief operating officer pleaded guilty Thursday to defrauding investors by artificially boosting subscriber numbers. David Barford will be sentenced March 11 on the federal charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which carries prison time of up…
British television production company RDF Media in a lawsuit filed Wednesday charged that Fox Broadcasting Company and Rocket Science Laboratories copied RDF’s “Wife Swap” reality television series to create their own competing show, “Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy.”The complaint,…
Adelphia Communications and the NFL Network have entered into a broad affiliation agreement. The deal, announced Wednesday, includes distribution of NFL Network, NFL Network on Demand and NFL Network HD. Adelphia will begin rolling out the NFL Network in the…
Federal Communications Commission Media Bureau Chief Ken Ferree on Wednesday denied a request from a commercial broadcaster urging the agency to extend broadcast indecency prohibitions to satellite radio. In an effort to escape FCC indecency enforcement, Infinity Broadcasting shock jock…