In what has become a pattern over the past several weeks, Fox is once again tops in the adults 18 to 49 demographic while CBS is No.1 in total viewers.For the week ended April 23, Fox’s Tuesday edition of “American…
“Deadwood” creator David Milch bashed the “infantilizing” effect of television, pinned blame for the Iraq quagmire on the media and decried new media as a potentially soulless gimmick when he spoke at the Museum of Television & Radio industry forum…
Quadrangle Group, a private-equity firm with a history of investing in the media industry, said Tuesday that it will pay $150 million to acquire a 17 percent stake in privately held cable operator Cebridge Connections Holdings.As part of the investment…
Without offering a specific roadmap or details, Disney’s Anne Sweeney invited local broadcast affiliates to work together with ABC to explore new business models, a message designed to smooth over the ill will Disney created when it cut affiliates out…
President Bush on Tuesday announced his intention to renominate Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to a five-year term at the agency that would be good through June 30, 2011. Mr. Martin’s existing term expires June 30 of this year….
A producer on the NBC Universal talk strip “The Maury Povich Show” filed a $100 million suit alleging sexual harassment and a hostile work environment.Bianca Nardi, who worked at NBC Universal for five years, is suing host Maury Povich, MoPo…
The Federal Communications Commission announced Tuesday that it has named Eric Miller acting deputy general counsel. Before joining the FCC, Mr. Miller worked for the United States Department of Justice. Previously, he was a law clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas…
The CW announced Tuesday that it has signed exclusive long-term affiliation agreements with stations in Savannah, Ga.; Tallahassee, Fla.; Santa Barbara, Calif.; Yakima, Wash.; Corpus Christi, Texas; Anchorage, Alaska; Binghamton, N.Y.; Gainesville, Fla.; Abilene, Texas; Utica, N.Y.; Missoula, Billings, Great…
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin on Tuesday said he would be willing to consider establishing a rule requiring cable TV operators to carry all programming streams multicast on digital broadcast TV channels-if the initiative wins the support of a…
The annual Beta Research Cable Subscriber Study was released Tuesday and several networks claimed branding victories. National Geographic Channel, available in about 59 million homes, was rated No. 1 in high quality and original programming and among channels subscribers would…