The National Cable & Telecommunications Association on Wednesday announced the appointment of Decker Anstrom, president and chief operating officer of Landmark Communications, and Robert Miron, chairman and CEO of Advance/Newhouse Communications, as co-chairmen of a search committee to find a…
The Federal Communications Commission announced Wednesday that it has voted unanimously to launch an inquiry to consider cracking down on TV violence. In a statement, the agency asked that the public respond by Sept. 15 to a variety of questions…
A dark cloud looming over Paul Allen’s Charter Communications lifted late Tuesday after the cable operator and the Securities and Exchange Commission reached a settlement in the agency’s probe of how Charter counted subscribers.As part of the settlement, Charter agreed…
Media giant Time Warner on Wednesday reported a 27 percent decline in second-quarter profit as strong results at the company’s film and television network divisions weren’t able to offset one-time gains reported in the year-ago quarter.Profit for the three-month period…
Japanese conglomerate Sony on Wednesday beat Wall Street’s and its own projections by reporting a huge surge in fiscal first-quarter profit, even as its core electronics business and movie-and-television businesses recorded declines.For the three-month period ended June 30, Sony reported…
For cable news networks, opening night coverage of the Democratic National Convention drew bigger crowds to the TV set than those that tuned into the Democratic gathering in 2000.Data from Nielsen Media Research showed decreased viewer interest in the hour…
Set-top box maker Scientific-Atlanta on Tuesday reported a 117 percent surge in fiscal-year profit, as the company announced it was being sued in a class-action lawsuit by disgruntled investors in beleaguered cable operator Adelphia Communications.The Atlanta-based Scientific-Atlanta reported a profit…
A pair of television stations in Dayton, Ohio, are scheduled to swap affiliations at the end of August, with the current ABC affiliate becoming an NBC affiliate and vice versa.The move comes after NBC in February decided not to renew…
Turner Network Television has given the go-ahead on pilots for two original recurring series. One series, “The Closer,” about an elite division of the LAPD, is from The Shephard/Robin Co. in association with Warner Bros. Television. The other, “The Line,”…
Fox’s reality series “The Billionaire: Branson’s Quest for the Best” will premiere with a two-hour special Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 8 p.m. The series will continue it regularly scheduled one-hour run starting Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 8 p.m.The Bunim-Murray Production…