Time Warner Chairman and CEO Richard Parsons confirmed Wednesday that the media giant is having conversations with a number of potential companies interested in buying a stake in America Online, but he warned there is no guarantee a deal will…
Michael Grade, chairman of the BBC, and Mark Pedowitz, president of Touchstone Television, are among the speakers scheduled for the 2006 National Association of Television Program Executives Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas.Mr. Grade will deliver the NATPE convention’s keynote…
FX has decided not to renew its Iraq war drama “Over There,” the network announced today. The Steven Bochco production was one of the top 10 highest-rated series basic cable debuts of all time. But the series dropped from a…
Chris Cuomo has been named senior legal correspondent for ABC News in addition to continuing as a contributor-anchor on “Primetime.” In his new assignment, Mr. Cuomo, a lawyer by training before he went into journalism, succeeds Cynthia McFadden. Ms. McFadden…
Beverly Hills-based talent agency International Creative Management announced Tuesday that it has completed a recapitalization in order to pursue plans for expansion. Rizvi Traverse Management and Merrill Lynch’s Asset Based Finance Group are providing financing. Terms of the agreement were…
Twentieth Television is developing two syndicated courtroom strips for fall 2006, one with Telemundo’s Cristina Perez and another with former “Power of Attorney” judge Lynn Toler.Ms. Perez, the host of Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo’s court strip “La Corte de Familia” (“Family…
Activist groups represented by the Media Access Project announced challenges Tuesday to the license renewals of 20 commercial TV stations in the Chicago and Milwaukee markets, alleging that the stations failed to provide adequate coverage of local and state elections…
NBC has named comedian Howie Mandel host of its new Endemol USA reality series “Deal or No Deal.” The series, where contestants play for a top prize worth up to 1 million dollars, is based on a format from Endemol…
Paul Allen’s Charter Communications swung to a third-quarter profit Tuesday, lifted by strong gains in high-speed data and digital cable.The St. Louis-based cable operator posted a profit of $76 million for the quarter, compared with a year-earlier loss of $3.3…
Viacom co-Chief Operating Officer Leslie Moonves said Tuesday he will consider acquiring certain cable and new media assets once CBS splits from Viacom, as long as the purchases are within CBS’s core business.The media giant is set to split into…