Strong quarterly growth for Disney
Revenues were up 6% to $9.08 billion for The Walt Disney Company in fiscal Q2 (January-March). Media networks led the way, with the cable...
Cox Communications enters the online streaming game
Cox Communications is the latest MSO, after Comcast’s XFinity, Verizon FIOS and others, to offer content online: Its “TV Online” service gives customers the...
Scripps TV posts gains, but print reddens the bottom line
Despite the loss of political revenue, The E.W. Scripps Company managed to post a 3.2% gain in television revenue. But weaker than anticipated newspaper...
AT&T U-Verse customers choose camera angle for Cubs game
iPTV provider AT&T U-Verse, WGN America, and WGN-TV are giving Chicago Cubs fans across the country a chance to control how they watch the...
Fisher CEO hails Q1 results
A day ahead of shareholder voting which will determine whether dissidents will take control of the Fisher Communications board of directors, the company reported...
Patent litigation comes to the Interactive TV Sector
Invidi Technologies Corp, a provider of addressable television advertising solutions, filed a patent infringement complaint on May 5, 2011 against Visible World and Cablevision. ...
Almost 250K getting refund in FTC bracelet bust
The Federal Trade Commission has been working on the Q-Ray Bracelet Scam going back to 2003, when it charged the manufacturer for making false...
TV up, radio down for Univision
Net revenues gained 6.2% to $481.8 million in Q1 for Univision Communications. It was a split result, with TV revenues up and radio down.
“Our...
Five stations honored by NABEF for service
The NAB Education Foundation announced the winners of the annual Service to America Awards today. Three TV stations and two radio stations will be...
Eddy Hartenstein new CEO at Tribune
After six months with a four-member Executive Council, Tribune Company has finally named a CEO to succeed Randy Michaels. Eddy Hartenstein is the new...
Broadcast TV brought in lion's share for Pres. Obama's speech
More numbers are in: According to TVB’s analysis of Nielsen Company data, more than 70% of the 57.9 million people who watched President Obama’s...
Retailer colored glasses losing their rosiness
A study of retail expectations from BIGresearch for April/May yielded mixed results, but more than a few were expecting an “almost certain increase” in...
Last major US record label is sold
Russian billionaire Len Blavatnik has agreed to buy Warner Music Group for $3.3 billion. The deal means that every one of the big four record label groups will be foreign owned. Technically, Blavatnik
Q1 down for Washington Post Company
Revenues were essentially flat in Q1 for the newspaper and cable TV divisions of the Washington Post Company and down for television and the...