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Sci Fi’s ‘Tin Man’ Breaks Network Record

Sci Fi Channel’s miniseries “Tin Man” drew record ratings at the network over its three-night run. Tin Man averaged a 3.6 household rating, representing 3.4 million homes, delivering 5.3 million total viewers. Those numbers eclipsed previous Sci Fi hit miniseries…

FCC’s Martin Grilled by Congressmen

The chairman of a Congressional panel capped a five-hour hearing that grilled Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin with a plea: Delay a planned vote on media-ownership rules. U.S. Rep. Ed Markey, chairman of the telecom panel of the House…

Writers Counter Producers’ Proposal, Ask For Higher Internet Payout

In response to the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers digital media plan, the Writers Guild of America laid out its streaming media plan, which would increase Internet residuals, to its members yesterday. The WGA said it would be…

DVR Data’s Hot

TiVo Sells Info Explaining Changes in Ad Viewing

A Special on Spots

‘SportsCenter’ Campaign Gets Its Own Show

Tackling a Tall Task

Richman Takes Over Digital at MediaVest

Chart: Ballpark Figures for In-Stadium Signage

When the World Series is played in Denver’s Coors Field, as it was this year, you can bet the brewery got a lot of exposure. A recent reports from Nielsen Sports said that Molson Coors Brewing got more than a…

Writers Strike News Roundup: Weds., Dec. 5

‘Kimmel’ Staff Suspended As with other late-night TV staffs, the workers at ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” have been suspended. The show has been out of production during the writers strike, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Sources close to the situation say…

Winter Press Tour Strike Deadline Issued

The TV Critics Association and the Cable Television Association for Marketing said that if the Writers Guild of America strike is not settled by Dec. 14, the winter press tour will be canceled. Usually held in January, the winter press…

Levine Returns to Promark, Greenlights ‘Worldstars’

After a three-year hiatus, Promark Television President David Levine is back in the saddle with the television distributor and is getting down to business. “The new Promark TV business model will reflect the changing landscape of the television industry. It…