Time Warner Cable filed a false advertising lawsuit against DirecTV in federal court Friday in Manhattan, claiming that the satellite company’s current campaign promoting the NFL Network is deceptive.Time Warner said in the suit that DirecTV is claiming that cable…
One of the roommates on MTV’s “The Real World: Denver” is headed for trouble with the law.The show’s creator-executive producer, Jon Murray, Thursday gave fans an exclusive look into the program’s future in his “Producer Shoptalk” podcast on TVWeek.com. He…
CBS News, CNN and NBC News won two Emmys apiece at Thursday’s fourth annual Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting. Public Broadcasting ‘s “Frontline” took home one Emmy from the luncheon presented at New York City’s Rainbow Room by…
Russ Mitchell will join “The Early Show” on CBS as news anchor, a role the well-populated morning show has not had in recent years. The assignment, which starts Jan. 2, will make Mr. Mitchell the hardest-working anchor at CBS—and only…
Nielsen Media Research will offer clients raw data on how many people watch commercials minute by minute, giving television networks and advertising buyers new information to wield in a dispute over how to calculate prices for TV spots.A Nielsen spokesperson…
Wednesday night’s season finale of “America’s Next Top Model” landed The CW in third place among the major networks for the first time since its September launch. The CW averaged a 2.4 rating for the evening among adults 18 to…
By Chris Pursell and Michele GreppiSources at News Corp. and Liberty Media confirmed Thursday that a deal between the two companies to exchange Liberty’s 19 percent share of News Corp. for control of media outlets including DirecTV has been finalized….
A meeting Thursday between Nielsen Media Research and some of its television and advertising clients ended without a compromise on the ratings company’s proposals for measuring how many people watch commercials. The meeting was called so that advertising buyers and…
Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei said Wednesday that recent talks with News Corp. to obtain the company’s 39 percent stake in DirecTV would provide Liberty with “distribution muscle” for its own media outlets, which include the QVC television shopping network…
The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday defended its profanity-related indecency actions against Fox for Nicole Richie and Cher’s swear words on the Billboard Music Awards in 2002 and 2003, telling an appellate court that broadcasters are distracting attention from the…