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Fox Goes To #1 With NFL Broadcast, Goldman Sachs Reports
Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 10:03am | 120Read More...Benefiting from a 50-minute NFL overrun on Sunday evening, Fox (NASDAQ: NWS) launched into first place in Week 8 with a 2.8 rating, up from 2.2 the prior week, Goldman Sachs reports. The NFL overrun posted a 6.3 rating, making it the #2 show of the week. Glee delivered a 4.6 rating, matching its...
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FOX Threatening World Series, NFL Blackout for Viewers Across Nation (NWSA)
Monday, October 11, 2010 - 1:03pm | 291Read More...The Sports Fans Coalition today urged News Corporation's Fox to lift its current blackouts of regional sports networks across the nation and back off its threat to extend the blackout to Fox broadcast stations, depriving viewers of the NFL and World Series. "Fox has blindsided sports fans this...
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"Ratings Race" Results From Week 1
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 7:29am | 154Read More...Deutsche Bank has published a research report for its Entertainment Spotlight segment, focusing on CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) and the Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS). The report included results from week 1 of the "ratings race" from which it concluded that "overall, CBS appears stable, impressive...
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Internal Discussions At Fox Over Possible Conan O'Brien Show
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 7:30pm | 153Read More...News Corporation (Nasdaq: NWS) (Nasdaq: NWSA) chairman Rupert Murdoch, speaking with reporters during a conference call on Tuesday, said that his Fox network is having internal talks about offering former "Tonight Show" host Conan O'Brien a new late night program. So far, the talks are just...
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O'Brien And NBC Close To An Exit Deal
Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 5:14pm | 210Read More...NBC (NYSE: GE) and Conan O'Brien may settle their differences and pave the way for his exit as early as this weekend. Both the Associated Press and entertainment-industry news magazine Variety have quoted anonymous sources saying that NBC may pay O'Brien more than $30 million to leave "The Tonight...
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Conan Moving To Fox?
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 5:41pm | 273Read More...NBC (NYSE: GE) finally announced that the rumors concerning Jay Leno's possible return to his previous time slot were true. It is looking more likely that Leno's Tonight Show successor, Conan O'Brien, may jump ship for NBC rival Fox. The network owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation (Nasdaq:...
