Mexican broadcaster Grupo Televisa is said to be close to structuring a deal to buy Spanish-language broadcaster Univision Communications, according to a report in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal.At the same time, a New York Times report Thursday said a number…
Comcast Corp. posted first-quarter net income of $466 million Wednesday, triple the year-earlier figure, driven by gains across all of its businesses, particularly its high-speed Internet and digital cable services.On a per-share basis, the Philadelphia-based cable giant’s profit surged to…
With Tony Snow off to the White House as President Bush’s new press secretary, the three-hour daily time slot occupied until last week by Fox News Radio’s nationally syndicated “The Tony Snow Show” will not stay open long. Fox News…
The first 10 episodes of Tyler Perry’s first-run syndicated sitcom “House of Payne” will start running this spring and summer in select markets, the distributor’s co-presidents, Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein, announced Thursday. Additional episodes will be available for national…
The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved legislation Wednesday that would make it easier for phone companies to get into the pay TV business. The measure passed on a 42-12 vote.The bill, previously approved by the House telecommunications subcommittee, now…
“American Idol” tonight will break from tradition, for the first time naming the two contestants who received the most votes from viewers. Normally, the audience only is told which participants received the fewest votes from viewers.The show’s executive producer, Nigel…
Children’s programming producer DIC Entertainment has created an in-house division to oversee broadcast and new media advertising sales initiatives for the upcoming launch of the new children’s network programming block, “CBS’s Saturday Morning Secret Slumber Party.” The announcement was made…
Sci Fi Channel is developing a prequel to its award-winning series “Battlestar Galactica,” the network said during an upfront press briefing on Wednesday.The NBC Universal-owned network is also working on a series of specials with NBC News. One, called “Countdown…
NBC will air the U.S. version of the international game show “1 Versus 100” from producer Endemol USA, which is also behind NBC’s current game show hit, “Deal or No Deal.”In “1 Versus 100,” one player must outlast a mob…
Erica Keane has been named VP of media relations for Fox Television Stations, a New York-based position in which she will oversee public relations for Fox’s 35 owned-and-operated stations and for MyNetworkTV, the network that will launch Sept. 5. Ms….