A new telecommunications law will likely include “network-neutrality” provisions, but finding the right words is far from settled, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens said Tuesday.
Media General Inc. has chosen AP’s online-based news image service, GraphicsBank, to supply all of the group’s television stations that provide local news. The new group agreement adds 11 more […]
DOW ENDS DOWN 49, NASDAQ FINISHES DOWN 14
Declining oil prices and weakness in other commodities sent stocks lower Tuesday, as investors took profits and beat up the stocks that led Wall Street’s early January rally.
EchoStar Communications Corp.’s DISH Network satellite TV service has added The Documentary Channel to its programming lineup. The 24-hour network dedicated exclusively to independent documentary film is available to customers […]
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EARLY DROP FOR CBS’ ‘COURTING ALEX’
Jenna Elfman sitcom posted a series-low 4.4 overnight rating among viewers 18-49, off 4% from the 4.6 Practice averaged over its last four original episodes in the 9:30 p.m. timeslot.
Institutional investors who hold about 2% of Time Warner’s shares will seek to recover about $3.3 billion in losses from the media company in lawsuits related to its 2001 takeover of America Online.
Representatives of the major telco and cable trade associations told the Senate Commerce Committee that they would not “block, degrade, or impair” Internet services or applications or limit access by their Internet customers to legal content on the Internet.
The Steelers won their first title since the 1970s, and the game made a bit of history for ABC as the most-watched Super Bowl since 1996.
Harris Corp.’s Broadcast Communications Division’s products and systems for the emerging mobile TV market will be on display at NAB2006 in Las Vegas. Harris began developing terrestrial transmission platforms for […]
General Motors Corp., struggling with billions of dollars of losses in North America, announced Tuesday it is cutting in half its yearly dividend to $1 a share, saving it about $565 million annually.
Toyota, whose solid growth could put it ahead of General Motors as the world’s No. 1 automaker, had record net profits of $3.3 billion.
His career at NBC ran from Huntley and Brinkley in 1950s to Tom Brokaw in the 1980s and included two stints as NBC News president.
GM AD CUTS LATEST COMPLICATION TO SLOW 1Q
While Olympics business is steady, it looks like it’s not setting any records and the first-quarter market isn’t strong enough to tighten supply to the extent that non-NBC stations can raise their prices
Although other broadcasters are pushing to make cable operators pay cash to carry their over-the-air programming, ABC owner The Walt Disney Co.–will not likely follow that route, CEO Robert Iger says.
With the WB and UPN closing, producers jockey for a spot on the new CW’s fall lineup.
