2005 GLAAD Award Nominees
Television nominees for the 16th Annual GLAAD Media Awards:
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Senate Panel Sets Hearing on VNRs
The Senate Commerce Committee has scheduled a hearing April 28 to consider the controversy over the government’s use of video news releases to promote administration projects on TV station news programs. Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., are…
High Tech DTV Coalition Schedules DTV News Conference
The High Tech DTV Coalition, a new group formed to speed the pace of the broadcast industry’s switch to digital TV, has scheduled a news conference April 27 in Washington. In a statement, the group said it wants a “rapid…
Stations Ask FCC to Reconsider Must-Carry
The Big 3 TV affiliates association, ABC-owned TV stations and NBC/Telemundo-owned TV stations have asked the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider a decision rejecting a broadcast-industry proposal to require cable operators to carry all of the programming streams on broadcasters’…
Former Charter Execs Sentenced in Accounting Scandal
Four former Charter Communications executives were sentenced Friday for their roles in an accounting scandal in 2001 and 2002 that inflated subscriber counts and revenue and duped investors and regulators.A U.S. District Court judge in St. Louis sentenced former Chief…
Verizon Strikes Carriage Agreement With A&E
Verizon Communications, one of the large telephone companies gearing up to launch a video service delivered over fiber-optic telephone lines, struck a carriage agreement on Friday with A&E Television Networks to carry seven A&E channels plus A&E video-on-demand content.The deal,…
Fuse Announces New Shows
Fuse has announced launch plans for two new shows and is developing four additional shows for fourth quarter 2005/first quarter 2006, the network said Friday. “Metal Asylum,” a request show featuring VJ Juliya, premieres May 9, and “Hip Hop Confidential,”…
NBCU Lobs New Salvo in Paxson Fight
The ongoing battle between NBC Universal and Paxson Communications took another turn Thursday when NBCU indicated it is examining its legal options in a bid to block Paxson from converting its television network’s programming to focus more on various forms…
Daylight Savings Makes for Weak Syndie Ratings
Syndicated strips, especially shows in prime access and early fringe, saw declines for the week ended April 10, with the end of daylight savings and the beginning of lighter days.Two of the top three off-network sitcoms hit new season lows,…