Univision-Televisa square off in court today
Today in Los Angeles a judge will begin hearing a unique divorce case, in which Mexico’s Grupo Televisa seeks to void its long-term content...
NBC takes US Open to primetime
Actually the US Open Championship has been seen in primetime before due to weather delays, but this year NBC is scheduling the gold tourney...
NBCU Domestic Television taking SVU to syndication
NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution has sold Dick Wolf's hit procedural drama "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" to the Fox Television Stations in...
Britney Spears is back
If you just can’t get enough of Britney Spears we have good news for you. Production began yesterday on another episode of “How I...
M3 Television expands into program development
M3 Television, a video and online production company specializing in content, marketing and technical solutions, announced the establishment of a unit dedicated exclusively to...
Nielsen grabs AOL exec
The Nielsen Company announced that John Burbank has been appointed to the newly created position of Chief Marketing Officer, effective May 9th. Burbank, who...
News crew in the news
A reporter and photographer from Raycom’s WOIO-TV (Ch. 19, CBS) Cleveland were wrapping up a story last week when they realized they were witnesses...
MAXedit Web Edition honored at NAB
It was a show of force for Maximum Throughput Inc. (www.max-t.com), developers of software-based solutions for networked storage infrastructure and media management, who took...
NBC highlights spring sweeps
NBC heads into sweeps with all new "Around the World" episodes and a special "winner takes all" Star Wars-themed episode of its hit game...
CBS announces May sweeps
An unprecedented CSI and Two and a Half Men "writers' crossover," cliffhanger finales and the crowning of the Ultimate Survivor, are among the highlights...
Nielsen to report ratings for ESPN Deportes
The Nielsen Company and ESPN Deportes, ESPN’s 24-hour Spanish-language sports net, announced an agreement to report program ratings in Nielsen’s U.S. Hispanic cable service,...
Syndi rankings hold firm
Not much change to report this week in the top 10 rankings for syndicated television, as calculated by the Syndicated Network Television Association (SNTA),...
HDTV catching on
A quarter of US households are now in possession of at least one high definition television set, according to a new study from Frank...
Ion and CBS in “Criminal” deal
Ion Media Networks announced it has entered into a content agreement with CBS Television Distribution for the broadcast syndication rights to the hit television...
Don Gillis dead at 85
WCVB-TV Boston reports the death of retired sportscaster Don Gillis, who was Sports Director of the station from 1972 to 1983. He also hosted...