ABC fires back over “The Glass House”
ABC has responded in kind to CBS over the "Big Brother"-like reality show "The Glass House," filing an opposition (6/11) to CBS's request
RMLC inks pact with BMI
Radio stations have had a new deal with ASCAP, and now they can bookend it with a new BMI deal that backtracks to 2010...
TV networks extend program ratings online
Parents who have come to rely on program ratings when monitoring the television watching of their children will now have the same
Dial Global to offer “The NBC Sports Radio Network”
Building on their NBC News Radio Network offering, The NBC Sports Group and Dial Global announced
Cumulus taking Geraldo Rivera national
Both Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey and COO John Dickey have stated they will be looking to take talent at their radio stations national via...
Wells Fargo tends to the trends
Analysts at Wells Fargo had the chance to speak with a number of broadcasters during the recent SNL Kagan event, and made use of...
Broadcast is not busting the MPVD bank
MVPDs are screaming to the high heavens about allegedly exorbitant demands from broadcaster when it comes to retransmission fees
CBS asks judge to stop ABC’s “Glass House”
CBS filed a temporary restraining order 6/8 against ABC to try and prevent it from airing the new reality show “The Glass House,” which...
Other Aereo-like start-ups emerging
As networks attempt to shut down Barry Diller’s TV streaming service Aereo in court, a few other similar
SF noncoms pay big for consent decree
Non-commercial radio entities in San Francisco ran afoul of the rules, but have agreed to a deal with the FCC that will resolve the...
Analyst applauds Clear Channel-Big Machine pact
Fitch Ratings says that the initial spike in costs that Clear Channel should incur per its royalty deal
New Tribune may keep TV, shed newspapers
The long drawn out bankruptcy saga of multimedia Tribune Company is getting closer to its final chapter, and word is out that the company...
House panel moves to strike TV political ad posting
The FCC has made the posting of sensitive political advertising information part of its online public
Debate engaged over FM chip
An FM chip in cell phones could dramatically help lower bandwidth use and is a priceless possession during an emergency, say proponents led by...
FM chips and royalties dominate Future of Audio hearing
Despite suggestions that there would a laundry list of topics on the House Communications Subcommittee hearing on “The Future of Audio,” almost all of...