"US braces for flood of celebrity F-words"
That was the headline yesterday from across the pond. The Times of London headline suggested that American celebrities will be looking for open mikes...
Watchdog calls for preemption of violence rules
Jonathan Rintels, Executive Director of the Center for Creative Voices in Media, was pleased with the Second Circuit ruling on fleeting expletives, and thinks...
DG FastChannel completes Pathfire buy
DG FastChannel has completed its previously announced acquisition of privately-held Pathfire for 30 million. Pathfire distributes third-party long-form content, primarily news and syndicated programming,...
Summertime, but the ratings continue
The 2006-2007 TV ratings season is over, but Nielsen is still keeping score. Fox won the week in the 18-49 demo and CBS in...
Close encounter in Honolulu
Emmis television station KGMB-TV Honolulu is now officially a former Emmis television station. The 40M deal sending the CBS affiliate and satellites in Hilo...
Look out QVC & HSN
There's a new kid coming to the block, and like the new kid on many of the nation's blocks, it's going to speak Spanish....
Nelson takes the hem at HBO
Bill Nelson has been named Chairman and CEO of Home Box Office, taking the helm left vacant last month when Chris Albrecht was ousted...
Sinclair signs retrans deal with Cox
Sinclair Broadcast Group has completed another retransmission consent agreement with a major cable MSO, announcing that it has signed a four-year retrans deal with...
MTV Russia has new owner
Prof-Media announced that it has bought 100% of Wayfarer Media, the owner of MTV Russia and VH1 Russia, for 360 million bucks. Wayfarer was...
NBC details upcoming "Age of Love"
NBC's upcoming reality dating series "Age of Love," premiering on Monday, June 18 (9-10 p.m. ET) and hosted by Mark Consuelos ("All My Children"),...
Pirates lands at USA
USA Network has acquired the cable television rights from Disney-ABC Domestic Television to the global box office smash, Walt Disney Pictures' "Pirates of the...
Close encounter all over
Bonten Media Group LLC has the keys and BlueStone Television has the cash as a 230M multi-market television deal came to closure. The new...
Kentucky satellite tax stands
A federal appeals court has upheld a Kentucky tax on satellite TV which had been challenged by both DirecTV and EchoStar. The tax passed...
Hearst-Argyle, YouTube strike video clips deal
In the first deal of its kind, Google's YouTube and Hearst-Argyle Television announced Hearst will distribute news, weather and entertainment video to YouTube in...
NBC Uni has Tiger by the tail
It will be all Tiger Woods across the 11 networks of NBC Universal on Thursday, June 14th. As Tiger Woods tees off in the...