Belo comes up short
Revenues and earnings were below Wall Street expectations as Belo Corporation reported Q3 results. The TV group is also projecting a sharp drop in...
NBC goes full-season with “Kath & Kim”
NBC has ordered an additional nine episodes of its freshman comedy "Kath & Kim" (Thursdays, 8:30-9 p.m. ET) to complete a full-season order. In...
Call for white space comment period continues
Everybody and his brother has seemingly weighed in on this, asking FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to cool it on opening TV while spaces to...
World Series sets a record…
…but not one that Fox can get excited about. The rain-delayed, five-game event that saw the Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Tampa Bay Rays produced...
Broadcast prevails in carriage ruling
A suit brought by basic cable services against an FCC ruling requiring that over-the-air broadcast television stations be made available to all subscribers to...
Go For The Green launching on Planet Green
Planet Green is introducing a new weekly series, “Go for the green,” a fun, high energy elimination game show where a live studio audience...
MASN wins NC carriage on TW systems
Middle Atlantic Sports Network, a regional programmer offering MLB Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals games, among other things, has won a battle with cable...
Ad weakness shows at Washington Post Co.
Q3 revenues were up 10% at the Washington Post Company, while some hefty charges took a toll on net income. What was telling was that revenues were up by percentages in the teens for
TiVo, Netflix join forces to stream movies
TiVo and Netflix are teaming up to provide Netflix and TiVo Series3, TiVo HD, and TiVo HD XL subscribers with the ability to have...
Production houses partner to form Broadcast Management Group
Rob Lewis and Max Schindler, leaders in live event and broadcast production, have partnered with Todd Mason of Mason Productions to expand the company’s...
Fox details November sweeps
This November FOX delivers major television events, victorious all-new episodes and super guest stars, including the 19th annual edition of The Simpsons "Treehouse of...
LIN TV Q3 revenues up 5%; core revs down 8%
LIN TV Corp.’s Q3 net revenues increased 5% to $98.8 million, compared to $93.7 million for Q3, reflecting growth in political and digital revenues....
Political filled the gap at Hearst-Argyle
Q3 revenues were flat at Hearst-Argyle Television, with heavy political spending filling the hole left by an 11.5% decrease in core advertising business. CEO...
Moonves upbeat on the new season
Television ad revenues were down 14% in Q3 for CBS Corp., but the company attributed much of that to competing with the Olympics on...
Double dose of candidates
Univision has scored both Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama to appear this Saturday on the network’s long-running and highly rated prime time...