ABC’s telecast of Super Bowl XL drew a 34.6 rating among adults 18 to 49, up 4 percent from last year’s game on Fox, according to Nielsen Media Research. The game attracted an average audience of 90.72 million viewers, the…
Strong results across three of its four main business segments helped The Walt Disney Co. post a 7 percent increase in fiscal first-quarter profit, even as costs associated with programming at ESPN depressed results for the media networks group.The company…
Telling public broadcasters to tighten their belts, President Bush announced Monday that he wants to slash the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s federal appropriation for fiscal 2007 from $400 million to $346.5 million.In addition, the president’s federal budget proposes to zero…
“NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams will co-host NBC’s Turin, Italy, Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony coverage Friday night, instead of “Today’s” Katie Couric. Mr. Williams’ co-host for the kickoff extravaganza will be Bob Costas, who split hosting duties with Ms….
Reuven Frank, who twice served as president of NBC News and who shaped the development of TV journalism and its ethics and aspirations, died Sunday night of pneumonia, according to sources close to the award winner who helped give the…
News Corp. will launch a rival to CNBC by the end of the year, company Chairman Rupert Murdoch told Newsweek in an interview expected to be published Feb. 13.In the interview Mr. Murdoch said News Corp. is “in pretty intense…
Turner Classic Movies has acquired the rights to more than 100 movies from Paramount Pictures, the companies said Monday.The films, which include “The Stepford Wives,” “Barbarella,” “Shane,” “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” will begin appearing…
The video-on-demand business will have its own advertising upfront this spring if several VOD networks have their way. Three networks that distribute their programming exclusively via VOD-Anime Network, RipeTV and Music Choice-are working on initiatives to fashion a marketplace for…
‘World News Tonight’ EP Forging Ahead as if Seriously Injured co-Anchor Will Be Back
President Bush on Friday announced his intention to nominate Robert McDowell to a Republican vacancy at the Federal Communications Commission. Mr. McDowell is currently senior VP and assistant general counsel for the trade group CompTel. If confirmed as the FCC’s…