USA Extends Westminster Dog Show Pact for 12 Years
USA Network made a deal to televise the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show for the next 12 years. USA broadcasted the annual Westminster event since 1984. Terms were not disclosed.
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Litner Named Mets Network President
Jon Litner today was named president of the New York Mets’ new regional sports network. Mr. Litner is executive VP and chief operating officer of the National Hockey League. He will join the new regional network, which is co-owned by…
Comcast Net Sales: They Keep the Nets Running
TED HARBERTTed Harbert was named president and CEO of E! Networks in July. Mr. Harbert was a longtime ABC executive who was head of the network’s entertainment division when it introduced such shows as “NYPD Blue,” “The Drew Carey Show,”…
Nielsen Studies Extended Home
| Ratings | Campus-Viewing Report to Be Issued
News Corp. Extends Exchange Period
Shareholders Have Asked Court to Block Transaction Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. last Monday extended for the second time the deadline for an exchange offer that would return full ownership of Fox Entertainment Group to News Corp., citing as reason for…
Pilot Projects Call Vets Back to Series
| Programming | Noth Returns to ‘Law & Order’ Franchise; ‘Sex’s’ Davis Joins ‘Soccer Moms’
Political Ads Boost TV Station Groups
Sinclair Marks Q4 Loss; Belo Profit Up 26 Percent; LIN Swings to Gain
Discovery Tailors Make-Goods
TLC Parent Responds to Ratings Shortfall; New GM Named
‘Project’ Funway
When a crowd as jaded as Manhattan’s fashionistas goes gaga, you know it’s over something that’s about to be the next hot-hot-hot thing. And so it was Feb. 4, when Bravo’s taping of four collections created by contestants from “Project…
FCC Rejects NAB’s Digital Must-Carry Proposal
In a blow to broadcasters, the Federal Communications Commission voted 4-1 last week to reject a National Association of Broadcasters proposal that would have required cable operators to carry all of the programming streams broadcast on digital. Under the agency’s…