FCC re-ups a pair of O&Os over UCC objection
The United Church of Christ is an experienced hand when it comes to dealing with media matters in general and the FCC in particular....
"Ugly" is the cool place to be
Fashion icon Kenneth Cole will make a guest appearance on ABC's comedy "Ugly Betty" in an episode that begins filming this week in Los...
Reality renewals at NBC
NBC has re-upped its successful summer series franchises "America's Got Talent" and "Last Comic Standing," for a third and sixth season respectively."Both of these...
NBC plans 3,600 hours of Beijing Olympics
Next year's 2008 Olympic Summer Games from Beijing will be available on various NBC Universal platforms in the US for 3,600 hours. The company...
Fisher moves into California with 55M duop deal
Fisher Communications is moving down the West Coast from its base in the Northwest to make its first acquisition in California. It will acquire...
Gray hits low end of guidance
“It wasn’t great, but it wasn’t bad,” said President Bob Prather as he reported Q2 results for Gray Television. Revenues were down 2% to...
Price revealed in New Vision deal
Jason Elkin's New Vision Television recently announced it was picking up television stations in four markets, which not too long ago were part of...
Rite of passage?
The presidential campaign season seems to have expanded to fill all of the time between Election Day completed and Election Day on the horizon....
Busted!
"Dateline NBC" producer Michelle Madigan tried to do some undercover reporting at last week's DefCon hacker convention in Las Vegas. Instead she ended up...
National Geographic expands
It's known for its magazine. But the iconic publishing outfit has long been involved in television and film enterprises, and has been active online....
Price revealed in New Vision deal
Jason Elkin's New Vision Television recently announced it was picking up television stations in four markets, which not too long ago were part of...
Fisher moves into California with 55M duop deal
Fisher Communications is moving down the West Coast from its base in the Northwest to make its first acquisition in California. It will acquire...
"24’s" next mission: fighting global warming
"Cool Change," Fox's company-wide program to reduce the network's impact on global warming has the seventh season of "24" taking steps to reduce and...
Fox revises fall lineup
Fox announced some changes to its fall lineup on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights. "Bones" moves to Tuesdays at 8:00 pm as of September...
FCC approves Springfield double deal
The sale of ABC KSPR-TV Springfield MO is a double deal in two ways. One, it'll pair the station at arm's length with NBC...