Clear Channel launches ClearVision for airports, against CNN
Clear Channel Airports (CCA), a division of Clear Channel Outdoor, announced the launch of a new in-airport TV network called ClearVision. It features entertainment,...
Top cars for city commuting named
For broadcasters serving America’s commuting public – that means radio broadcasters in particular – the information provided in this list of top commuter vehicles...
The (Not So) Wonderful Internet
If you're not a techie, that's cool. Truth be told, there's so much learning in becoming a techie that most people don't have the...
Final Night of RNC draws 30.3 million viewers
An estimated 30.3 million people watched the fourth and final night of the 2012 Republican National Convention on Thursday, August 30. The convention was...
Mancow to simulcast on WPWR Fox TV this fall
Beginning this fall, Fox-owned WPWR-TV Chicago will air a live simulcast of Talk Radio Network-FM’s Erich “Mancow” Muller’s weekday nationally syndicated morning show from...
Hearst offers mobile election app
Expanding on the political coverage offered by its television stations (and pair of radio stations), Hearst Television is making mobile smartphone applications available to...
Celebrating 25 years of the Nielsen People Meter
Much has changed in the past 25 years—between digitally recording our favorite shows to surfing the Internet to texting on smartphones—but TV is undeniably...
Republican National Convention Day 2 draws 22 million+ viewers
An estimated 22.3 million people tuned in to watch the opening night of the 2012 Republican National Convention on Tuesday, 8/28, which was pushed...
Car sales shifting into overdrive
According to TrueCar.com, August 2012 light vehicle sales have improved greatly compared to July, and the numbers are even better year over year.
Automobile dealers...
SBE founder John Battison passes
John Battison, the founder of the Society of Broadcast Engineers, has passed. According to SBE, he leaves behind a wife, daughter, son and a...
ESPN, MLB strike eight-year extension
ESPN and Major League Baseball have reached an eight-year, multiplatform rights extension which will significantly enhance ESPN’s TV, digital, radio and International MLB rights....
Univision to host forums with presidential candidates
Hispanic multimedia giant Univision was one of the entities dismayed by the lack of a minority presence among presidential debate moderators. But it’s doing...
YouTube to cull some professionally-produced channels
YouTube’s plan, unveiled last February, was to spend $100 million on establishing dozens of professionally produced channels started off pretty well—new channels were being...
Fisher shares with shareholders
Multimedia Fisher Communications is planning to distribute a large, one-time dividend to all shareholders in mid-October, and will institute a more-traditionally-valued dividend going forth...
FTC crunches infomercial-advertised ab device
Would you believe that three minutes on Ab Circle Pro is the equivalent of a 30-minute workout and/or 100 sit-ups? The FTC didn’t, and...