NAB steps forward with major DTV safety net

It is inevitable that despite every best effort to educate the public, many consumers will fall through the cracks and fail to take steps...

Nielsen to “pause” at 25 LPM markets

The Nielsen Company has revised its roll-out schedule for Local People Meters (LPM). Charlotte’s LPM service launch has been delayed to January 2010. With...

November revenues fall double digits for Media General

That was across the board. Broadcast gross time sales fell 18.9% to $25.9 million, despite a big jump in political advertising, up 149.8%. Local...

Two groups sign retrans deals with TWC

Time Warner Cable announced the successful completion of new retransmission consent agreements with two TV companies – Granite Broadcasting, for its stations in Upstate...

Poll finds interest in primetime Leno

There are a lot of questions floating around about the overall effects of putting Jay Leno on NBC five nights a week in late...

L.A. stations test for DTV readiness

With just over two months to go before the government mandated analog shut-off and transition to digital television (February 17, 2009), television stations across...

FOX orders 13 Episodes of “Glee”

FOX has ordered 13 episodes of Gee, a musical comedy series from Ryan Murphy (“Nip/Tuck,” “Popular”). The one-hour series follows an optimistic high school...

Football scores for NBC, but CBS wins the week

"NBC Sunday Night Football," which saw the Dallas Cowboys defeat the New York Giants, drew the biggest ratings of the season for the NFL...

Equity Media’s fate on ice

Literally. Yesterday’s Federal Bankruptcy Court hearing on whether to let Equity Media reorganize or be liquidated was postponed due to an ice storm that hit the Little Rock, AR area. The hearing will

SAG torn by membership split

The Screen Actors Guild and the studios have exchanged new charges and countercharges over their stalled contract negotiations. But SAG itself is facing internal strife, with President Alan Rosenberg

Analog roadblock goes national

42 states and the District of Columbia will be participating in a major DTV educational event today. With two months to go until the...

Equity Media shutting off stations?

Equity Media Holdings’ WGMU-CA (Green Mountain TV), a collection of eight LPs in Vermont that carry MyNetwork TV in the region have gone dark—nearly...

A-list stars oppose SAG strike vote

A group of 130 big name Hollywood stars have sent a joint letter to leaders of the screen Actors Guild asking them to call...

Gray announces retrans progress

Gray Television announced that it has reached agreements in principal on the basic economic terms of retransmission consent agreements with 20 large cable operators...

Young stations back on Dish

That didn’t last long. A new retransmission consent agreement has been struck and the 10 Young Broadcasting stations restored to Dish Network’s satellite offerings...