Political and digital boosting LIN
LIN TV says Q3 revenues should be up 3.5-6.2%, all due to political and digital ad growth. Gains in those areas also helped counter...
Lionsgate strikes distribution deal with Disney-ABC Domestic TV
Lionsgate, a leading independent filmed entertainment studio, and Disney-ABC Domestic Television have partnered for Lionsgate to get home entertainment distribution rights to select primetime...
Nexstar reports record Q2
Nexstar Broadcasting Group reported record Q2 financial results, with net revenue for the quarter up 2.9% to $70.7 million compared to $68.7 million in...
Cablevision looks at spin-offs
In an effort to enhance shareholder value, Cablevision announced that its board has approved exploration of whether to spin-off one or more of the cable MSO’s businesses. The company
Christopher Knight hosting “Trivial Pursuit: America Plays”
Christopher Knight, known to millions as middle child Peter Brady of “Brady Bunch” fame, will join a new family this fall as host of...
How about a little cross-promotion?
Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa will be making a primetime appearance next month. The daytime TV duo will guest star as themselves on the...
All-request TV
Granite Broadcasting’s independent KBWB-TV San Francisco is letting viewers program the station on Sunday nights, 8-10 pm. The all-request programming is being called “Retro...
Dish also drops soccer channel
Citadel Communication’s four local stations in the Midwest weren’t the only signals to be pulled from Dish Network on Friday, August 1st. GolTV, a...
Making the move to daytime
CBS announced that Michael Gross is joining “The Young and the Restless” beginning with the episode airing Friday, August 15th. Gross will play “Lowell...
New production team for L&O:CI
Jeff Wachtel, USA Network's Executive Vice President of original programming and co-head, original content, Universal Cable Productions and Dick Wolf, executive producer and creator...
Appeals court reversal for TV networks
A federal appeals court in New York has reversed a lower court and given Cablevision a thumbs-up for deployment of its centrally networked DVR...
Olympic sales soft for Hearst-Argyle stations
With the Summer Olympics in Beijing set to begin airing this Friday on NBC, Hearst-Argyle Television CEO David Barrett told investors and analysts on...
D minus 200 days and counting
In this case, the D stands for DTV, and as of today, there are 200 days left until analog broadcast television becomes a matter...
Television to die for
Spike TV has ordered 10 episodes of “1000 Ways to Die,” with each 30-minute episode featuring different and bizarre ways that people have managed...
Moonves has digital vision of CBS’ future
After buying CNET for $1.8 billion, CBS is now looking to pare its radio group by 50 stations, which RBR/TVBR estimates should bring in...