International Business News - television http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif ESPN and the new MLB Network will split television rights to the World Baseball Classic under agreements announced Tuesday. ESPN has U.S. English and Spanish television rights to 23 of the 39 games during the 16-team tournament, including the semifinals and the final on March 23. The remainder will be on the MLB Network, which launches Jan. 1. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/espn-mlb-network-to-show-world-baseball-classic.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:57:14 EDT Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. Tuesday named Frank A. Bennack Jr. chairman of the television station operator. Bennack, who is vice chairman and chief executive officer of Hearst Corp.--Hearst-Argyle's majority owner--has been a director on the Hearst-Argyle board since 1997. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/hearst-argyle-television-taps-bennack-as-chairman.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:03:21 EDT The Indianapolis 500 and four other IndyCar Series races will be televised by ABC Sports at least through 2012 in a contract extension announced Thursday by the Indy Racing League. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/indy-racing-league-announces-new-tv-deal-with-abc.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:58:10 EDT Television-station operator Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. said Friday second-quarter profit dropped 17 percent, falling short of Wall Street's target, on declining advertising revenue. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080801/hearst-argyle-2q-profit-falls-17-percent.htm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:19:19 EDT Credit-ratings agency Moody's Inc. downgraded its Corporate Family Rating of Atlanta-based television broadcaster Gray Television Inc. to "B2" from "B1." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/moodys-downgrades-gray-television-cfr-to-b2.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:55:45 EDT Former U.S. Rep. J.C. Watts is developing a cable news network focusing on a black audience. Black Television News Channel, scheduled to launch in 2009, will provide "original news programming with a distinctly African-American perspective," according to a news release. It recently announced a multiyear agreement with Comcast Corp. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080529/former-us-rep-watts-starting-black-news-channel.htm Thu, 29 May 2008 19:03:50 EDT 3M Co. said late Friday it signed a license agreement with Sony Corp. granting Sony rights to use certain 3M optical film technology for its LCD televisions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/sony-lcd-television-optical-film-technology.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 22:42:32 EDT The New York Giants and WNBC-TV have reached a multiyear agreement for the network to broadcast preseason games for the Super Bowl champions. Terms of the agreement announced on Thursday were not disclosed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/wnbc-and-giants-enter-into-preseason-agreement.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 15:53:36 EDT Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. said Thursday its first-quarter profit more than doubled on a Hurricane Katrina-related insurance settlement. The media company reported net income after preferred dividends surged to $10 million, or 11 cents per share, compared with $4.3 million, or 5 cents per share, a year earlier. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/hearst-argyle-1q-profit-more-than-doubles-on-settlement.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 09:10:28 EDT Clear Channel Communications Inc. has agreed to drop the price for its television group by $100 million in effort to preserve a deal with a private equity firm, a person familiar with the matter said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080225/clear-channel-said-to-cut-tv-sale-price.htm Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:05:15 EST Media company Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. said Friday its fourth-quarter profit dropped 24 percent on declining political revenue and economic conditions, but the results topped Wall Street expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080222/hearst-argyle-4th-quarter-profit-drops.htm Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:37:56 EST Staff at France's public radio and television stations walked off the job Wednesday to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to eliminate advertising on their channels. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080213/french-public-tv-and-radio-staff-strike.htm Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:56:41 EST It was a year of rampant uncertainty for the unsuspecting couch potato. Months after the June finale of "The Sopranos," viewers were still scratching their heads over that cut-to-black, nonending ending. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071228/year-of-uncertainty-for-coach-potatoes.htm Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:42:26 EST