Paramount confirmed Thursday that Perry Simon, former president of Viacom Productions, has signed a multiyear overall development deal with the studio.Mr. Simon’s new company, Shore View Entertainment, will develop, create and produce all program genres for broadcast and cable networks….
The Walt Disney Co. reported Thursday that its fiscal fourth-quarter profit surged 24 percent to $516 million from $415 million a year ago, driven by strong results at the company’s media networks and theme-park divisions, which offset weakness at its…
The National Latino Media Council on Thursday released its fifth annual report card, grading ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox on their performance in promoting diversity at their networks. Overall, NLMC gave both ABC and Fox B grades, CBS a C+…
Mel Karmazin has surfaced. More than six months after he was ousted as the president and chief operating officer of Viacom, Mr. Karmazin on Thursday was tapped to become the CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio, joining radio personality Howard Stern…
A Federal Communications Commission report that was scheduled to be forwarded to Congress on Thursday argues against a la carte pricing on cable TV systems, agency sources said. Watchdog group representatives have argued that consumers would be able to slash…
Some 4.1 million people tuned in to “The View” on Friday, Nov. 12, for an hour devoted entirely to Star Jones’ heavily promoted wedding on Nov. 13 to Al Reynolds. According to data from Nielsen Media Research, “The View” on…
SBC Communications and Web portal company Yahoo! on Thursday extended their three-year-old partnership and agreed to work together on delivering entertainment-related services to a raft of consumer electronics devices, including mobile phones, televisions and digital video recorders.As part of the…
Nielsen Media Research and NBC Universal announced Thursday that they have signed a seven-year “landmark” deal that is the first to include effectively all of a company’s TV platforms-a display of NBC Universal synergy and collectivism that was months in…
Plans to change venerable “Nightline” in ways ABC News is not yet willing to discuss are going to result in the exit of a key “Nightline” player, award-winning executive producer Leroy Sievers, as the late-night news show prepares to celebrate…
In a welcome development for the ABC affiliates that didn’t pre-empt the network’s Nov. 11 Veterans Day broadcast of “Saving Private Ryan,” Federal Communications Commission member Jonathan Adelstein suggested Thursday that he is not sold on the argument that the…