The Federal Communications Commission today held its second media consolidation hearing in Nashville and immediately heard warnings from country music singers and songwriters about the impact of radio consolidation. With TV issues to be discussed in a panel later today,…
In another step in its reshuffle of senior management, NBC Universal on Monday named Bridget Baker to the new post of president of NBC Universal Networks Distribution. Ms. Baker had been executive VP of cable distribution and reported to David…
Video-on-demand network Music Choice will expand its reach later this month with a launch across Time Warner Cable, Music Choice said Monday. The network will debut in New York, Los Angeles, Cleveland and Dallas this month, with additional rollouts to…
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin’s bid to get Commissioner Robert McDowell to participate in a deadlocked FCC decision on an AT&T/BellSouth merger is angering congressional Democrats.Democrats, who took control of Congress in the November election, are livid that Mr….
Cal Perry has been promoted by CNN to Baghdad bureau chief after several months as director of the bureau. He succeeds Kevin Flower, recently named Jerusalem bureau chief. Mr. Perry joined CNN in 2003 as an editor on the international…
Dan Davids, a 22-year veteran of A&E Television Networks, is out as president of its History Channel, the company said Monday. Nancy Dubuc, a senior VP for nonfiction programming and new media, will succeed him, taking the title of executive…
The corporate owners of Fox, CBS and NBC are discussing plans to build an online video destination for their TV shows that could compete with Google-owned YouTube, the Wall Street Journal reported late last week. News Corp., Viacom and NBC…
Cooperation is the watchword for syndicated television, according to leaders in the industry who gathered Nov. 29 in Los Angeles for TelevisionWeek’s annual Syndication Roundtable. Loyal viewers and lack of clutter in commercial breaks are among the assets syndication executives…
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