Ending weeks of speculation, President Bush on Wednesday afternoon announced his intention to name Kevin Martin chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Mr. Martin, a Republican commissioner at the agency, succeeds Michael Powell, who departs this week. Because Mr. Martin…
Early data from Nielsen Media Research’s Extended Home Study indicates that college students (with an average age of 20 in the October 2004 test sample) watch an average of 221 minutes of TV per day in their college residences, with…
NBC program executive Chris Conti has signed a new two-year deal with NBC Universal Television Studios to develop new comedy and drama series. The deal was announced Monday by NBC Universal co-Presidents Angela Bromstad and David Kissinger. Mr. Conti most…
Arts & Entertainment Television Networks founder Nickolas Davatzes announced Tuesday that he will retire April 1 and that his successor will be Abbe Raven, now president of A&E Network USA.Mr. Davatzes, who turned 63 on March 14, will remain an…
The WB announced Thursday its new comedy “Living With Fran,” will premiere Friday, April 8, at 8:30 p.m. (ET), with a special second episode airing that same night at 9:30 p.m.“Living With Fran” stars Fran Drescher as a divorcée with…
The official turnout of viewers for Dan Rather’s last night as anchor of “CBS Evening News” was 10.38 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research data. Mr. Rather’s sign-off Wednesday, March 9, drew the largest number of viewers of the…
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, introduced legislation Monday night that would raise the cap on broadcast indecency fines from $32,500 to $500,000 — and extend the government’s oversight of off-color programming to cable and satellite….
Brian Philips was promoted Tuesday to executive VP and general manager of CMT from senior VP and general manager by Van Toffler, president of MTV Networks Music/Logo/Films Group. MTV said CMT had its most-watched year ever in 2004.
Liberty Media on Tuesday said it is spinning off its 50 percent stake in Discovery Communications into a publicly traded company, continuing the company’s efforts to simplify its corporate structure.The move, which will combine the Discovery stake with Liberty’s 100…
Federal agencies may continue using taxpayer funds to produce and distribute video news releases — as long as the releases are informational and don’t covertly try to promote a point of view. That was gist of the pitch in a…