DirecTV Latin prexy ankles
George Foyo will exit as prexy of DirecTV Latin America, effective March 1.
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‘Idol’ pops up in S. Africa
South African pay TV channel M-Net, which brought reality TV to the country last year with its successful local production of "Big Brother," has secured the rights to produce a local version of…
Aragon’s ‘Javier’ bow scores big on 5
The much-touted drama "Javier ya no vive solo" bowed in primetime Sunday on Tele 5 to a promising 25% ratings share, or 4.2 million viewers.
Granada sets sports plan
Granada is combining its interests in Premier League soccer clubs Arsenal and Liverpool, as well as Manchester United soccer club's TV channel, into a single division, Granada Sport and Interactive.
Switching channels
Staffers at Russia's troubled independent channel TV-6 decided to go it alone Tuesday, setting up a new company to bid for a license to broadcast on the channel's frequencies when they come up for…
E-Score ratings put star shine online
Research company E-Poll is rolling out a performer rating service called E-Score, for which ABC TV, CBS, NBC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Corporate Media Research have signed up.
UPN pursues a prexy with an Eye to future
CBS topper Leslie Moonves said he has no plans to turn UPN into the Eye Too net now that he's running both shops.
Powell, MTV go global
After weeks of delicate negotiations, MTV said Monday that Secretary of State Colin Powell will headline a global town meeting next month and take questions from young viewers about America's…
Inside move: 20th TV seeks to unload ‘Ally’ reruns
Psst: Is there any cable network out there that's interested in picking up reruns of "Ally McBeal?"
Satcasters outpace cable in adding subs
The satellite broadcast biz signed up new customers at a faster rate than did its cable competitors during the first half of last year, according to an FCC report released Monday.
No playoff payoffs
Despite moving two of its first-round playoff games into primetime, the NFL's wild-card weekend produced only minimal year-to-year ratings gains.
