In support of the My Brother’s Keeper initiative, Discovery Communications, of Silver Spring, a worldwide provider of television programming, announced on Monday it has committed to produce and air a TV special and host town hall meetings. My Brother’s Keeper ...

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Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., of Hunt Valley, an independent television broadcasting company, announced that it has agreed to sell the assets of WHTM-TV (ABC) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Media General, and to sell the non-license assets of WTAT-TV (Fox) in Charleston, South Carolina, to Cunningham Communications, which owns the license assets.

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The Downtown Partnership of Baltimore has released new ads trying to change perception of that area of the city.

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AT&T says it views its planned $48.5 billion purchase of DirecTV as a way to help redefine the video entertainment industry, giving it opportunities to bundle services and tap into growing Latin American markets.

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Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. was on a buying spree until recently, acquiring television stations and broadcast groups to grow its audience.

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The Maryland Senate gave preliminary approval to a bill that nearly triples the amount of state tax credits available to film and television production, such as the Netflix series “House of Cards.”

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One Maryland media company told its investors that the games will hurt its viewership.

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The Supreme Court will decide whether a startup company can offer live television broadcasts over the Internet without paying fees to broadcasters.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will decide whether a startup company can offer live television broadcasts over the Internet without paying fees to broadcasters. The high court agreed on Friday to hear an appeal from television broadcast networks in their ...

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LOS ANGELES — The creator of “The Walking Dead” is suing AMC over what he claims is an effort to deny him tens of millions of dollars in profit from the hit drama. Oscar-nominated writer-director Frank Darabont (“The Shawshank Redemption,” ...

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