CBS maintained its dominance over the other networks in total viewers for the week of Nov. 1-7, but both ABC and NBC were able to snatch away the top spot in the race in the adults 18 to 49 demographic.ABC’s…
Adelphia Communications, the bankrupt cable operator that is up for sale, on Tuesday said it expected final offers for the company’s assets to be submitted in January 2005, a delay of a month.The company provided the revised date in a…
Satellite operator EchoStar Communications on Tuesday said its profit nearly tripled in the third quarter as the company announced plans to issue to shareholders a one-time dividend.EchoStar’s profit was $102 million for the third quarter, up from a year-earlier figure…
Liberty Media President Robert Bennett on Tuesday dismissed the suggestion that his company was angling to launch a hostile takeover of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., saying that the relationship between the two companies has been nothing but “friendly” and “supportive.”“We…
Goodman Media International President and CEO Tom Goodman has tapped veteran public relations executive Betsy Wagner Hoffman to head the PR firm’s new Los Angeles office, it was announced Tuesday.Ms. Hoffman joins Goodman with more than 20 years of experience…
Cablevision Systems said Tuesday it posted a narrower loss in the third quarter, lifted by its bundled cable services, along with advertising and affiliate revenue gains at its national cable networks.The Bethpage, N.Y.-based cable operator, which has about 3 million…
Making clear that it’s not planning to capitulate to the Federal Communications Commission without a fight, CBS has challenged the agency’s decision to fine the network $550,000 for Janet Jackson’s exposure of her breast on the Super Bowl halftime show,…
Carole Black has informed the board of Lifetime Entertainment Services that she will leave the women’s network in March, the company said today. Ms. Black, 61, said she is taking time off from the corporate grind. “This is the right…
CBS is pulling its baseball drama “Clubhouse” off its schedule for November sweeps, a sign that does not bode well for the show’s long term survival.The Spelling Television-produced “Clubhouse” premiered Tuesday, Sept. 28 at 9 p.m. but never built an…
CBS and Fox agreed Monday to six-year extensions of their agreements with the National Football League. The NFL said the two six-year agreements would bring the NFL $8 billion. Viacom co-President Leslie Moonves, on a conference call, said that Fox’s…