ABC’s Sunday opens strong
Based on Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings: With a series re-cap of Once Upon a Time, leading into its sophomore season premiere,...
FOX Sunday ratings highlights
FOX’s ANIMATION DOMINATION premieres ranked #2 last night among Adults 18-49, Total Viewers and Adults 18-34 and won the night among Teens.
THE SIMPSONS was...
NBC: Best week 4 NFL prime overnights in 16 years
Sunday Results: Currently available fast-affiliate ratings are not time zone-adjusted and typically understate live NFL telecasts. Despite that, NBC is currently #1 for the...
Masters replaces Savage with Jerry Doyle
Here’s the “October Surprise” we heard about after Michael Savage won his suit and left TRN.
Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings debuts
ESPN, Facebook, GroupM, Hulu and Unilever among first users: Nielsen announced a major step forward for cross-platform advertising measurement.
According to the latest Nielsen Cross-Platform...
Arby’s unveils “Slicing up the Truth About Freshness”
It’s a brand re-launch and new campaign that celebrates Arby's rich heritage in freshly slicing meat in their restaurants every day for nearly 50...
Inspiration Time, EMF peddle noncom FMs
$75K WYVL-FM Youngsville PA from Inspiration Time Inc. (Edward L. Mattson) to Calvary Chapel of Russell (Jeffrey York et al). Note, with $1.5K delivered...
News-Press picks up Smith’s Santa Barbara TV
$14.25M KEYT-TV Santa Barbara CA from Smith Medias License Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Smith Media LLC (Ian Guthrie et al) to NPG of...
Another positive report on September vehicle sales
Kelley Blue Book reported a car sales downturn from August to September, but a healthy increase from September 2012 over September 2011. Natural disaster...
Broadcaster LEARN program kicking off
Are you a television operator with questions about the upcoming incentive auctions? The FCC has a structure set up that will attempt to provide...
Costly failure to oversee LMA partner
A company may be brokering time on station – but it falls on the licensee to make sure the station is in compliance with...
Dish-Cablevision court trial begins
In opening arguments of the multibillion legal battle between Cablevision Systems and Dish Network in New York State Supreme Court, Cablevision attorney Orin Synder...
Global ad spend to grow 4.6% in 2013
ZenithOptimedia’s latest forecast says global ad spend is expected to strengthen over the next two years, rising from 3.8% in 2012 to 4.6% in...
Savage crashes YouStream on surprise broadcast
Only days after winning his suit against Talk Radio Network and then leaving the network to shop other syndicators, talk radio superstar
Stock indexes close strong month and quarter
Stocks fell Friday as an unexpected contraction in a gauge of business activity in the Midwest had Wall Street cutting still-sizeable third quarter and...