CBS was the clear winner in the battle for total viewers for the week ended April 24, but in adults 18 to 49 the network tied Fox for the top spot in the demographic.CBS’s forensic drama “CSI” was the top-rated…
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., introduced legislation Tuesday requiring TV stations to include audio descriptions of the action in some programs to help serve the visually impaired. The Television Information Enhancement for the Visually Impaired Act would require audio descriptions of…
Sundance Channel on Monday said it laid off 10 of its staffers in a restructuring to shift its focus from in-house production to the acquisition of original programming. The network plans to increase its program spending and be more active…
Four people have been appointed to the Advertising Research Foundation’s board of directors to fill an at large seat and three openings left by board retirees. Joining the board of the industry group are Steven Fredericks, president and CEO of…
Verizon Communications, the telephone giant that expects to launch a video service later this year, on Tuesday added to its programming roster by striking a carriage agreement with Showtime Networks.The deal marks Verizon’s second premium pay TV programming pact in…
Meredith Corp.’s television operation proved the exception to the rule Tuesday, reporting for its fiscal third quarter a slight increase in revenue and a sizable surge in operating profit-defying the tradition of reporting declines during nonpolitical years.Meredith, which owns or…
ABC News announced Monday that “primetime>live” co anchor John Quinones will report on “explosive claims” about what may have been going on off camera at Fox’s hit “American Idol” in an hour long special edition at 10:02 p.m. (ET) Wednesday,…
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia on Tuesday reported a slightly narrowed loss for the first quarter, but a persistent advertising slump at its magazines and the absence of the daily syndicated television continued to take their toll on revenue.The company reported…
McGraw-Hill Cos. on Tuesday said its four ABC-affiliated television stations reported a 2 percent decline in revenue in the first quarter as a sharp slowdown in political advertising and significant cutbacks in national advertising more than offset gains in local…
ESPN on Tuesday said it reached a new multiyear agreement with Tennis Australia to extend ESPN’s exclusive coverage of the Australian Open. The new agreement begins in 2007. ESPN has held the TV rights to the Australian Open since 1984….