The future got a lot brighter Tuesday for digital video recorder maker TiVo after the company struck an agreement with Comcast Corp. to develop a customized version of the TiVo service for the cable giant’s customers.News of the alliance sent…
The Tennis Channel today said it signed a multiyear affiliation agreement with Comcast Cable, the leading cable operator in the United States. The deal calls for potential carriage of Tennis Channel’s linear network and its VOD content.
A booking skirmish between Monday morning news shows over Ashley Smith, the heroine hostage who convinced Atlanta courthouse killing suspect Brian Nichols to surrender, resulted in ABC’s “Good Morning America” losing what started out as an exclusive live interview.According to…
Ken Ferree, who recently stepped down as chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s Media Bureau, has been hired as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s executive VP and chief operating officer, starting March 29. “Everything CPB is involved in I’ll be…
Discovery Networks and America Online on Monday announced a year-long marketing and advertising partnership in celebration of Discovery Channel’s 20th anniversary. The agreement is anchored by the previously announced plans to work together on Discovery’s “Greatest American” series. The sponsorship…
Liberty Media Chairman John Malone on Monday said he personally wouldn’t try to launch a third satellite operator with his own money, raising ever more doubt about the future of Cablevision Chairman Charles Dolan’s efforts to breath new life into…
An ABC promo for “Desperate Housewives” that showed actress Nicolette Sheridan dropping a towel and leaping into the arms of Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens last year did not violate Federal Communications Commission indecency prohibitions, according to an FCC…
Animal Planet said Monday it plans to rebrand its Sunday night as “Whoa! Sunday,” beginning March 27. The network will televise a series of specials on Sundays, including “Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real” and “Jane Goodall’s When Animals Talk.” Wednesdays…
For the second time in less than a year, hard-driving executive producer Shelley Ross finds herself facing an abrupt change of assignment. ABC News announced Monday that she is leaving ABC News’ “primetime>live” effective immediately.“20/20” executive producer David Sloan will…
Howard Shimmel has joined Nielsen Media Research as senior VP, client insights. He will be based in New York and report to Dave Thomas, senior VP of strategy and business development, and Paul Donato, senior VP and chief research officer.Mr….