A House Energy and Commerce Committee report released Tuesday concludes that the Federal Communications Commission under Chairman Kevin Martin has a record of “egregious abuses of power, suppression of information and manipulation of data,” in the words of the chairman…
Leo W. Brennan has been named chief operations officer for Cox Communications Inc., the company announced. Mr. Brennan had been senior VP and general manager of Cox’s cable system in Las Vegas. In his new post, he will be responsible…
TBS has ordered a presentation for a half-hour late-night comedy that follows three grown men who, as in the 2003 Will Ferrell comedy “Old School,” yearn for the easier life of a frat house, the Hollywood Reporter says. The project…
The Dolan family’s stake in Cablevision Systems dropped to 21.2% from 23.8%, Dow Jones reports. One member of the family settled a 1999 transaction by giving 8 million Class A shares in the cable operator to Bear Stearns International, the…
Viacom Inc. CEO Philippe Dauman said he expects strong prices when the owner of cable channels such as Comedy Central negotiates new carriage deals with operators, the Hollywood Reporter says. Dauman, who spoke yesterday at the UBS Global Media and…
USA Network is close to giving a full-season order to the pilot “Royal Pains,” one of three that were greenlit during the summer, the Hollywood Reporter says. The project stars Mark Feuerstein as a former emergency room doctor who becomes…
Glenn Britt, Time Warner Cable president-CEO, said TWC will seek regulation review from the new Congress on the issue of retransmission, the Hollywood Reporter says. Britt said at Monday’s UBS investor conference that retransmission deals with broadcasters have played a…
The Smithsonian Channel is looking to take viewers on a high-def, high-altitude trip to some of the country’s most important landmarks through a new series, “Aerial America,” Daily Variety reports. The network has commissioned the project, to be produced by…
CNN has re-signed Wolf Blitzer through 2012 in addition to naming chief national correspondent John King anchor for Sunday morning news programming, Daily Variety reports. The moves are part of the network’s effort to be in position for the start…
DIY Network will air its second annual Toilet Bowl Marathon on Feb. 1, starting at 7 a.m., as counterprogramming to the Super Bowl. The marathon features a block of bathroom-renovation programming, including episodes of “Bathroom Renovations” and the series premiere…