House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., said last Thursday that he has urged the Federal Communications Commission to eliminate a rule that bars owners of daily newspapers from buying broadcast stations in their markets. In a speech sponsored…
Bill Expected to Include Local Cable Franchise Provision
The CW Television Network began making its pitch to potential affiliates late last week, sending out bid letters to a select group of broadcasters in hopes of locking up a number of important markets within the next couple of weeks,…
Buyer Has Qualms About Stations in Wake of CW Announcement
CBS Corp. division CBS Paramount Domestic Television and King World Productions are merging their publicity departments, a spokesman for CBS Corp. confirmed. John Wentworth, executive VP of communications at CBS Paramount, will take charge of the combined divisions.As part of…
After losing two consecutive nights to Fox in the adults 18 to 49 demographic and in total viewers, NBC was once again the winner in both demos Thursday, thanks to its seventh day of Winter Olympics coverage. But the highest-rated…
Time Warner said Friday that it has reached a truce with billionaire financier Carl Icahn under which Mr. Icahn won’t put up a slate of nominees to the Time Warner board, partly in exchange for Time Warner’s boosting the size…
After just two original airings, UPN’s new Tuesday night reality series “Get This Party Started” has been pulled from the network’s schedule, with no return date set. “Party” debuted Feb. 7 with a 0.6 rating in adults 18 to 49,…
To promote its new documentary series “Black. White.,” News Corp.-owned FX has produced its first music video and has made deals to distribute it via several Web and mobile platforms, including News Corp.-owned MySpace.The music video for the song “Race…
OLN reached an agreement Friday to become the national cable television home of the Arena Football League and this Sunday will televise the first of 11 regular-season games this season. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. AFL games will…