Start-up cable effort EdgeTV has hired four industry professionals to act as network advisers, the company announced Monday. Former DirecTV President and Chief Operating Officer Roxanne Austin and former Charter Communications Executive VP and COO Maggie Bellville as well as…
Cable giant Comcast on Monday outlined its plans to roll out a digital telephone service, saying it planned to market the service to up to 15 million households by the end of the year, and to its entire footprint within…
Twentieth Television announced Monday that clearances for the off-net debut of its drama “24” have grown to 109 markets throughout the United States, representing 85 percent of the country. The announcement was made by Paul Franklin, executive VP and general…
The Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have suspended negotiations for their new three-year television and theatrical contract. The parties have been in talks since Dec. 6. SAG and AMPTP released a brief joint…
Aside from a handful of new shows, old favorites dominated the television categories at Sunday’s 31st Annual People’s Choice Awards. The ceremony, held at the Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif., and broadcast live on CBS, honored such TV mainstays as…
Four CBS News producers and executives have been forced out and one may be reassigned in the wake of a long-awaited report into a “60 Minutes Wednesday” story about President Bush’s Vietnam War-era National Guard service. The two-man panel examining…
HBO has begun discussions with cable networks about rerun rights to its mob hit “The Sopranos.” But insiders at the pay cable network warn that the talks might not result in a sale, partly because there remains a division of…
News Corp. on Monday said it made an offer to buy the remaining shares in Fox Entertainment Group that it doesn’t already own, following through with a plan most of Wall Street expected would take place once the company completed…
Laura Michalchyshyn today was named to the position of executive VP, programming and marketing at Sundance Channel. Ms. Michalchyshyn, who will be based in New York, will report to both Sundance Channel founder Robert Redford and President-CEO Larry Aidem. She…
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