If you love finding out about and downloading new apps for your smartphone, then a new syndicated program is targeted to you, reports Mediaweek’s Anthony Crupi. The nationally syndicated show, from the creators behind TV staples "A Current Affair" and…
The news lineup at KCET-TV since the station broke away from the PBS network may have a hard time finding U.S. viewers, the Los Angeles Times‘ James Rainey writes, because the new lineup includes a half-hour of the Asian-focused "Newsline"…
Portable televisions that are capable of receiving both over-the-air and mobile digital signals will be introduced by RCA, with the devices being shipped to Radio Shack in the first quarter, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Technology blog. The portable TVs…
A company owned by a genuine larger-than-life Hollywood character–who is an Academy Award and Tony Award winning producer–has purchased a 25% interest in Starz, the Associated Press reports (though the story is on the Bloomberg site). We’re referring to Harvey Weinstein…
The mayor of Utica, N.Y., isn’t happy with the local news that sometimes appears on WKTV, the city’s NBC affiliate station, reports WKTV.com. That’s because the local news from Scranton-Wilkes Barre, Pa., occasionally ends up in the Utica market, prompting…
A $211 million takeover offer from Canadian real estate company Huntingdon Real Estate Investment Trust, which wants to buy Seattle station KOMO-TV, was spurned by the station’s owner, Fisher Communications, the Puget Sound Business Journal reported. The offer represented an…
With all five Federal Communications Commissioners heading to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, the Comcast/NBC Universal merger deal isn’t likely to be voted upon until at least next week, Multichannel News reports. Chairman Julius Genachowski is…
CBS Television Distribution has found a successor to Terry Wood, the president of creative affairs and development who recently left the company after 12 years, reports Deadline.com. The company has tapped Aaron Meyerson, who joins CTD from digital media tech…
Oprah Winfrey’s new OWN network got off to a good start, with an average of 1 million viewers for its first evening of prime-time programming on Saturday, reports the New York Daily News. That’s an increase of almost 400% over…
The high-profile battle over who will be the cola sponsor of Simon Cowell’s new U.S. show, "The X Factor," is over, and the result marks a departure from Cowell’s longtime deal with Coca-Cola as sponsor of "American Idol," The New…