The intersection between TV and tablets
A study done in the UK has found that the vast majority of mobile device users, whether it’s a smartphone, tablet or laptop, use...
New lease on life for Houston African-American AM
Iconic Urban outlet KCOH-AM in Houston is being sold out of the format to an Hispanic non-profit, but the station will move down the...
NBC: “Sunday Night Football” up 35% vs. year-ago game
Sunday Results: Currently available fast-affiliate ratings are not time
zone-adjusted and typically understate live NFL telecasts.
* In time zone-adjusted metered-market results, NBC's
49ers-Patriots game was #1...
Fox Sunday down vs. sports competition
NOTE: Due to the nature of live sports, Fast Nationals for FOX (from 7-7:30pm), CBS and NBC are approximate. Network prime was interrupted in...
Me-TV signs with Belo/Norfolk
The Me-TV Network announced an affiliate agreement with WVEC, Norfolk, VA (DMA # 44) which introduces the Belo Television Group to the classic TV...
AXE to be 2013 Super Bowl advertiser
For the first time since its U.S. launch in 2002, AXE, the No. 1 men’s grooming brand in the U.S., will air a :30-second...
Nielsen Tops of 2012: Advertising
With strong creative, a bump in spending and innovative brand integrations, 2012 marked another positive year for the advertising industry, according to a Nielsen...
Nielsen, Twitter establish social TV rating
It’s an exclusive multi-year agreement to create the “Nielsen Twitter TV Rating” for the US. Nielsen and Twitter will deliver a syndicated-standard metric around...
Suicide nurse blamed 2DayFM DJs
Jacintha Saldanha, the British nurse at the center of an Australian radio prank call is reported to have blamed two 2Day FM DJs for...
Radio deals in Quad Cities, Allentown
$800K WKEI-AM, WJRE-FM & WYEC-FM Quad Cities IA-IL (Kewanee, Galva, Cambridge IL). 100% of Virden Broadcasting Corporation from Randal J. Miller to Fletcher Ford....
Fisher embarks on buyback program
Television and radio group owner Fisher Broadcasting has been authorized by its Board of Directors to repurchase shares of common stock throughout 2013. Both...
Baltimore/Washington sports network on the block
The key programming elements offered by the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network are games of Major League Baseball franchises the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Nationals....
Hard work rewarded: A radio transaction story
KBEL AM & FM are headed from Box Broadcasting Corporation to Brute Force Radio LLC for the nominal price of $1.00. But the real...
Amazon Prime signs with Turner, Warner Bros.
It’s an exclusive content licensing agreement with Turner Broadcasting System and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution to add TNT drama “Falling Skies” and the...
“Fox Sports 1” details surfacing
Fox is expected to announce plans for a national sports cable channel through the rebranding of its motor-sports network Speed, available in 78 million...