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Rather Refutes Attacks on Guard Story

“CBS Evening News” anchor Dan Rather on Friday refuted attacks on the authenticity of recently revealed documents that he cited in a report raising new questions about the Texas Air National Guard service of President Bush.“I know this story is…

USA Orders New Season of ‘Dead Zone’

USA Network has ordered a fourth season of “The Dead Zone.” Production is scheduled to begin on 22 new episodes in November. They’re expected to begin running in March. For the third season USA ordered 13 episodes from Lion’s Gate,…

Eisner Plans to Retire in 2006

The Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner said he would not renew his contract when it expires in two years, ending more than a year of shareholder unrest about his leadership and triggering what will likely be a hotly contested…

Yahoo, Mark Burnett Productions Team for ‘Apprentice’ Web Site

Mark Burnett Productions said Thursday it has tapped Internet titan Yahoo! to produce, host and sell advertising for the official Web site of the second and third seasons of the hit reality series “The Apprentice.”The two companies called the agreement…

Spike TV Scores Big with ‘CSI’

With All “CSI” All the Time, Spike TV was the top-rated cable network among adults 18 to 49 for both total day and prime time on Tuesday. The network is running the CBS hit from 9 a.m. through 3 a.m….

A&E Promotes Raven, Davids

A&E Networks today promoted the heads of its two big channels. Abbe Raven was named president of A&E and Dan Davids was named president of History Channel. Both had been executive VP and general manager of their channels. The two…

CBS News Invests in New Sony Technology

CBS News is investing more than $20 million in new camcorder technology from Sony as it begins converting its news operations to a tapeless world. CBS said it will roll out Sony’s XDCAM Professional Disc technology by early next year…

CEA Reports Growth in Sales of Computers, Digital TVs

The Consumer Electronics Association reported that personal computers and digital televisions were two key growth factors driving sales of consumer electronics products past $100 billion in 2003, a record. Sales of flat-panel TVs alone were more than $2 billion in…

FCC Adopts Digital Kids Programming Rules

In a blow to the broadcasting industry, the Federal Communications Commission today adopted regulations that will require broadcasters who use their digital TV channels to multicast programming streams to offer up to 18 hours per week of kids educational programs….

MobiTV Adds C-SPAN to Mobile Lineup

Wireless video service MobiTV added C-SPAN and C-SPAN2 to its cellphone lineup this week, with the goal of providing C-SPAN’s election coverage to mobile users over the next few months. The C-SPAN channels are among the latest news networks to…