ION Television inks film deal with Warner Bros.

ION Television has inked a multi-year film acquisition deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. Extending from fall 2008 through summer 2010, this multi-year...

Battle brewing over quiet period?

NCTA estimates that as many as 5K retransmission consent contracts will expire at the end of 2008. Another cable system is looking for a six-month moratorium on for any new

Flat panels to gain traction in China

It will come as no surprise that China has been the biggest TV set production base in the world for several years. The TV OEM business (especially plat-panel TV OEM) in China is growing rapidly

Studio launching six new HD channels

Independent television producer and syndicated programming distributor Entertainment Studios announced plans to launch six targeted

Adelstein worried about digital transition

Whomever is elected President in November, they had better be ready to hit the ground running for the shut-off of analog TV a month after taking office in January, FCC Commissioner

Coupon program cutting it close

The NTIA anticipates that at the current rate of requests and redemptions, and allowing for a request spike as the DTV deadline approaches, then...

Equal time for McCain with Letterman

The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) hosted Barack Obama (D-IL) last week, and next week it will do the same for John McCain...

FCC releases DTV videos

Television stations all over the US, both English- and Spanish-speaking, are all receiving a package of video material suitable for broadcast from the Federal...

Judge Judy prevails

Two and a Half Men and a Wheel of Fortune were not enough to overcome the appeal of a judge named Judith during the...

CBS scores Palin interview

Katie Couric of CBS News will follow ABC’s Charlie Gibson and Fox New Channel’s Sean Hannity in scoring an interview with Gov. Sarah Palin...

Organization aims TV 101 at parents

With the beginning of a new school year and a new television season bowing in together, content watchdog TV Watch is offering parents a...

Key senators weigh in on DTV

Dan Inouye (D-HI), chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, fears that the DTV transition scheduled for 2/17/09 could be an “albatross” for the next...

Low power confab set for late October

The Community Broadcasters Association will be meeting in Las Vegas from 10/26/08 through 10/28/08 for its annual convention – and with the DTV transition...

Football keeps NBC on top

Put week 51 of the nearly completed 2007-2008 television season in the win column for NBC. NFL football and "America's Got Talent" carried the...

Access Hollywood turns 13

Syndicated stalwart "Access Hollywood" in coming back for a 13th season with a new look and a number of new segments. The new teenage...