Jim Owens Entertainment ends licensing deal with Luken
Jim Owens Entertainment announced it has taken legal action to end its license agreement with
Washington weighs in on FCC confirmations
The unanimous Senate approval of the nominees Tom Wheeler to become the next Chairman of the FCC and of Michael O’Rielly to be the second sitting Republican Commissioner generated the usual round of congratulations and commentary for interested parties inside the Beltway. Here’s what people and organizations had to say.
Wheeler era begins at the FCC
The last hurdle to getting the FCC’s 8th Floor has been removed for Tom Wheeler and Michael O’Rielly, and now all that’s left is the swearing in after a hold on Wheeler’s confirmation has been removed by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). Both were confirmed by unanimous vote
Comcast/NBCU results pale before Olympian comps
Most media companies faced difficult comps during an odd-numbered year on loss of political
Radio Disney strikes two deals for three stations
Salem Communications is grabbing Radio Disney properties in two locations, and a noncom organization is picking up one in a third location as the media giant spins off three of its smaller assets.
Small radio deals in Florida, New Mexico
$55K WKIZ-AM Key West FL from Seattle Streaming Radio LLC (David M. Drucker) to Almavisoin of Miami (Daniel Caamano). $7K deposit, $48K note.
$35K...
Cowles collars Montana TV group
$21.5M KULR-TV Billings MT; KTMF-TV & KTMF-LD Missoula MT (Missoula, Kalispell MT); KWYB-TV Butte MT; KWYB-LD Bozeman MT; KFBB-TV Great Falls MT; and KHBB-TV...
AdLarge re-ups with Sports USA for ad sales
AdLarge Media has extended its agreement for exclusive national ad sales representation of Sports USA’s live play-by-play coverage of NFL and NCAA football through...
KOA Denver host drops “F” bomb on air
Morning host Steffan Tubbs made a comment 10/29 during a spot break about television celebrity
S&P 500, Dow reach closing highs
Stocks closed higher Tuesday, rallying back from weak consumer confidence data and a nearly one-hour outage on the Nasdaq, to set closing highs on...
NBC: “Blacklist” matches highest rating since week 2
For the Week: NBC has finished #2 for week 5 of the 2013-14 season in adults 18-49 behind only World Series-boosted Fox, which aired...
CBS scores top two of the week
CBS had the week's top two programs - NCIS and THE BIG BANG THEORY – and the top seven scripted broadcasts in viewers –...
ABC scores 4 of top 10 in non-sports
Overall: During the week of 10/21/13, ABC delivered 4 of the Top 10 non-sports broadcast programs in Adults 18-49: Modern Family - #4, Scandal...
Supremes put Aereo on the dance card
Case number 13-461 features a match-up between ABC and friends against internet video distributor Aereo. We have the key dates in the proceeding which...
PTC warms up to new Comcast offer
The latest programming package from cable giant Comcast would give consumers a very limited selection, essentially cutting basic cable entirely out of the picture. Parents Television Council thinks it’s a great idea.