Sci Fi Channel has ordered new seasons of “Stargate Atlantis” and “Stargate SG-1” from MGM Television Entertainment. Production on both 20-episode seasons is set to begin in March 2005 for summer premieres on Sci Fi. “Stargate Atlantis” premiered in July,…
Barrington Broadcasting, a station group run by former National Association of Broadcasters board member K. James Yager, on Monday struck a deal to acquire CBS affiliate KRCG-TV in Columbia-Jefferson City, Mo., from Mel Wheeler Inc. Terms were not disclosed.The transaction,…
San Francisco’s NBC-owned KNTV will finally be able to restore service to the 400,000 people in the Bay Area who had not been to watch the channel for the last three years. When KNTV jumped from serving the Monterey/Salinas designated…
Telecom Company to Upgrade Data-Transmission Infrastructure
Company Considers Stake in Media Giant to Be Strategic Asset
Ohio marketers saw themselves squeezed out of local TV advertising during the race for the presidency. But local television stations, though pleased with the additional revenue the political ads brought in, found another way to satisfy their loyal clients and…
Off-Net Promo Also Includes XM Radio
Programming to Include Select Broadcast, Cable Prime-Time Series
ABC’s uncut broadcast of the Oscar-winning film “Saving Private Ryan” last week marked a new beachhead in affiliate concern over program content. But while networks and studios might be wary of a new, more conservative climate, they minimized any potential…
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