KXAS-TV sponsors scholarship
NBC O&O KXAS-TV Dallas-Ft. Worth has partnered with The Lone Star Emmy Educational Foundation to introduce the Harold Taft Scholarship – the first in...
Comcast offers DOD
No, that’s not the US Department of Defense. We’re talking debate-on-demand. Cable MSO Comcast has teamed up with WGBH-TV Boston to make all four...
Moody’s downgrades Young Broadcasting
The credit rating agency notes that the company has not yet announced a sale of KRON-TV San Francisco, which has been on the market since January 2008. With station values down, Moody’s
Dish adds Sony content to VOD
Dish Network announced that its current agreement to carry content from Sony Pictures Television to carry movies and other programming on its pay-per-view services...
NAB refocuses consumer education efforts
The National Association of Broadcasters believes that most Americans are now aware that the DTV transition is coming. It is also aware that one...
Markey tasks FCC on DTV
Key Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) has given the FCC instructions to follow through on four major tasks to keep the DTV transition on track. The points are based on lessons learned in the Wilmington NC DTV test
Pat challenges Judy's supremacy
Pat Sajak's "Wheel of Fortune" pulled into a tie with "Judge Judy" in the most recent week's syndicated ratings, supplied by the Syndicated Network...
Votes don’t eliminate interference
The NAB is ridiculing Google for claiming that 13,000 petitions have been signed in support of allowing the introduction of unlicensed wireless devices into...
More news is good ratings news
Meredith’s WPTV-TV (Fox) Portland, OR launched two additional hour-long newscasts this month and is claiming immediate ratings success for both. The “5 O’Clock News”...
CBS and Tribune team up in Baltimore
You don’t have to have crossownership to work together. CBS O&O WJZ-TV announced a deal with Tribune Company’s Baltimore Sun to share content and...
“Deal” debuts as #1 in first run syndication
NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution and Endemol USA's new half-hour, five-day-a-week version of "Deal or No Deal" debuted as the top new first-run series...
Palin look-alike gets hate calls
Cindy Michaels looks like she used to look, but that look is getting more attention since Alaska Governor Sarah Palin jumped onto the national...
Discovery/YouTube strike major content deal
Discovery Communications and YouTube announced the debut of nine YouTube Channels, featuring a collection of clips from Discovery's
Ratings from the final week of the season past
NFL football carried NBC to another weekly win as the 2007-2008 television season came to an end. In Households, NBC scored a 5.2 rating...
CBS and ABC claim first night victory
Monday was the first night of the 2008-2009 television season and CBS is celebrating its first premiere Monday victory in the key 18-49 demo...