Comcast/NBCU aired out once again
The proposed merger of Comcast and NBCU is either one of the greatest things for consumers imaginable, or the worst. It’s great for diversity,...
NBC to air Olympic hockey live
Ticked-off hockey fans are finally going to have Olympic hockey broadcast live in all time zones. NBC Universal will air Friday’s semi-final match between...
FOX’s ‘American Idol’ bested NBC's Olympics Wednesday
As the field narrows, FOX’s AMERICAN IDOL once again was the highest-rated and most-viewed program of the night across all demos last night, outperforming...
Cablevision to deploy networked DVRs everywhere
Having won a court battle with major TV content companies, Cablevision is now ready to deploy its networked digital video recorder system throughout its cable systems. The phase-in of Remote Server
ABC Family opens casting calls for ‘HUGE’, new series
ABC Family to host open casting calls across the country for its new Summer Series, ‘HUGE’. Casting Calls Will Take Place Beginning Monday, March...
Current Metered Market ratings for ‘Olympics’
25.2 Million Average Audience Through 12 Nights; More Than 4 Million More and 20% Higher Than 2006 Winter Games.METERED MARKET RATINGS BY TIME ZONE...
‘Olympics’ 1.5 million mobile video streams, the culture event
NBCOLYMPICS.COM AND NBC OLYMPICS MOBILE. NBC OLYMPICS MOBILE: 62 MILLION PAGE VIEWS: NBC's Olympics Mobile platforms (Mobile Web Site and iTunes App), through 12 days have amassed 62.4 million page views nearly
Analysis: NBC ‘Olympics’ vs ‘American Idol’ and ‘Lost’ Tuesday
25.2 Million Average Audience Through 12 Nights; More Than 4 Million More and 20% Higher Than 2006 Winter Games.Alan Wurtzel's Top 5 Research Learnings...
CBS, FCC continue Super Bowl battle
It’s been over six years since Janet Jackson had her costume incident during a Super Bowl halftime show, and the battle over the $550K...
Week 22: Broadcast 85, Cable 15
Although “American idol” on Fox was still the #1 show last week for the 18-49 demo, the Vancouver Olympics were huge for NBC Universal, on both broadcast and cable. According to the weekly merger by the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) of data from The
Telemundo first for primetime HD en Espanol
Telemundo announced it will become the first Spanish language network in the US to broadcast its entire primetime programming slate in High-Definition when “Donde...
"Idol" gets the gold
The Winter Olympics on NBC were bested again on Tuesday by "American Idol" on fox.Tuesday Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults 18-498.9/225.4/142.6/71.9/51.3/30.2/1Adults 18-347.6/213.9/112.2/61.2/31.4/40.2/1Total Viewers (millions)23.95921.2126.4519.0595.5490.626Click here for...
Genachowski targets TV spectrum for broadband
FCC Chairman called spectrum “the oxygen of mobile broadband service,” and said that an excellent source of this “oxygen” is contained in the swath...
Profits soared for Washington Post Company
Net income shot up to $82.2 million, or $8.71 per share, in Q4 for the Washington Post Company from $18.8 million, or $2.01 per...
Comcast/NBCU hearing cast features three regulars
The parade of hearings on the proposed merger of Comcast and NBCU is getting to be like a typical television series – it has...