Charter Communications, continuing its strategy of selling off geographically unimportant cable systems, said Wednesday it has reached an agreement to sell cable systems serving customers in Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah to subsidiaries of Orange Broadband Holding Co.Financial terms…
Vivendi Universal SA’s 18.5 percent stake in NBC Universal could be unwound if a little-known private-equity firm that purchased a stake in the French company follows through with a plan to deconstruct the conglomerate created by deposed former CEO Jean-Marie…
MTV2 has ordered new animated series “Where My Dogs At?” as part of a new Friday night animated comedy block, the network announced Tuesday. The series will star comedians Jeffrey Ross and Tracy Morgan, who lend their voices to portray…
The CW announced Tuesday that it has signed long-term affiliation agreements with six more stations. The new deals increase the potential audience for The CW to nearly 68 percent of the TV homes in the country. The CW will merge…
Verizon Communications said Tuesday it has asked the Federal Communications Commission to step into an ongoing battle with Cablevision Systems over the cable operator’s refusal to negotiate with Verizon for carriage of three Cablevision-owned regional sports channels on Verizon’s new…
The two episodes of “American Idol” were the two highest-rated shows in adults 18 to 49, winning Fox the No.1 spot among the networks in the advertiser-friendly demo for the week ended March 19.Despite Fox’s also taking the two top…
Eileen Diskin has joined PBS Kids Sprout as VP of marketing. The announcement was made Tuesday by Sandy Wax, the network’s president. Ms. Diskin’s responsibilities include driving strategy for consumer, affiliate and interactive marketing, as well as creating cross-promotional opportunities…
At his keynote speech Monday at the TelecomNext show in Las Vegas, Disney CEO Bob Iger said Disney content has surpassed 4 million downloads on iTunes since October 2005, when the media company first made television programming available on the…
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens said Monday he wants to put a hold on pending legislation that would beef up the penalties for indecent broadcasts. Sen. Stevens wants to determine whether a new industry-backed educational initiative promoting technology to…
Looking to take the notion of cellphone voting to the next level, AirPlay Networks, a California technology company, said Monday that it will introduce software that allows consumers to use their cellphones to pick winners and losers on reality television…