The long-awaited Fox Business Channel will launch in the fourth quarter of 2007. The announcement Thursday came from News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, who has long yearned for such a channel, and Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger…
One day after CBS launched a new division to push its wireless initiatives, CBS Mobile unveiled three new Web sites: the Internet-based CBS Mobile Store and advertising-supported wireless sites for sports and news.CBSMobile.com features content ranging from “live wallpaper” showing…
Tribune Co.’s fourth-quarter net income rose 78 percent with help from an extra week of advertising revenue and improved results from its television broadcasting business, among others.Tribune reported profit of $239.1 million, or 99 cents per share. A year earlier,…
NBC’s to Be First National Newscast in Format
Time Warner Scores Victory in Picture-Quality Fight
SoapNet has acquired the rerun rights to “The O.C.” and “One Tree Hill” in a deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution.The shows will begin to air April 9, with “The O.C.” airing at 6 p.m. weekdays and “One Tree…
The number of TV homes in this country is expected to hit 163.7 million by the year 2050, a 47 percent increase from the current 111.4 million.That figure is among the projections in the annual report, “Projected Estimates of TV…
For the fifth week in a row, Fox dominated Tuesday thanks to “American Idol,” which remains on track this season. “Idol” received a 13.4 rating among adults 18 to 49, according to preliminary Nielsen Media Research figures. “Idol” once again…
Local TV stations racked up $399 million in online ad revenues in 2006 and those revenues could grow by as much as 55 percent in 2007.That’s the outlook in a survey released Wednesday by the Television Advertising Bureau, which said…
Online video site Metacafe (see related Metacafe news) installed a new CEO today, the latest in a slew of management changes at viral video sites. Metacafe appointed Electronic Arts executive Erick Hachenburg as its new CEO, replacing Arik Czerniak, the…