SAG board united in stalemate
Who will make a move? The National Board of Directors of the Screen Actors Guild voted 68-0 to support the stand of its contract negotiators, who are insisting that the studios agree to
Univision spreads the word on DTV
Minorities in general and non-English-speaking minorities in particular are among those considered at high risk of being left behind when analog television moves into...
Scripps Howard transitioning to HD News with over 100 Fujinon lenses
Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company has purchased an extensive complement of Fujinon HTs18X4.2 BERM lenses with 2X extenders. The more than 100 lenses are being...
McMahon returns to late night TV
The first of four comic commercials that Ed McMahon has filmed for Pontiac will air tonight on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” The spots feature...
Yet another biz TV?
There’s still some question about whether the market is big enough for Fox Business News to compete successfully with CNBC and Bloomberg Television, but...
DC goes Retro
Allbritton’s WJLA-TV Washington, DC announced that it will become a DTV multicast affiliate of Retro TV Network, effective today. That will bring WJLA’s DTV...
Belo revenues down 4.7%; future hard to predict
That Q2 result includes political, which was up $2.2 million to $3.6 million, while local and national both fell. Q3 is expected to be...
Wrasslin’ for a cause
NBC has set the first 2008 airing of “Saturday Night’s Main Event,” produced by World Wrestling Entertainment, for August 2nd (9-10 pm ET/PT). The...
LAN International launches VIERO e-PIF for television groups
LAN International, makers of the VIERO Solutions Suite, is introducing their e-PIF product to Television groups across the U.S. VIERO e-PIF is groundbreaking software...
“Bumpy and uncomfortable” is the forecast
New CEO Rich Boehne sees long-term opportunities to increase the value of the old media assets at the E.W. Scripps Company. The company yesterday reported its Q2 results, combined for
This week it's a Top 11 list
One "Seinfeld" is out, but the other still in as the Syndicated Network Television Association (SNTA) reports the latest rankings, based on data from...
NBCU deploys VCI Solutions’ Orion system for the 2008 Olympics
VCI Solutions announced NBC Universal has chosen to utilize their Orion Business System for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Orion will manage key...
ION Television adds new affiliate in Dayton
ION Television today announced a station affiliation agreement with WRCX–TV in Dayton, the nation’s 62nd largest TV market, which represents approximately 511,000 television households....
LIN TV earns #1 TV station website
LIN TV reported it has the number one television station web site in 15 of its 17 markets and the number one overall media web site in 12 of its 17 markets based on “visit time”
Two vacancies at LIN
LIN TV announced that Bart Catalane is leaving his CFO post to return to New York with an Internet company. Also, Greg Schmidt, LIN’s...