40% of Americans use tablets, smartphones while watching TV
According to the latest Nielsen Cross-Platform Report, Americans spent more than 34 hours per week in front of a TV set in Q2, 2012,...
NBCUniversal lays off 450
Comcast’s NBCUniversal is laying off hundreds of staff in another round of belt-tightening. The cuts will take place across the board and will affect...
Dow edges higher; broadcast stocks down
Markets had a sleep start to the week Monday, with stocks gaining just a hair — after a massive drop last week — on...
Genachowski could be eyeing FCC exit sign
The election is over, and the current administration will be around for another four years. But while that means there will not be a...
Curtis takes Eastern NC deal to the finish line
An AM-FM combo licensed to Kinston NC is now in the hands of Eastern Airwaves Inc., headed by Donald W. Curtis. According to brokerage...
Broadcasters score high on psychopath list
A publication called Barking Up the Wrong Tree has come up with the top ten careers for psychopaths, and the top ten for their...
PTC applauds Brinker on advertising policy
The Parents Television Council said that as recently as 2009 Brinker, the company behind restaurant chains Chili’s and Maggiano’s, was one of America’s worst...
Clear Channel partner glad the election is over
No matter how hot broadcast political issues get between industry trade groups and politicians on the pertinent congressional committees, they never seem to be...
NBC leads Sunday in key categories
In time zone-adjusted metered-market results, the Texans-Bears game was #1 in its time period and the #1 show of the night (excluding NFL overruns)...
ABC bests CBS in 18-49
Opposite NFL-driven Sunday competition from NBC’s Sunday Night Football (Chicago Bears-Houston Texans) and Fox’s huge overrun during the first hour of primetime (Dallas Cowboys-Philadelphia...
FOX ranked #2 in Adults 18-49
FOX ranked #2 last night (Sunday) among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 and #1 among Teens. THE SIMPSONS and FAMILY GUY will be the...
DVR penetration raising eyebrows
A popular new show of the fall television season is NBC's "Revolution," a drama about post-apocalyptic America. Some 9.2 million viewers tuned in to...
Arbitron updates PPM data releases after Hurricane Sandy
Arbitron has been regularly updating subscribers as to data releases in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The radio ratings...
WDBO launches ESPN Radio in Orlando
Cox Media Group’s WDBO-AM, Central Florida's oldest radio station, flipped to ESPN Radio, from a simulcast of its 96.5 FM News/Talk sister station with...
Findlay Publishing spins Indiana FM
$350K WRBI-FM Batesville IN from White River Broadcasting Company Inc., a subsidiary of The Findlay Publishing Company (David Glass) to Leeson Media LLC (Brent...