BlackRock buys Marketron
Marketron confirmed with RBR-TVBR BlackRock Kelso Capital has become Marketron’s majority shareholder as part of a debt restructuring. In a debt-for-equity swap, The Wicks...
American Idol 12th season judges named
The speculation can now end: When AI’s 12th season debuts in January, Mariah Carey and returning judge Randy Jackson will be joined by
Presidential race is local TV spending leader
Another week, another few steps closer to the $1B threshold for local television political spending in
ABC News sued for $1.2B over “pink slime” stories
ABC News was hit with a $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit 9/13 by South Dakota meat processor Beef
Dish CEO Clayton fires back at CBS
The day after CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves threatened to pull CBS off of Dish Network when the contract runs out if Dish’s AutoHop...
CBS Radio staying with CBS
That’s according to Les Moonves, who told a media conference in Los Angeles that its radio division was staying put. It has a healthy...
Mel thinks he’s out at Sirius after Malone takes over
John Malone’s Liberty Media, close to gaining control of SiriusXM after the 50% ownership stake is
Maffei: Liberty may not spin SiriusXM
As Liberty Media is already over 49% ownership of SiriusXM, inching very close to controlling the company, Liberty CEO Greg Maffei took a step...
CBS to drop Dish if it keeps AutoHop
CBS CEO Les Moonves said the company will end up pulling the CBS Television Network from Dish Network unless it discontinues
Arbitron, comScore to launch cross-platform measurement with ESPN
The two ratings/measurement companies will develop the first-ever five-platform measurement initiative that would provide a view of changing consumption of video, audio and display...
Core advertiser gains seen for TV’s odd-year revenue trough
A survey of industry insiders from TVNewsCheck has yielded predictions for 2013 – and the story is that a 4% gain in core spot...
NAB makes the case for broadcast television
The video marketplace has been in flux since cable became a force to be reckoned with, and the addition of satellite, telco and internet...
Broadcast leads media in sluggish advertising market
Television was up 4.4% in the second quarter and radio was up 1.9%, according to a study from Kantar Media. The results are well...
NPG expands into Santa Barbara with KEYT-TV
There will be a new player in the Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo DMA once News-Press & Gazette closes on its acquisition of ABC...
Judge says TWC can import Nexstar signals to other DMAs
Time Warner Cable is a frequent blackout inciter when it comes to retransmission consent negotiations – and to get around that, it has