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The Democratic National Committee announced Monday afternoon that it will file a complaint Tuesday asking the Federal Elections Commission to investigate a plan by Sinclair Broadcast Group to air a documentary critical of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry’s antiwar…
USA Network executive Michele Ganeless has returned to Comedy Central under the title of general manager, the network announced Monday. Ms. Ganeless was senior VP of programming at Comedy Central before going to USA Network, where she served as executive…
DirecTV Group on Monday unveiled a $579 million plan in which the satellite operator will enter into a series of transactions designed to combine its Latin American operations with those of controlling shareholder News Corp. in the region.The deals consolidate…
Harris Corp. announced plans to buy Encoda Systems, the longtime leader in the provision of traffic systems to television stations in the United States. Encoda commands about 80 percent of the market share, but its client base had been steadily…
Gender Choosy, but Open to New Genres, Strong Storytelling
Top Executive Leaves Rainbow, Fueling Doubts About Viability of New Entity
By Sheree R. CurrySpecial to TelevisionWeek Nashville may be known as Music City, but high school football gives country music a run for its money in this state capital and home of cable’s Country Music Television network. As a result,…
In an example of NBC Universal’s extensive news reach, the company’s three Los Angeles-area stations have partnered to produce a show on the Latino vote that will air on the NBC-owned stations, the Telemundo network and MSNBC this month.NBC-owned KNBC-TV…
Advertisers, Programmers Continue to Test the Waters
Hurricanes, Political Ad Dropoff Hurt Revenues