Nickelodeon’s Nicktoons network will become ad-supported in August, the company announced Wednesday. Also, six new series will be added to Nickelodeon’s lineup for the 2005-06 season. They are cartoons “Catscratch,” “The X’s,” “Go, Diego, Go,” “The Wonder Pets” and “Wubby…
Chris Rose has been named host of Fox Sports Net’s “The Best Damn Sports Show Period.” Current co-host Tom Arnold reached a one-year agreement to appear on the show, but only when the program goes on the road for major…
Two highly anticipated premium network debuts received solid ratings this week. Showtime’s heavily promoted Monday airing of “Fat Actress,” starring Kirstie Alley, received a 4.1 household rating. That’s the highest Showtime premiere rating since the 2000 series premiere of “Queer…
Cablevision Systems’ board of directors Tuesday reached an interim agreement with Chairman Charles Dolan to keep the company’s fledgling satellite business going while the company and Mr. Dolan work toward finalizing a separation of the satellite operation from the cable…
Granite Broadcasting said Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission has approved its purchase of NBC affiliate WISE-TV in Fort Wayne, Ind., from New Vision Television.Meanwhile, the FCC also approved a related transaction in which Malara Broadcast Group acquired Granite’s Fort…
Comcast Corp. and Motorola on Tuesday extended their set-top box alliance, with the cable giant agreeing to purchase more than $1 billion worth of cable set-top boxes and network equipment.The companies, which already had a multiyear set-top box pact in…
The 84-minute special Tuesday night sneak preview of the reality boxing show “The Contender” failed to deliver many solid punches, coming in second to CBS’s “Two and a Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” and keeping just ahead of ABC’s “Supernanny.”“The…
Fox’s “American Idol” continued its dominance into the week ended March 6, taking the top spot in the adults 18 to 49 demographic and total viewers, but CBS was able to win the week among viewers despite Fox’s win in…
Deborah Barak, who was recently named executive VP of business affairs for CBS Paramount Network Television Entertainment Group, has restructured the business affairs departments at Paramount Network Television and CBS Entertainment, naming three executives to the positions of senior VP,…
In a bid to take advantage of growing interest among private-equity players in cable systems, Cox Communications is looking to sell as many as four cable systems. The company is looking at the move as a way to reduce the…