MRC grants accreditation to five more PPM markets
Wednesday was a good day for Arbitron, as the Media Rating Council accredited the radio average-quarter-hour monthly ratings data
NAB calls out serial MVPD blackout instigators
Broadcasters do not like pulling their programming during a testy retransmission negotiation – but it wonders why 75% of the disputes
Dish wants jury trial against ABC
Dish NetworkVia a motion filed 7/16, Dish Network is demanding a New York jury trial in its
Gray signs with CBS in three DMAs
A pact that will bring the CBS Television Network into three small markets currently unserved by the
Renda OKC sale creates Tyler juggernaut
According to brokerage Kalil and Co., an eight station Oklahoma City broadcast cluster owned by Tyler
Merlin Media flips all-Newsers in NYC, Chicago
Looks like Merlin Media CEO Randy Michaels has had enough of trying to raise ratings at FM News 101.9 (WEMP-FM, New York) and FM...
Senate panel looking at retransmission consent
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) doesn’t want consumers caught in the cross-fire between hardball-playing
Bankruptcy judge to OK new Tribune ownership plan
Now in Chapter 11 for well over three years, Tribune may finally be heading out of bankruptcy--pending approvals (including FCC).
Record labels can’t stop loving radio
If musicians and their record labels hate uncompensated airplay so much, you’d think they’d stop
Analyst sees growth parking at Disney
Wells Fargo Securities thinks Walt Disney’s stock price is poised to grow if Q2 results come in as
Cable organization slams Viacom
The ACA is calling on Viacom to end its DirecTV blackout, make its online programming available to those
FCC turns NAB down cold on political posting stay
The FCC is just as convinced that it will prevail in court as is the NAB, it turns out, when it comes to the...
Uncertain future may underpin Viacom/DirecTV battle
Program sources want to maximize income, and cable, satcasters and telcos want to hold down costs
FM chip dominates Emmis report on the state of radio
Emmis President/CEO Jeff Smulyan is upbeat about the heightened prospects for an FM chip on cell phones and the bright future of
Judge denies networks’ injunction against Aereo
District Court judge Alison J. Nathan has denied (7/11) a request for a preliminary injunction by the major broadcasters that would have shut