CBS and Paramount Network Television jointly announced Monday that the military drama “JAG,” which has run 10 seasons for a total of 227 episodes, will have its final original broadcast Friday, April 29, at 9 p.m. (ET).After one season on…
NBC Universal and World Wrestling Entertainment have signed a three-year deal that will put WWE’s “Raw” back on USA Network in October. WWE wrestling ran on USA from 1993 to 2000, when it moved to Spike TV, then known as…
History Channel said it plans a special programming event titled “10 Days That Changed America,” which is scheduled to air in the first half of 2006. Each of the 10 days will be examined by an award-winning documentary filmmaker. The…
“ABC World News Tonight” anchor Peter Jennings has revealed that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer and will begin chemotherapy next week as an outpatient. In an e-mail Monday afternoon to senior “World News” staffers about “a change in…
An eclectic panel of powerful communications industry figureheads weighed in on the myriad technological changes facing their industries during the second day of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association convention in San Francisco Monday. Cisco Systems President and CEO John…
NBC Universal has promoted Jennifer Skorlich to senior VP of NBC Universal Cable Publicity and late-night publicity for NBC.The announcement was made Monday by Rebecca Marks, executive VP of NBC Universal television publicity, and Jeff Gaspin, president of NBC Universal…
Barbara Brogliatti, executive VP and chief corporate communications officer for Warner Bros. and a longtime power player on the entertainment communications scene, will retire May 31 from full-time responsibilities with Warner Bros. The internal and public announcements were made Monday…
Former Vice President Al Gore and entrepreneur Joel Hyatt gave National Cable & Telecommunications Association convention reporters a first look at their start-up cable venture at their San Francisco headquarters Monday. The network, now called Current (formerly INdTV), utilizes a…
ABC News is bundling into one digital suite all its multimedia offerings, from video-on-demand to its 24/7 channel ABC News Now, for delivery to cable, satellite, broadband and wireless platforms. The multimedia strategy is expected to debut in July.ABC News…
The Gospel Music Channel on Sunday announced new carriage deals, new programming and additional support from advertisers.Brad Siegel, vice chairman of Gospel, said Verizon agreed to distribute the network on the video service it plans to introduce at mid-year. The…