President Bush is proposing in his new budget to give the FCC $20 million to educate consumers on the digital transition. However, a key Democrat says it’s not enough money and that the government is doing the transition “on the…
Third-Year Web-Streaming Provision Is Key to WGA Talks’ Progress An agreement on how much writers would be paid from the third year of content distribution over the Internet was vital to improving the Writers Guild of America negotiations with studio…
Sci Fi Channel said production will begin later this month on the fifth season of its original series “Stargate Atlantis.” The show is produced by MGM Television and filmed in Vancouver. Throughout its run, the show has used Canadian writers…
The big game drew record ratings, and online views of Super Bowl ads are skyrocketing, too. MySpace reported that consumers have viewed Super Bowl commercials at myspace.com/superbowlads more than 23 million times in the first 24 hours after they were…
Discovery Communications named Wonya Lucas chief marketing officer. Ms. Lucas had been general manager and executive VP of the Weather Channel Networks. Weather Channel’s parent, Landmark Communications, is considering a sale of its assets, including the Weather Channel and its…
Soaring growth from Fox Broadcasting as well as its cable and Internet operations helped boost News Corp. earnings 1.5% year-to-year in the second fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31. Net income rose to $832 million, or 27 cents per share, for…
Louise Henry Bryson is retiring from Lifetime, where she was general manager of the Lifetime Movie Network and president, distribution and affiliate business development, Lifetime Networks. The move is effective at the end of May. Ms. Bryson will assist Lifetime…
Even if the writers strike ends soon, the genie isn’t going back into the bottle when it comes to Web video. With an agreement looking likely to come soon in the three-month writers strike, online video experts aren’t worried that…
President Bush, unveiling his fiscal year 2009 budget, is again proposing to cut the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s funding. The budget would cut $200 million of the $400 million already appropriated by Congress for the new fiscal year and another…
Almost as soon as the Giants finished beating the Patriots on Fox, the NFL and NBC Sports were getting set to unveil the logo for Super Bowl XLIII, to be played in Tampa Bay, Fla., next year. NBC will debut…