Woodruff gets green assignment

ABC News Anchor Bob Woodruff will anchor a weekly series for the new Planet Green cable channel, being launched June 4th by Discovery Communications....

Oxygen to rebrand

NBC Universal’s Oxygen cable net is getting a new logo geared at “Generation O,” defined as the 18-49 demo with a hyper focus on...

AFTRA postpones talks with AMPTP negotiations

AFTRA announced yesterday it will oblige an Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP) request to delay the start of negotiations by a...

Mega TV adds new program to Sundays

Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) announced today its MEGA TV Channel 22 Miami/DirecTV Channel 169 Puerto Rico and DirecTV Channel 405 in the rest of...

Week 30: 95% showing for broadcast nets

Cable/satellite networks put five shows in the top 100 for all of television in the key 18-49 demo last week, according to the weekly...

Meredith Q3 net earnings per share up 5%

Meredith Corporation reported fiscal Q3 net earnings per share of 0.97, compared to 0.92 per share in the prior-year quarter. Earnings per share from...

NC Dem debate pulled from schedule

Technically, although the date 4/27/08 had been circled in pencil, there never was a debate in the works, since only Hillary Clinton (D-NY) ever...

Another week, another "Idol" victory

The rest of network television can just wait for "American Idol" to run its course. Even if its performance this year isn't breaking its...

Watchdogs protest ABC debate

While not being universally panned, the Democratic debate held by ABC Television Network last week (4/16/08) was widely criticized. The result is a click-and-send...

He can dance, but can he spell?

Actually, it doesn't matter, since Tom Bergeron will have cards with the answers as he hosts the final championship rounds of "The 2008 Scripps...

Soft ad market gets softer

That bad news comes from Gannett CEO Craig Dubow, who told Wall Street analysts that it appears the already soft US economy slowed even...

Only 6 out of 10

That may be an impressive showing, but CBS Television Distribution has been even more dominant in syndicated television in the past. Of course, its...

Many households still unready for DTV

As you know at midnight on 2/17/09 all full-power U.S. television stations will stop broadcasting their signals in analog and will switch to 100% digital broadcasting.

New pay TV service to launch

Viacom, MGM and Lionsgate yesterday announced a joint venture to create a new video on demand service, set to launch in the fall of...

ESPN lands Wimbledon for next six years

ESPN Friday announced an extension of its contract to carry parts of the Wimbledon tennis tournament through 2013, including enhanced digital and international rights....