House passes bill to postpone spectrum auctionThe House of Representatives last week passed legislation that indefinitely postpones the Federal Communications Commission’s scheduled June 19 auction of spectrum used for analog television channels 52 to 69. Supporters of the measure, including…
Sports, infomercials and community events are some of the vehicles advertisers are migrating toward in the Fresno market.At Fox affiliate KMPH-TV, which runs WB affiliate KFRE-TV through a local marketing agreement, local collegiate athletics programming has been a hot sell….
Many reporters enjoy giving back, but some may think KCOP-TV reporter Hal Eisner is stretched too thin. He doesn’t think so, though his extracurricular activities sound exhausting.Mr. Eisner is on the board of governors of the Academy of Television Arts…
Political royalty is coming to the world of TV talk shows-and it’s not Bill Clinton.Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York and former wife of Britain’s Prince Andrew, has signed a deal with French-owned Vivendi Universal to host a talk show…
Columbia TriStar Television has begun the embryonic stages of implementing an asset management solution that could dramatically change the way the studio produces its shows.The studio plans to begin using a metadata technology system it developed with Evertz for slateless…
Brad Grey signs exclusive deal with 20th 20th Century Fox Television, the largest studio supplier of TV series to the broadcast networks for three years running, has signed an exclusive development deal with Brad Grey Television-producer of such hit series…
Shirley MacLaine will play cosmetics giant Mary Kay Ash in CBS telefilm “The Battle of Mary Kay” from Alliance Atlantis in association with Turtleback Productions. Ed Gernon will direct. He will also executive produce with Peter Sussman and Howard Meltzer….
“I think everyone agrees, both buyer and seller, that the economy is in recovery. That being said, I don’t think it will be up significantly, but I do think it will be up 5 to 8 percent on total volume…
see publication for the following listings:Demographic ratings: Broadcast Prime Time, SyndicationNight-by-night Nielsen Prime-time ratings for the week of April 29-May 5Ratings for the week of April 29-May 5
Ratings momentum swung the way of the syndicators as the first weekend of May sweeps finally set in. The results left six of the top seven weekly series on a high note for the week ending April 28, according to…