ABC Extends Oscars Deal Through 2014
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Oscar is going to keep its home on ABC for six more years. The network's deal to televise the Academy Awards has been extended through 2014, Frank Pierson, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, said Monday.
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A classic Hollywood cliffhanger will conclude Sunday's Academy Awards, and organizers hope the suspense of an up-for-grabs best-picture race will be enough to keep TV audiences tuned in through the finale.
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Timing isn't everything when it comes to the Academy Awards &#151; but it helps.
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The Writers Guild of America said Wednesday that it has reached a new three-year contract with Hollywood's major studios and networks, a &#36;58 million package that boosted health care contributions, minimums and pay television residuals but failed to get a bigger share of DVD residuals.
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ABC and CBS split the nightly win on another active Wednesday in primetime.
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The league signed a six-year extension of its Sunday afternoon CBS and FOX deals through 2011. The NFL will receive $8 billion in rights fees for the Sunday afternoon packages.
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Hollywood's major film studios on Wednesday formally extended for one year the life of a group that was formed to develop technical standards for new digital movie projection systems that could revolutionize the film industry.
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The National Basketball Association said on Wednesday it has reached eight-year agreements to let Walt Disney Co.'s ABC and ESPN television networks and Time Warner Inc.'s TNT broadcast league games through 2016.
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Microsoft Corp.&#39;s MSN division has extended its sponsored-links contract with Overture Services Inc. for another year. ADVERTISEMENT.
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NEW YORK  - ABC has pulled out of  negotiations to continue airing college football's Bowl  Championship Series (BCS).
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Yahoo Inc. has agreed to extend its  deal to place advertisements on Microsoft Corp.'s MSN sites in  the United States and overseas by one year through June 2006,  Yahoo said on Thursday.
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NEW YORK -- CBS and Fox yesterday announced an $8 million rights extension with the National Football League that gives the networks the right to continue televising Sunday afternoon games for an additional six seasons, through 2011.
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The return of âLost,â albeit a two-hour repeat of last seasonâs finale, buoyed ABCâs ratings on Wednesday during a night otherwise dominated by Foxâs âAmerican Idolâ and âThe Moment of Truth.â
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NEW YORK - Yahoo Inc. has agreed to extend its deal to place advertisements on Microsoft Corp.&#39;s MSN sites in the United States and overseas by one year through June 2006, Yahoo said Thursday.
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Apple began what figures to be a heavy advertising blitz for its iPhone Sunday night, with a 30-second spot that aired during ABC&#8217;s telecast of the Academy Awards.
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Citadel Broadcasting Corp. wants to  renegotiate some terms of its $2.7 billion deal to buy Walt  Disney Co.'s ABC radio business, the Wall Street Journal  reported on Monday, citing an interview with the chief  executive of Citadel.
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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (Sports Network) - The Atlanta Falcons  have extended the contract of star quarterback Michael Vick  through the 2013 season.