20th Century Fox strikes movie deal with Google/YouTube
20th Century Fox studio has cut a deal to sell and rent its movies and TV shows via the Google’s YouTube and Google Play...
Illinois Senators call for auction dialogue
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) do not want the FCC to simply come up with rules for spectrum auctions in the...
Total TV political tops $1B
The latest report from Wells Fargo Securities on the television political windfall places total spending on local television at $887.7M.
Radionomy launches in the U.S.
Look out, Live365: Radionomy, the free global service that lets consumers create their own online radio station or discover online stations created by others,...
Care Concepts launches TV effort via Inter/Media
Inter/Media Advertising has landed a national TV campaign for Care Concepts, launching its 2-in-1 talking glucose meter and blood pressure monitor.
Jackie Lapin, Inter/Media spokesperson,...
Bachelor Pad drew its 2nd biggest audience
Monday: Opposite the 2-hour season premiere of NBC’s The Voice and season finales on Fox (Hell’s Kitchen and Masterchef), the season finale and ABC’s...
Fox came in #2 on Monday
Last week marked strong finales for HELL’S KITCHEN and MASTERCHEF, as well as the solid return of THE X FACTOR. FOX ranked No. 2...
NBC: “Voice” up 10% week to week
Monday Results: From 8-10 p.m. ET, "The Voice" (4.6 rating, 12 share in adults 18-49, 11.7 million viewers overall) grew 10 percent week to...
FMs sold in Flint, Roanoke-Lynchburg
$1.15M WRSR-FM Flint MI (Owosso MI) from Potential Broadcasting LLC (Edward N. Esserman) to Krol Communications Inc. (Rodney Krol, Loretta A. Krol, Stanley Krol...
Consumer spending outlook tailed off in August
Wages were basically flat last month but gasoline prices were rising rapidly, and according to Deloitte LLP, that is a perfect recipe for a...
Anatomy of an Albuquerque ACME acquisition
LIN Television is buying assets of ACME Television along with a partner, creating a cluster of four full power stations in-market along with a...
NAB asks for time out on political posting challenge
Television broadcasters were unsuccessful in getting a stay on new FCC requirements that have major network affiliates in the top 50 DMAs posting political...
Station keeps candidate/host on air with time offer — corrected
According to Midwest Communications, Pat Snyder left the air, with 8/30 being his final broadcast day. Snyder has been replaced on air for the...
Finally: young demos boost radio listening
Arbitron’s September 2012 RADAR 114 report shows radio’s audience increased slightly year over year by 249,000 persons aged 12+, representing nearly 93% of the...
The Internet Archive now has all TV news since 2009
The Internet Archive, aggregator and digitizer of data, is making more than 350,000 news programs--from CNN, Fox News, PBS, CBC, ABC, NBC and others--available...