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Richard Beesemyer passes

Kalil & Company reports the death of Richard Beesemyer, who retired from the brokerage firm four years ago. Born in 1925, Beesemyer began his broadcasting ...

Tampa GM arrested on lewd behavior charge

Robert Linger, Vice President and General Manager of Fox O&O WTVT-TV (Ch. 13) Tampa-St. Petersburg was one of six men arrested at an adult video ...

Hallmark Taps Andrita Media Center for HD Support

Broadcast Facilities, Inc. (BFI), owner and operator of Andrita Media Center, the largest independent High Definition (HD) digital media facility on the West Coast, today ...

Univision details VOD offering

Univision unveiled its Video On Demand offering with more than 1,000 hours of sports, news, movies and entertainment from Univision, TeleFutura and Galavisión, including the ...

Sundance Channel doubles VOD offerings in June

Beginning June 1, Sundance Channel will more than double the number of programming hours available each month in VOD and HD VOD. Currently averaging over ...

Fox coasting to season victory

The season finale of “American Idol” is still ahead, but Fox has nailed down a victory in the May sweep and full season for the ...

Pappas Telecasting is already working under Chapter 11 to resolve its current financial difficulties. Principal Harry J. Pappas reports that “three of the more than ...

If at first you don’t succeed…

…fail, fail again? That’s what Association of Maximum Service Television President David L. Donovan is saying about the latest device Motorola is trying to use ...

The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), the major broadcast industry consortium representing over 850 commercial and public TV stations with a mission of advancing mobile ...

Univision to present “Tecate Premios Deportes” Awards

Univision announced plans to broadcast the “Tecate Premios Deportes” Sports Awards, with the leading imported Mexican beer as the show’s title sponsor. A star-studded tribute ...

WNBC’s Simmons went numb

Sue Simmons thought she was dealing with tape, not live air, when she pulled the trigger on her f-bomb the other day during a promo. ...

Hospitals need white space

It may be amusing when a remote-control cymbal-playing mechanical monkey starts playing without warning due to a transmission from a nearby unlicensed spectrum device utilizing ...

Mega TV signs with Fox News

Spanish Broadcasting System announced its flagship station, Mega TV, has signed an exclusive content sharing agreement with Fox News. The partnership makes Mega TV Fox ...

ACME Q1 up 13%

ACME Communications Q1 net revenues increased 13% to $8.2 million for the first quarter compared to net revenues of $7.2 million in the first quarter ...

As Univision puts its best foot forward to the advertising community at this Wednesday’s television Upfront market presentation in New York a lot more than ...