The National Association of Broadcasters has asked the FCC for a 30-day extension to make comments on a petition to revise its retransmission consent rules, B&C reports. The extra time would would extend the comment period until May 18 and…
With financial trader Carl Icahn focused on a hostile takeover bid for the independent studio, Lionsgate, company Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer and Vice Chairman Michael Burns find themselves at a critical poin, the Los Angeles Times reports. A settlement with…
There were few money questions during Tiger Woods’ press conference today, but kudos to a reporter for asking this one: REPORTER: "…When [the companies you had sponsorship deals] dropped you — some of them pretty quickly, others took a while…
Kate Gosselin, who has gone from "Jon & Kate Plus Eight" to "Dancing With the Stars," told "Good Morning America" that she’s not using her kids as a launching pad for her own fame, according to ABC News. Said the…
MSNBC is keeping David Shuster off the air today for his 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. shows — but the bigger question is whether he’ll remain off the network until his contract is up in December, TVNewser reports. issue is…
Perhaps in a first for a television show promotion, National Geographic Channel is locking three volunteers in solitary cells and Web streaming their "imprisonment" as a way to promote a new documentary on solitary confinement, the New York Times reports….
Product placement is nothing new on television, yet the heavy-handed integration of several products on ABC’s "Modern Family" and Fox’s "American Idol" have raised questions about when such integration goes too far, the Hollywood Reporter says. "Modern Family," for example,…
NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker has written a letter replying to a Senator’s concerns that NBC charged a fee to watch some live streaming of Olympic events, B&C reports. In a letter to Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis), Zucker wrote that…
David Lyle, who had recently worked as president of Fox Reality Channel, has been tapped as president of Fox Look,Multichannel News reports. In his new role, Lyle will report directly to Fox Networks Group CEO Tony Vinciquerra and oversee a…
Citadel Communications and DirecTV resolved their differences and struck a retransmission deal, which will keep the stations on DirecTV, B&C reports. The three stations — two ABC affiliates (WOI in Des Moines, KLKN in Lincoln, Nebraska) and one CBS affiliate (WHBF…