Basketball championship strong for CBS
The NCAA Men's Basketball Championship game drew lots of viewers for CBS, with the network noting that the game had its strongest 18-49 ratings...
Performers announced for the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards
Dolly Parton, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and Rodney Atkins are the first performers announced for the 43rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards,...
VCI Solutions’ autoXe MC wins award at NAB
VCI Solutions’ autoXe MC was awarded the Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award in the Station Automation Category in an awards ceremony Monday at NAB. The...
WWJ-TV picks up Lions for pre-season
The Detroit Lions and WWJ-TV Detroit have entered into a three-year agreement for the broadcasting of the Lions’ pre-season games on the CBS O&O...
Online campaign launched against CNN for Cafferty comments
McClatchy Newspapers reports Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu lambasted CNN commentator, Jack Cafferty, for his “vicious” commentary on China.“We solemnly request that CNN, and...
MVB just around the corner
Mobile video broadcasting by US television stations should begin next February along with the DTV transition, said Ion Media Networks CEO Brandon Burgess as the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) reported on its progress.
WRAL-TV delivered four HD video channels
Harmonic Inc. announced at NAB that WRAL TV in Raleigh, NC, the first commercially licensed HD TV broadcast station in the US, deployed Harmonic’s...
OMVC reports positive progress on mobile DTV
The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) announced the broadcasting industry is on track to develop standards and launch services for mobile digital television in...
CBS to present “Survivor” in HD
Sony and CBS have joined forces to bring the reality series Survivor to high definition. Sony XDCAM HD Professional Disc system will be used...
More cable networks utilizing VCI Solutions' Orion system
VCI Solutions announced that the number of cable networks utilizing their Orion Business System is on the rise. In Q1 of this year alone...
MSTV on Centris: Bunk
The Association for Maximum Service Television (MSTV) isn’t buying the claim from Centris that 9.2 million households are going to have reception problems with...
Will she stay or will she go?
It is no secret that Katie Couric is not getting to do the newscast she signed on for, so she is not happy trying to be Walter Cronkite in a skirt.
The Secret is safe from disclosure
Ratings were so bad for the debut of “Secret Talents of the Stars” that it looks like those talents will remain hidden. CBS has...
Can TiVo predict “American Idol”?
TiVo has been tracking minute-by-minute time-shifted viewership of “American Idol” and found that viewers rewind to watch their favorites again, but fast-forward through performances...
Centris fetting about over-air viewers
Research firm Centris says that 9.2M of 17M households receiving television broadcasts exclusively over the air are in reception-challenged areas. They define this as...