Television Networks

Video may show suspect in Woolwich attack

2013-05-22 11:42:00

LONDON -- A man who may be a suspect in an attack Wednesday near a military barracks in the Woolwich section of the city was shown on television holding knives in bloody hands and making statements that suggested he may have been motivated by Islamic...

In Britain, terrorism suspected in man's hacking death

2013-05-22 18:49:00

LONDON — As bystanders watched in horror, a man was hacked to death in broad daylight on a London street Wednesday and two suspects were shot and wounded by police, who are investigating the incident as a likely terrorist attack. The two...

Russia says it was robbed in Eurovision song contest

2013-05-21 11:07:00

MOSCOW — As might be expected, Russia's foreign minister spent his day Tuesday grappling with the biggest international crisis facing his country, an "outrageous incident" that has inflamed public passions. And Sergei Lavrov promised decisive...

Univision, Telemundo hope rising Latino influence attracts ads

2013-05-16 03:00:00

NEW YORK — The two major Spanish-language television companies delivered an unusual pitch to advertisers: Our viewers watch our programs live. They don't digitally record them to fast-forward through the commercials. Both Univision...

A Sony entertainment spinoff would provide opening for CBS

2013-05-14 14:45:00

New York hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb wants Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. to spin off its Culver City entertainment business. CBS Corp. might like that, too. Loeb, whose Third Point funds own more than $1 billion in Sony stock, sent a letter...

Body of third American found at site of Kyrgyzstan crash

2013-05-04 12:37:00

MOSCOW -- Recovery teams have found the body of the third American crew member at the site of a plane crash in Kyrgyzstan, the television network Russia-24 reported Saturday. The remains of the plane's two other crew members were found Saturday morning....

Economists predict modest growth in advertising spending

2013-05-03 13:22:00

Economists are forecasting slow growth in advertising spending for the remainder of 2013 amid encouraging signs from the U.S. labor market. Media companies are doing their best to grab a bigger slice of the pie. This week, Wall Street cheered Viacom...

Baseball players lift up car to save girl

2013-05-09 14:54:00

After a practice on Wednesday, the South Sacramento Valley High baseball team had an incredible save. In the school's parking lot, a mother, who was dropping her daughter off for an after school program, hit the car in front of her, then panicked, put...

Tim Leiweke tapped to lead Canadian sports conglomerate

2013-04-27 00:00:00

Tim Leiweke, who helped improve Los Angeles' sporting fortunes and revive the city's once-woebegone downtown during his 17-year leadership of sports and entertainment giant AEG, on Friday was named president and chief executive of Toronto-based Maple Leaf...

Tribune taps NBCU's Dana Zimmer as president of distribution

2013-04-24 10:00:00

Tribune Co. has tapped Dana Zimmer at Comcast's NBCUniversal unit to be its president of distribution. Zimmer will oversee relationships between Tribune's television properties and pay-TV distributors including cable operators and satellite...

Univision Communications first-quarter revenue climbs 6.4%

2013-04-23 13:17:00

Univision Communications notched some milestones during the first fiscal quarter of this year, including beating beleaguered NBC during the February sweeps. The privately held Spanish-language media company on Tuesday released its first-quarter...

Twitter eyes TV, lands major advertising deal in run-up to IPO

2013-04-22 13:14:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- In the run-up to what would be the biggest initial public stock offering for a consumer Internet company since Facebook, Twitter has nailed its biggest advertising deal yet. The San Francisco-based social media company has reached a...

Dana Zimmer has joined Tribune broadcasting as president of distribution. Zimmer will be in charge of negotiating deals with cable, satellite and telco providers to carry the company's 23 television stations and WGN America. She will start May 13.

2013-04-25 00:00:00

CRIMINAL MINDS -- CBS TV Series, "The Replicator" -- The Replicator zeroes in on the BAU when the killer targets one of the team as the next victim on the eighth season finale of CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, May 22 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured: Mark Hamill.

2013-04-19 00:00:00

"Beverly Hills Cop" made a fortune for Paramount Pictures in the 1980s and 1990s. Now, Paramount along with Sony Pictures Television is producing a "Beverly Hills Cop" pilot for the CBS television network

2013-03-05 12:04:00