Pay TV could gain leverage on Aereo decision
Like many have feared, Fitch Ratings believes if online TV providers are not required by law to pay re-transmission consent fees to the stations...
Dish wants jury trial against ABC
Dish NetworkVia a motion filed 7/16, Dish Network is demanding a New York jury trial in its
Stocks rise on solid earnings
Stocks reclaimed Tuesday gains after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke and Wall Street's gaze returned to solid results from Goldman Sachs Group Inc....
FCC demonstrates TV political interface
The FCC held a special demonstration of how its new public file political advertising interface would work, from both the television and the user...
FCC advises MPVDs on children’s files, fines one
As a general rule, the FCC noted that MVPDs audited for proper public file information on children’s programming were in compliance. However, some were...
Snowe asks for end of Hearst blackout on TWC
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) said she realizes that Hearst and Time Warner Cable are engaged in a private business negotiation. But she wants them...
FCC injures NJ AM wallet after hurricane injures its fence
Equity Communications radio station WCMC-AM Wildwood NJ was discovered with only remnants of a fence protecting its tower on 10/18/11. The fence suffered hurricane...
52% of cell phone users simultaneously watch TV
A report released 7/17 by the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows that more than half of all adult cellphone/smartphone owners interact with...
“The Bachelorette” hit season high
During the week of July 9, 2012, ABC claimed 3 of the Top 20 most-watched TV shows: The Bachelorette – #5, Wipeout-THURS – #17...
“America’s Got Talent” tied for #2
With “America’s Got Talent” tying for the #1 among non-sports telecast on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox, marking the seventh week in a row...
Fox tops four out of seven nights
Fox ranked No. 1 on four of seven nights last week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday) and achieved another weekly victory among Adults 18-49. With...
Radio deals in Albany, Youngstown
$1.2M WABY-AM, WQAR-FM WUAM-AM & WVKZ-AM Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY (Mechanicville, Stillwater, Waterviliet, Schenectady NY) from Anastos Media Group Inc. (Phillip Anastos) to Empire Broadcasting Corporation...
Top markets for peddling skin care products
Some products sell better in one place than another – Los Angeles and Miami, for example, are not prime locations to sell snow shoes....
TiVo to buy TRA, track shopping of TV viewers
TiVo has agreed to acquire TRA, which offers a platform that directly links info from the same households as to what viewers watch with...
Gray signs with CBS in three DMAs
A pact that will bring the CBS Television Network into three small markets currently unserved by the