Staffers on NBC Universal’s “The Jane Pauley Show” were told in a meeting Friday afternoon in New York that the syndicated strip has been officially canceled. The show, which premiered Aug. 30, 2004, with great fanfare, had secured a two-year…
Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, will bring his campaign to clean up cable TV programming into the belly of the beast, when he makes a personal appearance at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s national show in San Francisco April 3-5….
Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner should not be involved in any way in the search for his replacement, and if he is, the process of finding a new chief executive is “a mockery,” two dissident Disney shareholders said Thursday…
Spike TV has ended discussions with World Wrestling Entertainment and will not renew its Monday night “Raw” franchise, the network announced Thursday. “After several months of negotiations, we have decided to end our discussions about extending our relationship with the…
Digital video recorder maker TiVo posted a widened fourth-quarter loss Thursday, as the company booked higher expenses in its bid to expand its subscriber base.The Alviso, Calif.-based company reported a loss of $33.7 million for the three-months ended Jan. 31,…
Jamie Kellner’s Acme Communications reported a narrowed fourth-quarter loss of $6.8 million, compared with a year-earlier loss of $7.2 million, as improvements in broadcast cash flow helped overcome a lack of political advertising revenue at the company’s nine television stations.Revenue…
The influential AARP has joined the call for government subsidies of converters for at least some of the 73 million analog TV sets that could go dark under Texas Republican Rep. Joe Barton’s plan to force broadcasters to switch to…
Rainbow Media has promoted Matthew Frankel to VP of corporate communications. Mr. Frankel will oversee trade publication relations for AMC, WE and IFC. Mr. Frankel previously headed PR for IFC.“Matt is an extremely talented communications strategist with incredibly strong message…
AOL will stream the debut of Bravo’s “Project Greenlight” free to consumers simultaneously with its West Coast broadcast at 9 p.m. (PT) on March 15. The show will continue to be available on AOL throughout the week. America Online will…
More than 600 media buyers and planners attended the Syndicated Network Television Association’s annual Syndication Day in New York on Thursday. SNTA President Mitch Burg delivered a “state of syndication” presentation that discussed syndication’s growth in ratings and revenues, made…