http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2009-01-08T23:42:52-06:00 http://www.rbr.com/features/intel_briefs/12166.html 2009-01-08T12:44:00-06:00 2009-01-08T12:44:00-06:00 Carl Marcucci As badly as Wall Street had beaten up on broadcasting stocks in the first three quarters of 2008, prices really fell off a cliff in Q4. Media companies were already suffering from an advertising recession, but http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/12167.html 2009-01-08T09:21:00-06:00 2009-01-08T09:21:00-06:00 Dave Seyler The incoming Obama administration has come out for a delay in the DTV transition date, citing the stalled coupon program and a lack of effective consumer http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/12168.html 2009-01-08T12:22:00-06:00 2009-01-08T12:22:00-06:00 Dave Seyler A trio of Republican legislators, one in the Senate and two in the House, have reintroduced the Broadcast Freedom Act, which would have the effect of keeping the Fairness Doctrine in its coffin. Mike Pence http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/12165.html 2009-01-07T09:48:00-06:00 2009-01-07T09:48:00-06:00 Dave Seyler The Consumers Union says that the fact that the NTIA digital-to-analog converter box program has run into a wall means that the 2/17/09 DTV transition needs to be postponed until http://www.rbr.com/radio/12162.html 2009-01-07T04:27:00-06:00 2009-01-07T04:27:00-06:00 Jack Messmer The Attorneys General of New York and New Jersey announced that Arbitron has agreed to take steps to ensure that panels for its Portable People http://www.rbr.com/radio/12191.html 2009-01-08T12:39:00-06:00 2009-01-08T12:39:00-06:00 Jack Messmer Katz Media Group really dominates the national rep business for radio now that Interep is no more, but even so the severe ad recession has led to layoffs. Katz yesterday cut 8.5% of it sales force http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/12186.html 2009-01-08T15:45:00-06:00 2009-01-08T15:45:00-06:00 Carl Marcucci At CES the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), an alliance of U.S. broadcasters dedicated to accelerating the development of mobile digital television, announced the first wave of broadcasters http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv-cable_ratings/12192.html 2009-01-08T16:41:00-06:00 2009-01-08T16:41:00-06:00 RBR/TVBR With no NFL game on ESPN, the best any cable/satellite program could do in the 18-49 demo for the New Year's week was #37, which http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/12190.html 2009-01-08T16:38:00-06:00 2009-01-08T16:38:00-06:00 Jack Messmer We’re not talking about the courtroom battle in LA with Univision. Televisa’s Monterrey, Mexico station was attacked with gunfire and a hand grenade by drug http://www.rbr.com/media-news/12188.html 2009-01-08T16:34:00-06:00 2009-01-08T16:34:00-06:00 Jack Messmer Less than two weeks before they were to be shut down, The Bristol Press and The Herald of New Britain have been saved by former