It didn’t take long for Congress’ first attempt to open discussion of reauthorizing the nation’s satellite TV law to turn into a donnybrook between broadcasters and satellite companies over TV station carriage and compensation issues. In the first of three…
Ion Television has acquired exclusive U.S. broadcast rights for “The Border” and “The Guard.” The acquisitions include U.S. television, digital media, Internet streaming and video-on-demand rights for both original drama series, due to premiere on Ion later this year. “The…
ABC News executive Michael Clemente has joined Fox News as senior vice president of news. Mr. Clemente begins his position immediately, reporting to John Moody, executive VP of news editorial. Mr. Clemente previously was senior executive producer of ABC Digital…
Lifetime announced it is picking up a fourth season of its original series “Army Wives.” The drama’s third season begins airing in June. “This early pickup—even prior to the season-three premiere—is a true testament to our commitment and support of…
Craig Ferguson has a prime-time date with Paris Hilton next Monday. CBS has enlisted Mr. Ferguson and Ms. Hilton to serve as hosts for its Monday night lineup on March 2, the network confirmed. That’s the same night Mr. Ferguson’s…
Peter Chernin will be stepping down as president and chief operating officer of News Corp. when his contract expires on June 30, News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch announced this afternoon. The company said that News Corp.’s Los Angeles-based Fox businesses…
Overall spending on media and communications will fall .4% in 2009, according to private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson, revising downward an earlier estimate. The new projection was generated in response to the economic downturn. The revised forecast is down…
The 2009 Academy Awards rebounded from last year’s record low ratings, but not enough to prevent the show from ranking as the second lowest-rated ceremony ever among adults 18-49. According to preliminary fast national data from Nielsen supplied by ABC,…
The drumbeat of doom for TV advertising has sounded for more than a decade—DVRs, channel surfing, fragmentation, clutter, the flight to digital media … Jay Leno moving to primetime. Now the recession has even TV’s most reliable moneybags of yore,…
Americans watched a record 151 hours of television per month during the fourth quarter, the Nielsen Co. says. In a new “Anytime Anywhere Media Measurement [A2/M2] Three Screen Report,” the ratings company said that Americans are also watching more video…