In a major favor for the telephone industry, Reps. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., and Rick Boucher, D-Va., on Tuesday introduced legislation that industry sources said will clear the way for phone companies to offer cable TV services as part of integrated…
King World has renewed the syndicated talk strip “Dr. Phil” through the 2008-2009 season on stations representing 80 percent of the country, King World CEO Roger King announced Wednesday.Stations that have signed on now represent all top 20 markets: WCBS-TV…
Revolution Studios said Wednesday it entered into a deal making Mort Marcus’ Debmar Studios and Ira Bernstein’s Mercury Entertainment the distribution agents for the broadcast and basic cable TV rights to Revolution movies. The deal encompasses films made through 2006…
The Walt Disney Co.’s Disney-ABC Television Group has created its first-ever chief marketing officer position and given the job to Eleo Hensleigh, who will have the title of chief marketing officer and executive VP of marketing and brand strategy.Ms. Hensleigh,…
EchoStar Communications on Tuesday outlined a series of price hikes that will raise many of the satellite operator’s most popular subscription packages by between 5 percent and 8 percent and cited higher programming fees as the reason behind the price…
In another sign of the growing interest in car-based entertainment, cable giant Comcast is teaming with car-parts maker Delphi Corp. to develop an in-car system that would allow for the transfer to and playback of video content from a cable…
UPN will debut its midseason comedy “Cuts,” a spinoff of the network’s “One on One,” on Monday, Feb. 14, at 8:30 p.m. (ET).On Monday, Feb. 7, at 8:30 p.m., UPN will rebroadcast the episode of “One on One” that introduced…
Sirius Satellite Radio, the company that in recent months has signed on radio personality Howard Stern and former Viacom President and Chief Operating Officer Mel Karmazin, on Wednesday inked a deal with software giant Microsoft to develop technology that will…
MTV and Bunim-Murray Productions today announced an agreement to pick up five more seasons of “The Real World” and two additional seasons of “The Real World/Road Rules Challenge.” They are scheduled to air through 2008 and 2006, respectively. The agreement…
NBC’s new mystery drama “Medium” outperformed former 10 p.m. (ET) drama “LAX” in its Monday, Jan. 3 premiere, with “Medium” almost doubling “LAX’s” average in the adults 18 to 49 demographic.“Medium,” which stars Patricia Arquette as a psychic who juggles…