ABC won election night
Nielsen stats show ABC as the top broadcast network for election night coverage, moving past NBC, which no longer had the political insights of...
White spaces: ABC says it best
Walter Liss, ABC to the FCC: “I write to raise one basic question in this proceeding: Are you really prepared to authorize millions of...
Analog closing in on its final 100 days
We are rapidly approaching the T-Minus 100 Days and Counting point in the DTV transition, and on Monday 11/10/08 an all-star lineup of regulators,...
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
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...
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...
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....