Belo Corp. television stations will supply news and information to Weathernews for delivery to subscriber’s cell phones. The Weathernews WNI Network delivers personalized local video programming for weather, news, sports […]
NFC GAME ON FOX NOSEDIVES FROM YEAR AGO
Ratings for championship game are down 63% from last year.
CBS Corp. has created CBS Vision, a new research unit the company says is “designed to explore and offer insight on emerging technologies, media consumption patterns and advertising value in […]
PBS NAMES PAULA KERGER NEW PRESIDENT
Board chooses executive from WNET New York.
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FORD TO CUT UP TO 30,000 JOBS IN NORTH AMERICA
Ford Motor Co., the world’s third- largest automaker, will close 14 manufacturing facilities and eliminate as many as 30,000 jobs by 2012 after three straight quarters of North American losses.
New Line Television has cleared Masterminds, the series from Court TV that chronicles the daring heists of the thieves from around the world, in more than 60% of the country, […]
WB TO SELL KIDS WB!
Children’s TV players rearranging both their content and inventory.
BUYERS: UPFRONT SHOULD STAY STEADY IN 2006
Starting with this year’s upfront marketplace, and for the foreseeable future, networks and major agencies see no mega fallout of dollars.
Disney CEO is trying to position himself as an old-media executive willing to embrace new-media ideas.
NBC CLOSES ‘WEST WING’
NBC’s fantasy White House drama “The West Wing” will end its seven-season run on May 14 with the inauguration of the new president, executive producer John Wells told television critics Sunday.
Apple, Pixar CEO could face conflicts of interest as Disney director
WHY WE’RE BETTING ON BROADCASTING
We like over-the-air TV not because of the spot business, but because of growth potential we see elsewhere.
POLITICAL ADVERTISING CHASES ‘TOSS-UP’ RACES
TV stations in states of all sizes are in position to reap a windfall this year from the perfect storm of Republican weakness, open governorships and the traditional six-year slump for the party in power.
NBC UNVEILS POST-OLYMPICS SCHEDULE
Moves include renewals of Earl, Office, end to West Wing, Will & Grace and numerous schedule shifts including Law & Order.
U.S. STOCKS POST BIGGEST LOSS IN TWO YEARS
U.S. stocks fell the most in more than two years on earnings shortfalls and oil’s surge past $68 a barrel. The Dow Jones Industrial Average wiped out its 2006 advance and dropped more than 200 points.
