Alliance Atlantis Communications, co-producer of the “CSI” franchise, on Tuesday swung to a third-quarter profit of $18.9 million Canadian ($15.8 million) from a year-earlier loss of $10.8 million Canadian, as the company received a lift from its “CSI” franchise and…
David Decker has been named senior VP, business and legal affairs, Telepictures Productions. The announcement was made Tuesday by Telepictures Executive VP and general manager Hilary Estey McLoughlin.Mr. Decker will oversee the company’s business and legal affairs, including negotiating and…
Cristina Mancini has been promoted to VP of marketing, publicity and promotion for Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. The announcement was made Tuesday by Michael Bessolo, senior VP of marketing, publicity and promotion.In her new role Ms. Mancini will be…
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia CEO Susan Lyne will be paid a base salary of $900,000 and be eligible for an annual bonus equal to as much as 150 percent of her base salary, according to filing submitted Tuesday to the…
News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday said his company may launch a business-news channel by summer and noted that the field is wide enough for some competition from the media giant.Speaking at Fox Entertainment Group’s annual meeting in New…
Shares in Charter Communications tumbled as much as 16 percent Tuesday as Wall Street reacted to the cable operator’s plans to issue $750 million in convertible debt to pay down debt due next October.Charter’s stock sank 43 cents to $2.28…
President Bush late Monday announced his intention to nominate FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein for reappointment to a Democratic seat at the Federal Communications Commission. Without a reappointment Mr. Adelstein would have been forced to step down from the agency when…
Crown Media Holdings, the company that owns the Hallmark Channel and is in the process of selling its international properties, on Monday reported a widened third-quarter loss of $105.8 million, versus year-earlier red ink of $72.7 million.Reflected in the most…
Carole Black, James Burrows and Dick Wolf will be honored with the National Association of Television Program Executives 2nd Annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards, which will be presented in January during the NATPE 2005 Conference and Exhibition.The announcement was made…
NBC Weather Plus, a 24-hour national-local weather channel developed as a 50-50 joint venture of NBC Universal and NBC affiliates, began its rollout Monday on WNBC-TV’s digital channel on the Time Warner Cable system in New York. During the next…