Cablevision said its fledgling satellite service Rainbow DBS will pay Lockheed Martin $740 million to build five Ka-band satellites, but said it only has funding available to cover the first year’s worth of payments.In a filing submitted Wednesday to the…
The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday announced that it had voted 3-2 to reject complaints alleging that a June 10, 2003, episode of Fox Broadcasting’s “Keen Eddie” ran afoul of agency indecency prohibitions. The episode at issue, about black market…
King World CEO Roger King announced Monday his company has renewed its first-run strip “Dr. Phil” for three additional seasons, through the 2008-09 season.Mr. King also said King World is in no rush to introduce more product into the marketplace….
CBS continued its strong showing for the 2004-05 season, winning the ninth week of the season, Nov. 15-21 in both total viewers and the adults 18 to 49 demographic.CBS’s Thursday 10 p.m. (ET) flagship crime procedural “CSI” was the top…
Dan Weiss, executive VP of worldwide marketing, has left NBC Universal Television Distribution as part of what a company spokesman called a “restructuring” of the marketing department.Mr. Weiss, who had been executive VP of worldwide marketing for Universal Television Distribution…
The Writers Guild of America has ratified a new three-year agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Both the East and West guild branches approved the deal, which came after a highly contentious stand-off with the AMPTP…
Docere Digital Studios and Palace Production Center said they have formed a new co-venture, Docere Palace Studios LLC, which will develop, finance and produce nonfiction and reality programming. Docere Palace is already working on two projects: “Presidential Leadership,” a special…
Cartoon Network has acquired a CGI-animated comedy called “Pet Alien” that will debut in the second quarter of next year, the network announced Tuesday. Cartoon ordered 26 half-hour episodes of what’s described as a “screwball non-sequitur character-comedy with a heavy…
The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday announced that Viacom has agreed to a $3.5 million consent decree resolving all indecency complaints and investigations pending against its radio and TV stations. Under the deal, Viacom is supposed to launch a companywide…
Tom Freston, co-president and co-chief operating officer of Viacom, on Tuesday named Betsy Frank to the newly created position of executive VP, research and planning, for Viacom’s cable networks, film and publishing. Ms. Frank will report jointly to Mr. Freston…