As part of a new Federal Communications Commission effort to promote the television industry’s transition to digital TV, FCC Chairman Michael Powell is slated to be interviewed by ABC Sports sideline reporter Michele Tafoya during halftime on the network’s “Monday…
Cartoon Network has ordered 26 more episodes of “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends.” The new order comes on top of the original batch of 26, which debuted on the channel Aug. 13.
The premiere of ABC’s campy “Desperate Housewives” propelled the network to a win for the night in viewers and adults 18 to 49, with help from “The Practice” spinoff “Boston Legal” and “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.”Touchstone Television’s “Desperate Housewives” scored…
Kathleen Dore, president of Rainbow Media Holdings’ entertainment services, on Monday announced that she was leaving her post to run the television, cable and radio assets of Canadian media company CanWest MediaWorks, departing just as Rainbow parent Cablevision prepares to…
Former Comedy Central general manager Bill Hilary has been named president and CEO of BBC America. He will be responsible for the development and operations of BBC America, including bbcamerica.com and BBC America on Demand, and for any other digital…
ABC Sports will offer exclusive broadcast coverage of the Belmont Stakes beginning in 2006, taking the triple crown finale away from NBC Sports. As part of the long-term deal announced Monday, ESPN has acquired distribution rights for the race across…
ESPN to said it plans to debut ESPN2 HD, its second high-definition sports service, on Jan. 6, 2005. Together in 2005, ESPN HD and ESPN2 HD will deliver 300 major events plus 2,000 programs totaling 6,000 hours in high-definition.
A spokesman for Fox News Channel said chief political correspondent Carl Cameron has been “reprimanded” for a made-up piece that was posted on foxnews.com after Thursday’s presidential debate and which was removed Friday afternoon.The piece, which purported to quote Democratic…
A September report from Forrester Research on digital video recorder usage reports that despite the fact that DVR users watch nearly 60 percent of TV on a recorded basis and skip 92 percent of commercials, local TV stations can “breathe…
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