E.W. Scripps Co. bolstered its presence in the online shopping space Thursday by agreeing to acquire British comparison-shopping site uSwitch for $366 million cash.The move comes less than a year after Scripps paid $525 million to acquire Shopzilla.com, a U.S.-based…
HBO has ordered a half-hour comedy pilot based on the life of comedian Mike Epps. Titled “The Unsuccessful Thug,” the single-camera series will chronicle Mr. Epps’ hapless criminal efforts before he found success as a stand-up comic. The pilot is…
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association and The Walt Disney Co. released new studies Wednesday alleging that a February report by the Federal Communications Commission on a la carte pricing for cable TV is flawed. The FCC report, ordered by…
Fox’s MyNetworkTV on Wednesday announced 13 new affiliation agreements, including one with Weigel Broadcasting-owned WCWW-TV in South Bend-Elkhart, Ind., the 87th-largest TV market in the country. Currently affiliated with UPN, the station is changing its call letters to WMYT-TV.The new…
MSN Video will stream for free the entire first two episodes of NBC’s upcoming drama crime series “Heist” for a week after each episode’s television premiere, NBC announced Tuesday. “Heist” is scheduled to premiere Wednesday, March 22, at 10 p.m….
The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday resolved 300,000 television obscenity complaints, levying millions of dollars in fines and providing producers and broadcasters guidance on what material will run afoul of indecency standards. The FCC also affirmed a $550,000 fine against…
EchoStar Communications reported Wednesday that its fourth-quarter profit surged 90 percent, as the satellite company benefited from onetime gains and subscriber gains. However, the company missed Wall Street’s revenue estimate for the quarter.The Englewood, Colo.-based company reported earnings of $133…
Susan Molinari, a former Republican congresswoman from New York, announced Wednesday that she is co-chairing a new National Cable & Telecommunications Association-backed group that will lobby against House legislation that would allow phone companies to bypass local regulation as they…
America Online said Tuesday it has signed four sponsors for the launch of its In2TV Internet television service. The advertisers are Intel, Kia, Hershey’s and Kraft. All sponsors will have video advertisements on the site when it launches Wednesday.In2TV, which…
CBS won Monday night in the adults 18 to 49 demographic, with two episodes of its new comedy “The New Adventures of Old Christine” outperforming previous time-period holders.A preview of “Christine” at 8:30 p.m. (ET) scored a 3.8 in the…