Cablevision CEO James Dolan’s remuneration was more than 50 percent less in 2004 than the previous year, when Mr. Dolan received an extraordinarily large restricted stock award.According to the company’s proxy statement, filed Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission,…
Sundance Channel has acquired the U.S. rights to the Australian comedy “Kath & Kim.” Sundance has ordered the first three seasons of the show, a single-camera series following a dysfunctional suburban family a la “Arrested Development.” The series was the…
Strong advertising in automotive, retail and furniture helped station group Hearst-Argyle Television soften the blow of a sharp decline in political advertising, according to first-quarter financial data the company released Friday.The New York-based owner or operator of 28 television stations,…
Turner Broadcasting said Friday it has agreed to buy the premiere broadcast window for “The Matrix Reloaded” from Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution.Turner also acquired rights to “A Lot Like Love,” “Miss Congeniality 2” and “Eight Legged Freaks.” The price…
Voom lives. Rainbow Media Holdings on Friday announced that it will operate and market Voom 21 HD Originals and that EchoStar Communications has agreed to carry the high-definition programming service. The Voom channels originally were offered on Cablevision Systems’ money-losing…
“Inside Politics” anchor Judy Woodruff announced Thursday that she will resign from CNN when her contract expires. However, she will continue to be involved with the news network she joined in 1993 after covering Washington, D.C., for “The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour”…
The start time for tonight’s presidential press conference has been moved from 8:30 to 8. That accommodation wrung agreement from all four major broadcast networks to carry the conference live. As a consequence, the networks had to perform last-minute surgery…
NBC Universal on Thursday announced that the Peacock Network and Telemundo are planning to enhance the ratings they offer on-air to give viewers additional information about the programming.Citing First Amendment concerns, NBC has long been the only major TV network…
ABC has added the Tuesday sitcom “According to Jim” and Sunday night family show “America’s Funniest Home Videos” to its list of early pick-ups for the 2005-06 season.“Jim,” currently in its fourth season, is from Touchstone Television in association with…
NBC announced Thursday it would premiere four new reality series and bring back new installments of its “Average Joe” and “Biggest Loser” franchises.On Tuesday June 21 at 8 p.m. (ET) NBC will launch the two-hour premiere of “I Want to…