Consumption of news through cable TV and the Internet has grown the most during the last year compared to other mediums, TVNewser reports, citing new information from Gallup. According to the firm’s annual poll, those two were the only media…
Time Warner Cable and Granite Broadcasting have reached a retransmission agreement to continue providing broadcast programming in several New York state markets. The deal includes the broadcast of ABC programming in Buffalo and CBS programming in Syracuse and Binghamton. Additionally,…
Fuse viewers have chosen Britney Spears’ “Womanizer” as the best music video of 2008. More than 14 million votes were cast for the honor, which was unveiled on Fuse’s “The Top 40 of 2008: The Good, the Bad and the…
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is tapping a media and media association executive for a top staff post. David Krone, most recently senior VP at Comcast, will become senior adviser to the majority leader. He will oversee and coordinate…
BBC America has acquired the U.S. premiere rights for “Ashes to Ashes,” the sequel to the original British series “Life on Mars.” “Ashes to Ashes,” which premieres in March, follows Detective Chief Inspector Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister) as he is…
SoapNet has acquired 19 movies from Sony Pictures Television for its Sunday Night Movie 10 p.m. time slot. The movies, which include “Something’s Gotta Give,” “Sleepless in Seattle” and “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” will begin airing this month. The films…
Animal Planet will usher in the New Year with a lineup of new programming on Saturday nights, premiering Jan. 3. “Underdog to Wonderdog” will premiere at 8 p.m. The new series follows the Doggie Wonder Team as they rescue and…
Google has approached major cable operators and telcos to create a fast lane for its Web site by putting its own servers inside the networks of Internet service providers, the Wall Street Journal reports. The move would be contrary to…
Charter Communications is trying to avoid bankruptcy by renegotiating its debt or exchanging it for equity, the Wall Street Journal reports. Charter has hired Lazard as an advisor and Kirkland & Ellis as bankruptcy counsel. Charter founder Paul Allen has…
David Shuster is expected to be named host of “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,” David Gregory’s old show on MSNBC, the New York Times says. Gregory on Sunday moderated his first episode of NBC’s “Meet the Press.” —Jon Lafayette