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Fox squeaked out a Monday night victory thanks to a two-hour episode of “24,” which bested a “Heroes”-anchored NBC and CBS’s strong comedy and procedural block. Almost every network had some good news last night, starting with Fox. The two-hour…
CBS Corp.has agreed to sell WFRV-TV in Green Bay, Wis. station to Liberty Media Corp. Liberty will exchange 7,591,249 CBS common shares and $170 million cash for a CBS subsidiary created for tax purposes related to the deal. That entity,…
NBC Universal International Television Distribution has made “Access Hollywood” the first licensed format from a foreign studio to air in the People’s Republic of China and the latest format for “Access” internationally. The Chinese series will comprise of 70 percent…
Online video site Veoh Networks launched its revamped service today after beta testing last year. The site now includes better reporting tools for video producers as well as new features for users, such as a downloadable video player that lets…
Hollywood production company Reveille will distribute its library titles to Akimbo, the digital download service that sends niche and mainstream content via broadband to the TV. The Akimbo service will feature Reveille-produced shows “Adrenaline X,” “House Wars” and “Meet Mr….
Retired New York Giants football star Tiki Barber has been named a correspondent for NBC’s “Today” morning show and will work as an analyst for the network’s “Football Night in America” program.Mr. Barber, who his announced plans to retire from…
Sci Fi Channel renewed “Battlestar Galactica” for another season.The network ordered a minimum of 13 hours of the show, and production will resume this summer. New episodes are expected to premiere in January, 2008.The program was moved to Sunday night…
Time Warner Cable on Tuesday officially became a public company after Adelphia Communications Corp.’s Chapter 11 plan took effect.Time Warner Cable had purchased cable systems from Adelphia, paying with shares of Class A common stock on July 31, 2006. Those…
Former CBS Entertainment President Earle “Kim” LeMasters has joined University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies as creative director. Mr. LeMasters will help develop creative content for ICT research projects and help manage partnerships with the entertainment and computer…
One week after scoring with the Super Bowl, a CBS special event once again dominated the Sunday ratings.The 49th annual Grammy Awards delivered its largest audience in three years, both in total viewers and adults 18 to 49, according to…