Another organization vouches for broadcasters on retrans
Watchdog group Frontiers of Freedom recently sent a letter to Congress asking legislators to resist any effort to change the current policy for broadcast...
Dial Global reports on a big year
Dial Global looked very different at the end of 2011 than at the beginning. It had acquired Westwood One and used its
Cartoon Network picks up kids sketch comedy series
Cartoon Network has picked up an untitled kids sketch comedy series from entertainer Nick Cannon. The series is a live-action, half-hour, sketch comedy show...
Nexstar launches statewide newscast in Arkansas
With NBC affiliates in four Arkansas markets, Nexstar Broadcasting Group is using its extensive news platform and technical resources to launch the first daily...
Oprah’s OWN Network gets expanded carriage with Comcast deal
OWN will see a boost in the number of homes in which the network can be seen as a result of a new distribution...
CBS renews “The Talk”
CBS’s THE TALK has been renewed for the 2012-2013 broadcast season. The daily daytime talk show – hosted by Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon...
Raul Alarcón upbeat on 2012 for SBS (audio)
Spanish Broadcasting System doesn’t provide Wall Street with specific forward guidance. But there’s so much optimism
Nightline rules late-night Friday
In late-night metered-market households Friday night:
* In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.9/7; CBS's "Late Show...
More people made a Friday date with Dateline
* At 8 p.m. ET, “Who Do You Think You Are?” averaged a 0.8/3 in 18-49 and 5.1 million viewers overall and ranked #2...
ABC mixes new and old for Friday success
With a mix of repeat and original programming opposite all first-run competition, ABC finished in a virtual tie for #1 with CBS in Adults...
Martin/Zimmerman case knocks politics to newshole #2
The shooting of Trayvon Martin was the number one news story during the week of 3/19-3/25 in a split decision, according to the latest...
FCC wants a definition for MVPD and channel
A battle over program access between Sky Angel US and Discovery Communications over carriage of the latter’s Animal Planet basic cable offering has the...
Tribune, DirecTV in stalemate
UPDATE: There was no deal afterall. The Tribune stations were pulled from DirectTV as of midnight Saturday (3/31).
It looked like a past-deadline impasse had...
Current event: Olbermann gets walking papers
Keith Olbermann brought star power to cable news/opinion channel Current, formed by Al Gore and
Big union merger approved to form SAG-AFTRA
Despite some recent battling in court with dissidents, it was hardly a surprise that members of the