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When Fox’s “Prison Break” ran its series finale last month, fans of the show were left wondering if the lead character was really dead. Their response was to go online and post a whole lot of “WTF?s” in chat rooms, fan sites and Twitter, using the Internet acronym for “what the f**k?” For 20th Century...
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With the majority of the networks’ upfront presentations still a few weeks away, it’s difficult to predict when advertisers will start spending on television and online buys. But digital executives at most of the broadcast networks are optimistic that online sales will be a bright spot this year. If...
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Building on its Super Bowl advertising momentum, online video destination Hulu plans to launch another network prime-time ad for its site later this week on NBC and Fox. At the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Eric Feng, senior VP and chief technical officer at Hulu, said the spot will premiere...
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News Corp. President and Chief Operating Officer Peter Chernin is departing the company, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to TelevisionWeek today. Mr. Chernin has held his position at the company since 1996, and his current contract is due to expire at the end of June. Mr. Chernin joined...
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Peter Chernin will be stepping down as president and chief operating officer of News Corp. when his contract expires on June 30, News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch announced this afternoon. The company said that News Corp.’s Los Angeles-based Fox businesses will report directly to Mr. Murdoch when Mr...
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CBS, Fox, NBC, Telemundo and ABC have all agreed to keep both analog and digital signals airing for their owned and operated stations through the new June 12 date set for the DTV transition. Acting Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Copps made the announcement at his first FCC meeting...
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As broadcasters figure out how to slice up the digital subchannel real estate freed up by the discontinuance of their old analog channels, some will use the bandwidth for things other than traditional TV programming. The Fox-owned station group and many other stations around the country are already using...
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Online television studio Generate struck a multiyear television development and production deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television, one of a growing number of partnerships between a new-media shop and a traditional television studio or network. The companies announced the deal at the National Association...
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For television, there seem to be more questions than answers as 2008 comes to a close: How many industry pros will lose their jobs? How long will the recession last? How badly will the advertising market that is TV’s lifeblood falter? Wave after wave of anxiety-provoking headlines don’t help matters...
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After Barack Obama ran for president promising change and openness, and making a point of refusing to accept lobbyists’ contributions, the president-elect’s transition team secretly held a meeting with broadcasting lobbyists to discuss the digital TV changeover. The unannounced meeting was held Friday...
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I was flying over “ruby red” Utah last Tuesday when the television networks called the presidential election for Sen. Barack Obama. We’d already had our first beverage and snack service—animal crackers, Terra chips and a Doritos snack mix among the choices—and the JetBlue flight from New York to Oakland...
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HD programming picks for Oct.23-29: “Game 2 of the 2008 World Series,” “Costas Now with Aaron and Mays” and “The Final Season” “Game 2 of the 2008 World Series” (Fox) Thursday, Oct. 23, 8 p.m. ET: The Philadelphia Phillies head to Tampa Bay to take on the Devil-less Rays in Game 2 of the 2008 World Series...
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Hailing itself as the most popular online TV store, Apple’s iTunes Store has sold more than 200 million show episodes, including topping the 1 million mark for HD episodes. Apple began offering HD television content last month, charging $2.99 per episode, compared with $1.99 for standard-definition shows...
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Thu, Oct 23 2008
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Public-interest groups are calling on some TV networks to quit making copyright claims that force YouTube to take down pointed videos from presidential candidates and political activists during the last weeks of the campaign. In letters today to CBS, Fox, NBC Universal, the Christian Broadcast Network...
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Fox has been quietly rolling out a wholesale makeover of its Web site, refashioning the site to make it more show-driven. All of the network’s major prime-time series are being given individual homepages designed to mirror the distinct tones of the programs. “Fringe” premiered its new site this week...