The Senate Commerce Committee approved legislation Thursday afternoon that would require federal agencies to clearly label their sponsorship of pre-packaged news stories. But the actual language of the approved measure was so tame that industry officials who have resisted the…
Cox Communications on Thursday reached an agreement with Nexstar Broadcasting and Mission Broadcasting in which it will pay the two station groups a retransmission fee to carry the broadcasters’ signals on Cox’s cable systems.The agreement ends a nearly year-long stalemate…
ABC has picked up dramas “Commander in Chief” and “Invasion” for the full season, while NBC is cutting back on its order for the midseason drama “The Book of Daniel” to the pilot plus seven episodes, down from its original…
Belo said Thursday that the impact of Hurricane Katrina totaled around $7.1 million, and that it has put off closing its planned $14.5 million acquisition of New Orleans UPN affiliate WUPL-TV until it completes an assessment of the future of…
The Senate Commerce Committee voted 19 to 3 Thursday afternoon to approve legislation that requires broadcasters to make the switch to DTV by April 7, 2009. Earlier in the session the committee voted 17 to 5 to defeat an amendment…
The National Association of Broadcasters announced Thursday it has hired David Rehr as the organization’s president and CEO, as was expected.Mr. Rehr, who is currently president of the National Beer Wholesalers Association, is scheduled to start at the NAB on…
The first 6½ minutes of the new film “The Legend of Zorro” will be televised on “TBS Movie Extra” Oct. 28, the day before the film opens, as part of an ad deal with Columbia Pictures, the network said Thursday.The…
In their fourth week in syndication, the talk strip “Martha” saw gains in its household rating, courtroom show “Judge Alex” declined and talker “The Tyra Banks Show” was even.NBC Universal’s “Martha” scored a 1.7 national household rating for the week…
DTV legislation slated for a vote Thursday by the Senate Commerce Committee would earmark $3 billion to help more than 60 million consumers buy digital-to-analog converters to ensure that analog-only TV sets still work after April 7, 2009, when the…
Fox has picked up the reality series “So You Think You Can Dance” for a second season. The dance competition series, which ended with the winner, Nick Lazzarini, walking away with a $100,000 prize and a New York apartment rent-free…