World Wrestling Entertainment said Thursday that Phil Livingston is resigning as the company’s chief financial officer and as a member of the board after 21 months at the company.Mr. Livingston will be replaced on an interim basis by Frank Serpe,…
SBC CEO Ed Whitacre promised that 2005 will be the year that convergence truly happens, thanks to the SBC Project Lightspeed $4 billion initiative to roll out advanced video service over an Internet-protocol TV network that will enable networking among…
Michael Bair on Thursday was named president of Cablevision’s MSG Networks, effective Feb. 1. Mr. Bair, currently senior VP of marketing and business operations for the New York Rangers, will be responsible for the strategic direction and operational and financial…
Barbara Walters will conduct the first joint interview with President Bush and wife Laura, which will air Friday, Jan. 14, on ABC’s “20/20.” Ms. Walters, who relinquished week-to-week assignments last September after 25 years of bagging big interviews for the…
Spike TV will debut a reality show this month in which 16 men compete for a contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championships, the no-holds-barred arena fighting league. “The Ultimate Fighter” premieres Jan. 17 and is produced by Craig Piligian (“American…
MSNBC caught up with recent rumors Thursday when it announced the addition of two hour-long entertainment shows, staffed by faces familiar to Los Angeles viewers, to its weekend lineup starting Feb. 5 and 6. Sharon Tay, who is leaving KTLA-TV…
Emmis Communications, which owns 16 television stations, on Thursday reported a 94 percent surge in its fiscal third-quarter profit, lifted by strong political campaign spending at its TV stations and improved advertising performance at its 25 radio stations.The Indianapolis-based company…
A&E Television Networks said Thursday it has restructured its ad sales operation, creating three separate teams. Peter Olsen has joined the company to head the team that will sell History Channel and its digital offshoots History International and The History…
Regular-season NFL ratings on CBS rose 1 percent to a 9.7 household rating and 22 share this season, while ratings on Fox fell to 10.1/22 from 10.3/23 a year ago. The margin between the AFC and NFC packages was the…
For the week ended Dec. 26, nine syndicated strips got the gift of new season highs in their national household ratings. Five of the shows hitting new seasonal heights were talk shows, including Buena Vista’s “Live With Regis and Kelly,”…