Wednesday, May 13, 2026

TVB / Television Bureau of Advertising

TVB: Season-to-date ratings now at par with National C3

The TVB issued the following statements from Steve Lanzano, President and CEO of TVB and

Two dead in KOMO-TV news copter crash

Two people died 3/18 when a KOMO-TV (Sinclair) helicopter crashed on the street outside Fisher Plaza
Katz Media Group

KRG launches Political Strategies Group

Katz Radio Group is creating a new Political Strategies group to showcase radio’s massive reach

Comcast won’t buy SportsNet Houston out of Chapter 11

Comcast says it will not enter a bid to purchase Comcast SportsNet Houston out of Chapter 11

Harris Broadcast becomes Imagine Communications, GatesAir

Harris Broadcast, part of The Gores Group and provider of
Time Warner Cable

LA sues Time Warner Cable for $9.7 million

Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer has filed a lawsuit against the region's largest pay TV provider. The suit

Viacom, Spike, sued for sexual harassment

A lawsuit was filed in Federal Court 3/17 on behalf of Nicoletta Robinson, a former production assistant of

Elliot Evers on NAB JSA compromise plan

Following NAB’s ex parte filing with the FCC regarding a meeting between NAB President and
iTunes Radio

iTunes Radio may be offered as separate app

Last Fall's entry of Apple’s iTunes Radio appears to be getting a boost soon to increase the adoption of
Wells Fargo Securities

Wells Fargo downgrades TV stocks

Marci Ryvicker, Wells Fargo Securities Senior Analyst, announced a Television stock sector

CBS Radio, Univision refuse Pizza Patron ads

Pizza Patron is a Dallas-based chain using a new promotion that uses a popular Mexican slang word that
Clear Channel

Clear Channel unveils Major Markets Operating Group

In the wake of CCME CEO John Hogan’s exit from the company in January, peeling of a layer
Larry Patrick

Larry Patrick on JSAs, retrans, Wheeler, more

RBR-TVBR asked Patrick Communications Managing Partner Larry Patrick to help us and

Pandora Rate Court decision reached

On 3/14, Judge Denise Cote issued her decision in the ASCAP rate court proceeding with Pandora, setting
COX Communications

LIN TV, Cox sign in time to avert blackout

Like we predicted, Cox Communications and LIN TV announced a new retransmission