TV stations challenge FCC profanity decisions (Reuters)

April 14, 2006

Reuters - Major U.S. television networks and their affiliates said on Friday they have asked appeals courts to overturn decisions by regulators finding broadcasters violated decency standards by airing profanity.

TV Networks and Stations Challenge FCC (AP)

April 14, 2006

Paris Hilton, left, and Nicole Richie present an award in this Dec. 10, 2003, file photo during the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Four TV broadcast networks and their affiliates filed appeals in federal court, late Thusday and early Friday, April 14, 2006, to challenge the FCC's finding that profane language was used in shows including incidents by Cher in 2002 and Richie in 2003, at the 'Billboard Music Awards' broadcast by Fox.(AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta)AP - Four TV broadcast networks and their affiliates have filed court challenges to a March 15 Federal Communications Commission ruling that found several programs "indecent" because of language.


Fox Logs On (E! Online)

April 14, 2006

Fox might be coming late to the Internet party, but it knows how 
 to make an entrance.E! Online - Fox might be coming late to the Internet party, but it knows how to make an entrance.


Networks sifting through nearly 100 pilots (Reuters)

April 14, 2006

Reuters - If the 2006-07 primetime schedule is a puzzle, consider the pilots as the missing pieces.

Fox, Affiliates to Share Money From VOD (AP)

April 14, 2006

In this March 9, 2006, file photo, the final 12 American Idol contestants arrive at a party in their honor at the Pacific Design Center in Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Branimir Kvartuc)AP - Fox has reached a deal with its affiliated TV stations to share revenues from video-on-demand, the Web and other non-traditional ways of distributing hit Fox shows like "American Idol."


Fox Logs On

April 14, 2006

Fox might be coming late to the Internet party, but it knows how to make an entrance.

The network said Thursday that it planned to start making its hit programs such as "American Idol," "The Simpsons" and "24" available online and through video-on-demand services the day after they air.

'Idol' a winner, 'Lost' the loser (Reuters)

April 14, 2006

Reuters - Fox's "American Idol" results installment was the most-watched show in primetime Wednesday, while ABC's "Lost" posted its lowest rating for an original episode this season, according to preliminary ratings estimates from Nielsen Media Research.

Fox will put TV reruns on the Internet: report (Reuters)

April 14, 2006

Guests mingle at the party for the 12 finalists of the television show 'American Idol' at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles March 9, 2006. Fox is the home of hit programs such as 'American Idol' and 'The Simpsons,' and is the latest television network to take a shot at making its programming available online as more people turn to the Internet for entertainment. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - News Corp.'s Fox network has signed a six-year agreement with its 187 affiliated stations that will let it show reruns of its television programs on the Internet, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Thursday.