House teeing up private equity
Some might argue that there is no further cutting of costs possible, if increasing revenues is the goal (although that obviously is not stopping Farid Suleman at Citadel). And there don't seem to be too many buyers of any kind out there right now
Football being blocked by cable?
It is not a constitutional right to see any games, or to set the price to see them, or to demand that programmers show them at all.
Dorgan launches repudiation of FCC rulemaking
Wondering how John McCain (R-AZ) handled this the first time Dorgan used the tactic? Answer: Agreed with Dorgan philosophically but opposed the tactic.
FCC releases ownership diversification rules
A number of measures directed at increasing the number of "eligible entities" in the ranks of broadcast owners are officially out on the street...
FCC looks into WHNT story
Can't see this case going anywhere, unless it turns out that the malfunction was caused by interference from one of those experimental unlicensed white space devices.
News organization brings terror to Tampa
The ongoing road show presented by the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation will pull into the Tampa Convention Center next week, 3/13/08. It’s...
Lineup inked in for Markey meeting
The witnesses are lined up for the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet hearing tomorrow entitled “Competition in the Sports Programming Marketplace.” (And you...
It pays to have good faith
Informed on 2/20/07 of a hole in the fence around the tower for KRAE-AM Cheyenne WY, owned by Brahmin Broadcasting Corporation, the staff felt...
Supremes stall on fleeting indecency
RBR/TVBR observation: If we were ABC, we would be arguing that this alone constitutes 1,339,000 reasons to throw the fine out on grounds of selective enforcement.
Anchor segues from reading to making news
And the way it happened has rivals pondering possible complaints to regulatory authorities. ABC KEZI-TV 9 in Eugene OR is the on-air home of...
From "acting" to "exiting"
The NTIA is charged with running the digital-to-analog converter box coupon program portion of the DTV transition, but it is undergoing a good bit...
Scout's honor: Tate wins award
FCC Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate (R) has gone where no woman has gone before: To the list of honorees recognized as the annual recipient...
Sports programming headed for the Hill
Sometimes we think if we scour the Bill of Rights closely enough, we will find a clause describing the inalienable right of all Americans...
Cross-ownership easement under attack
Tribune did not like the FCC's move to allow limited broadcast/newspaper cross-ownership. It opened up only the top 20 DMAs, and Tribune feels all...
Majoras heading out at FTC
As the term of George W. Bush winds through its final year, we may see variations of this story in all sectors of his...