http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-05-15T23:22:09-04:00 http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/7381.html 2008-05-07T09:34:00-04:00 2008-05-07T09:34:00-04:00 Jack Messmer WNBC-TV New York will be the first O&O to have its local news operation transformed to program a full-time local news outlet on a DTV multicast channel. http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/7350.html 2008-05-06T17:36:00-04:00 2008-05-06T17:36:00-04:00 Jack Messmer Operating income shot up 41% in Q1 to $1.8 million for Young Broadcasting, despite a 1.8% decline in net revenues to just under $35 million. http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/barrington_cutting_staff_in_soft_economy.html 2008-05-06T17:35:00-04:00 2008-05-06T17:35:00-04:00 Jack Messmer Net revenues were up 2.6% to $26.7 million in Q1 for Barrington Broadcasting, but CEO Jim Yager notes that the company is dealing with a http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/nbcu_holds_onto_production_team.html 2008-05-06T17:31:00-04:00 2008-05-06T17:31:00-04:00 Jack Messmer As battling continues in court over whether the Weinstein Co. had the right to take “Project Runway” to Lifetime Networks, NBC Universal has signed producers http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/nielsen_product_placements.html 2008-05-05T09:51:00-04:00 2008-05-05T09:51:00-04:00 Carl Marcucci The Nielsen Company reported product placements for Q1 rose 6% on primetime programming for the 11 measured networks on broadcast (ABC, CBS, CW, FOX, MNT, NBC) and cable television (A&E, Bravo, HGTV, MTV, TLC). http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/7335.html 2008-05-05T17:51:00-04:00 2008-05-05T17:51:00-04:00 Carl Marcucci Academy members are greeted with an abundance of DVDs and box sets from networks and studios this time of year. A&E is offering an alternative http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/cw_launching_afternoon_block_with_warner_bros.html 2008-05-05T16:57:00-04:00 2008-05-05T16:57:00-04:00 Jack Messmer Expanding The CW schedule into daytime television, the two-hour weekday block from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution will air 3-5 pm ET on The CW http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/7316.html 2008-05-05T16:56:00-04:00 2008-05-05T16:56:00-04:00 Jack Messmer The latest cable carriage deal for Ion Media Networks will put its suite of channels on systems serving more than 10 million homes that are http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/wrestling_with_the_stars.html 2008-05-05T12:49:00-04:00 2008-05-05T12:49:00-04:00 Jack Messmer Somehow, you knew reality television would get around to this eventually. CMT is setting a fall premier for “Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling.” The celebrities http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/7303.html 2008-05-04T09:54:00-04:00 2008-05-04T09:54:00-04:00 Dave Seyler Old-time advocate AARP, worried that 40% of the 20M households at risk of being left behind during the DTV conversion have a member aged 50