That other SNL

It turns out that the “Saturday Night Live” broadcast which was #10 in the key 18-49 demo for the week ending October 19th was...

World Series a downer for Fox

Lacking a national following for either team in this year’s World Series, the Nielsen ratings have been down from a year ago for the...

White space pushback continues

They’re tripping over one another to either attack the FCC’s possible opening of a Pandora’s box full of unlicensed white space devices, or at...

White space: Dueling Democrats

Key House committee chairman John Dingell (D-MI) has queried the FCC on its study of white space usage between television channels, praising a cautious approach to opening the spectrum

O’Reilly calls for “feds” to investigate Nielsen

“There may be some big time cheating going on in the ratings system,” said Fox News Channel (FNC) host Bill O’Reilly as he lashed out Thursday

Beaten anchor dies

KATV-TV (ABC) Little Rock news anchor Anne Pressly, who was found beaten and stabbed in her home last week, died on Saturday. The Allbritton...

Big ratings for SNL

The big story in the weekly ratings crunch by the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) combining Nielsen data for both broadcast and cable/satellite networks...

Full court defense against white space invaders

The pushback against a possible 11/4/08 vote by FCC commissioners on a plan to allow unlicensed devices to begin roosting in the television

MSNBC going Hi-Def in Spring

MSNBC will begin telecasting in 1080i High Definition in the spring of 2009. The  move comes as MSNBC marks the one-year anniversary of re-locating...

Comcast offering free basic cable

Comcast South Florida launched its “Get Ready” initiative to encourage consumers to take action and choose their solution to the digital broadcast transition now,...

NYC Council resolution spells it out

The elected officials of the City of New York have no shortage of broadcast television stations to go along with a large number of...

O’Reilly wants investigation of Nielsen

“There may be some big time cheating going on in the ratings system,” said Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly as he lashed out...

Racer to the bottom?

The NASCAR racer appropriated by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to publicize the DTV Transition wound up as a heap of bolts in its first...

Dish adds local HD

Six more markets now have local-to-local satellite delivery in high-definition on Dish Network. Dish reports the addition of Columbia-Jefferson City, MO; Des Moines-Ames, IA;...

TV revenues up at Journal

The Olympics on NBC and a big boost from political advertising pushed TV revenues up 3.4% in Q3 for Journal Communications. Radio didn’t fare...