Viacom on Wednesday said that Oracle President Charles Phillips was elected to the media giant’s board of directors, filling a seat left open by the Aug. 25 death of director David McLaughlin.Mr. Phillips, 45, will serve on the Viacom board’s…
Cablevision Systems on Wednesday said it has hired William Keith Harper as senior VP and controller. He starts Oct. 18 and reports to Chief Financial Officer Michael Huseby.The announcement, made in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing submitted Wednesday, fills…
Buena Vista’s “The Tony Danza Show” was upgraded Oct. 11 in Charlotte, N.C., after the Belo-owned NBC affiliate WCNC-TV moved the talk show from 3 p.m. (ET) to the 4 p.m. news lead-in spot. “Danza” replaces NBC Universal’s “The Jane…
Lew Klein, president of the NATPE Educational Foundation, announced Wednesday that the group’s next Student Career Workshop will be held Saturday, Oct. 16, at KMOV-TV in St. Louis.The half-day event features presentations from local speakers, including news reporters, cable executives…
The negotiating committee for the Writers Guild of America has reached a tentative agreement for a new three-year contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and major broadcast networks, the guild announced Wednesday.Writers have been without a…
King World Productions has renewed “The Oprah Winfrey Show” through the 2010-11 season on stations representing more than 60 percent of the country, Roger King, CEO, CBS Enterprises and King World Productions, announced Wednesday.In addition to many ABC owned-and-operated stations…
The Federal Communications Commission late Tuesday announced that it has fined Fox Broadcasting Co. and its affiliates $1.183 million for indecent material aired last year on the reality show “Married by America.” As reported in the Oct. 11 edition of…
A researcher at a media buying company is predicting that the growth of reality series on the broadcast networks will reverse itself next season. Steve Sternberg, executive VP and director of audience research at Magna Global USA, noted that reality…
The New York Times Co. on Wednesday reported a slightly lower third-quarter profit as higher costs offset growth in advertising at the company’s newspapers and eight network-affiliated television stations.The company reported a 4 percent decline in profit to $48.3 million,…
Billy Hall has joined Turner Network Television as VP of programming, reporting to Ken Schwab, senior VP of programming for TNT and TBS. Mr. Hall will be based in Atlanta and is responsible for all scheduling for the network, as…