Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., wants the Federal Trade Commission to “ensure that the television ratings industry is run fairly and in the best interest of the public” and has asked the FTC to see whether existing statutes give it that…
ABC’s new mystery plane crash drama “Lost” was the highest-rated program Wednesday night in total viewers and the adults 18 to 49 demographic, but CBS took the night among viewers and in the demo thanks to its “CSI” franchise.At 8…
Breaking with tradition, NBC Sports said today it will institute a five-second delay in NASCAR coverage beginning Sunday from Kansas Speedway during the Nextel Cup Series Banquet 400. The move follows a cursing incident involving popular NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt…
College Sports Television will launch Friday on Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey’s digital lineup. CSTV will be available to Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey’s digital customers on Channel 457 throughout the company’s…
Deborah Barak has been promoted to executive VP, business affairs, for CBS Paramount Network Television Entertainment Group, group President Nancy Tellem announced Wednesday.Ms. Barak will oversee business affairs for CBS Entertainment and Paramount Network Television, under the direction of division…
News Corp. late Wednesday unveiled a series of changes to its corporate constitution that the media giant hopes will convince Australian shareholders to support a domicile change to the United States.A number of large shareholders in Australia had indicated they…
More than 43.6 million people tuned in to ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC to see Tuesday’s live televised debate between Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic challenger John Edwards, according to data from Nielsen Media Research….
As the E.W. Scripps Co. evolves into an entertainment company, there is nothing barring it from splitting off some of its assets into a separately traded company, CEO Kenneth Lowe said Wednesday.Speaking at a Goldman Sachs investor conference in New…
An interactive exhibit about the history of democracy will be the backdrop for political coverage through Nov. 5 and the setting of election night programming on Nov. 2 across all NBC-owned platforms. “Democracy Plaza” opens to the public Oct. 7…
The debut of the Lifetime original movie “Plain Truth” became the network’s highest-rated movie of the year and nearly toppled TNT’s “Salem’s Lot” as the most-watched basic cable movie of 2004. “Plain Truth” — the adaptation of Jodi Picoult novel…