http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-10-15T22:04:23-05:00 http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/nashville_star_beijing_bound.html 2008-08-06T15:31:00-05:00 2008-08-06T15:31:00-05:00 Jack Messmer So far this week, Melissa Lawson, a 32-year-old mother of five boys from Arlington, TX, has been crowned the winner of “Nashville Star” on NBC http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/retro_television_network.html 2008-08-06T15:12:00-05:00 2008-08-06T15:12:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Retro Television Network announced its new slogan “Classic Television Hits All Day, Live Talk All Night.” According to RTN spokesman Neal Ardman, the network will http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/charter_communications_olympics.html 2008-08-06T05:10:00-05:00 2008-08-06T05:10:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Charter Communications confirmed a distribution agreement with NBC Universal (NBCU) in which Charter will feature NBCU’s coverage http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/barrington_staying_focused_on_local_in_trying_times.html 2008-08-05T15:40:00-05:00 2008-08-05T15:40:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Barrington Broadcast Group reported that Q2 gross revenues were up 1.1% to $34.4, but excluding newly acquired stations that would have been a decline of http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/political_and_digital_boosting_lin.html 2008-08-05T15:37:00-05:00 2008-08-05T15:37:00-05:00 Jack Messmer LIN TV says Q3 revenues should be up 3.5-6.2%, all due to political and digital ad growth. Gains in those areas also helped counter a http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/christopher_knight_trivial_pursuit.html 2008-08-05T04:16:00-05:00 2008-08-05T04:16:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Christopher Knight, known to millions as middle child Peter Brady of “Brady Bunch” fame, will join a new family this fall as host of the http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/lionsgate_disney-abc_domestic_tv.html 2008-08-05T14:15:00-05:00 2008-08-05T14:15:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Lionsgate, a leading independent filmed entertainment studio, and Disney-ABC Domestic Television have partnered for Lionsgate to get home entertainment distribution rights to select primetime series http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/perry_sook_nexstar.html 2008-08-05T09:13:00-05:00 2008-08-05T09:13:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Nexstar Broadcasting Group reported record Q2 financial results, with net revenue for the quarter up 2.9% to $70.7 million compared to $68.7 million in Q2 http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/cablevision_looks_at_spin-offs.html 2008-08-05T05:40:00-05:00 2008-08-05T05:40:00-05:00 Jack Messmer In an effort to enhance shareholder value, Cablevision announced that its board has approved exploration of whether to spin-off one or more of the cable MSO’s businesses. The company http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/9126.html 2008-08-04T16:41:00-05:00 2008-08-04T16:41:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa will be making a primetime appearance next month. The daytime TV duo will guest star as themselves on the season http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/9124.html 2008-08-04T16:39:00-05:00 2008-08-04T16:39:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Citadel Communication’s four local stations in the Midwest weren’t the only signals to be pulled from Dish Network on Friday, August 1st. GolTV, a bilingual http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/9123.html 2008-08-04T16:39:00-05:00 2008-08-04T16:39:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Granite Broadcasting’s independent KBWB-TV San Francisco is letting viewers program the station on Sunday nights, 8-10 pm. The all-request programming is being called “Retro Night.” http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/9118.html 2008-08-04T16:37:00-05:00 2008-08-04T16:37:00-05:00 Jack Messmer CBS announced that Michael Gross is joining “The Young and the Restless” beginning with the episode airing Friday, August 15th. Gross will play “Lowell Baldwin,” http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/9120.html 2008-08-04T11:37:00-05:00 2008-08-04T11:37:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Jeff Wachtel, USA Network's Executive Vice President of original programming and co-head, original content, Universal Cable Productions and Dick Wolf, executive producer and creator of http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/moonves_has_digital_vision_of_cbs_future.html 2008-07-31T12:11:00-05:00 2008-07-31T12:11:00-05:00 Jack Messmer After buying CNET for $1.8 billion, CBS is now looking to pare its radio group by 50 stations, which RBR/TVBR estimates should bring in north