Bravo has acquired the exclusive rebroadcast rights to HBO drama “Six Feet Under.” Bravo plans to run all 63 one-hour episodes of the series beginning this fall. “‘Six Feet Under’ represents the artistic, creative and critically acclaimed series that defines…
Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine signed into law Friday a bill designed to simplify the process of obtaining a video franchise license by ensuring local governments approve franchise applications more quickly.The new law mandates that local governments in the state approve…
Shares in Spanish-language broadcaster Univision Communications were up more than 3 percent Friday amid speculation that a group of private-equity firms were teaming with Mexican media company Grupo Televisa to make a bid for Univision.Univision shares climbed $1.09, to $34.01…
VH1 will back the launch of its first scripted comedy, “So noTORIous,” with its biggest marketing campaign ever, the network said Friday. The multiplatform push includes local broadcast commercials in Los Angeles; online ads on Yahoo; promotions on gossip Web…
A cable industry leader on Thursday blasted a House member’s plan to propose legislation that would allow telephone companies to bypass local regulators as they roll out television services, calling it a “sweetheart deal” for phone providers.Under the proposal supported…
Federal Communications Commission nominee Robert McDowell told Senate Commerce Committee members Thursday that he would seek counsel from agency attorneys to ensure that his actions as a commissioner would not raise conflict of interest concerns related to his current employment…
Fox’s MyNetworkTV Thursday announced it has signed six more affiliates, bringing the carriage commitments for the new network to 45 percent of the TV universe in the country. MyNetworkTV is scheduled to launch Sept. 5.The latest stations joining MyNetworkTV’s affiliate…
Acme Communications became The CW’s third-largest group of affiliates thus far with the announcement Thursday that seven of its eight WB affils have signed long-term affiliation agreements with the network.The deal, the second CW affiliation announcement Thursday, raises CW clearances…
The CW on Thursday announced long-term affiliation agreements with four stations in the top 100 markets that boosted the new network’s carriage commitments to nearly 57 percent of the country’s TV universe some six months before the network launches in…
News Corp.’s Fox Interactive Media has appointed executives of two recently acquired companies to top positions, the company said Thursday.IGN Entertainment CEO Mark Jung has been named chief operating officer of FIM, while Scout.com founder and CEO Jim Heckman has…