ABC Family pilot begins production
Production began 11/28 on the “Terminales,” starring Italia Ricci (“Unnatural History”), Mary Page Keller (“NYPD Blue”), Vondie Curtis-Hall (“ER”), Aisha Dee (“I Hate My...
Chaffetz royalty bill kicking off an extended process
The chances of enacting the Internet Radio Fairness Act proposed by Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) by year’s end are minimal at best. Incoming House Judiciary...
Rep puts radio performance royalty back on table
The focus of the 11/28/12 Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet Subcommittee hearing
Joe’s Crab Shack names new AOR
Ignite Restaurant Group announced McCann Erickson New York as AOR for its restaurant brand Joe’s Crab Shack, with planning and buying to be handled...
Fox Tuesday comedy block sees double-digit gains
FOX’s Tuesday comedy block achieved lifts across the board last night. RAISING HOPE (1.7/5) was up +13% from last week in Adults 18-49 and...
CBS wins Tuesday
CBS placed first on Tuesday in viewers and adults 25-54, led by NCIS delivering its largest audience since its season premiere and its best...
NBC: “The Voice” is #1 for the night in 18-49
Tuesday Results: "The Voice" delivered the night's #1 rating in adults 18-49 and all four NBC Tuesday series are up versus one week ago...
ABC wins Tuesday with DWTS
Leaping over its lead-in (Shrek the Halls Rebroadcast) at 9pm and building from its first to second hour, ABC’s grand finale of DWTS: All-Stars...
Georgia AM on the move to new owner
$250K WZBN-FM Camilla GA from Light Media Holdings Inc. (Danny Wilson) to Greater 2nd Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church (Lorenzo L. Heard). $7.5K escrow,...
Nexstar pulls in two California TVs
$35.4M KGET-TV Bakersfield CA; and KGPE-TV Fresno CA from High Plains Licenses Company LLC, a subsidiary of Newport Television LLC (James H. Martin) to...
Broadcasters volunteer for Sandy hearings
The FCC is planning field hearings to assess the impact Hurricane Sandy had on communications systems with an eye toward
Auctions, receivers on Subcommittee agenda
Communications Subcommittee Chair Greg Walden has put hearings on the calendar to discuss the upcoming incentive auctions of spectrum in the television space and...
Judge orders tobacco ads on television
But the tobacco companies aren’t going to like it. They have been ordered to publicly admit to lying about their products and advertise corrective...
Lotus expanding with California AM DIY project
The geographical footprint of Lotus Communications is expanding, and if all goes according to plan, the CP it is acquiring will expand from its...
Barnes & Noble unveils holiday effort for NOOK HD (video)
Via Mullen NY, NOOK Media, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, introduced “Dear Santa” – a new spot in the holiday campaign designed to...