Fox News Channel has promoted Washington-based Greg Kelly to White House correspondent. Mr. Kelly, a Marine Corps Reserve officer and former Marine fighter pilot, joined Fox News in 2002 as an Atlanta-based correspondent.
Discovery Channel’s 18th edition of Shark Week drew its largest household audience since 2001, according to figures released by the network. The week of shark-themed programming, which ran July 17-21, garnered an average prime-time household rating of 1.5. The week…
Martha Stewart’s new daytime syndicated show will be rebroadcast on TLC under a deal between Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and Discovery Communications announced Tuesday. Under the agreement, MSO will also develop a 13-part original home-improvement series that will air on…
Bob Costas extended his contract with NBC Sports through 2012 and will host NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” studio show, the network said Tuesday. The new six-year deal will extend Mr. Costas’ relationship with NBC Sports to 31 years and lines…
In an effort to blunt any efforts by the Regional Bell Operating Cos., the head of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association said Tuesday that the cable industry is girding for what is shaping up to be a huge fight…
In an attempt to help raise NASCAR profile in media coverage, Chairman and CEO Brian France said Tuesday that he is considering developing content that could be used by news organizations.The move would address what Mr. France described as declining…
Former Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman signed a multiyear contract extension that will keep him at Fox Sports through the 2011 season, the network said Monday. Fox’s rights deal to carry NFL broadcasts expires in 2011. Mr. Aikman shares the announcers’…
Green Day, Gwen Stefani, Missy Elliott and U2 top the 2005 MTV Video Music Award nominations list, unveiled Monday morning. The star-studded show will be aired live at 8 p.m. (ET), tape-delayed on the West Coast, Aug. 28 from the…
Two days before the Senate Commerce Committee was to hear testimony on a proposal to legislate oversight of audience measurement, individuals and organizations took sides on the issue. The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., president of Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, led the list…
To better position themselves against a backdrop of an increasingly competitive market, multiple system operators must think of themselves as brands and begin taking steps to infuse that brand in everything they do, a top advertising executive said Monday.Speaking to…