NBCU profits down as parent GE beats expectations
Q4 net earnings of just over $3 billion were better than Wall Street had expected for General Electric. The worst performer, by far, was...
Oxnard Spanish station agrees to decree
KBEH-TV, which brings MTV’s Hispanic network to the Los Angeles DMA from its perch to the north in Oxnard, has settle an indecency proceeding...
Watchdog fires preemptive shot at SB advertiser
Morality in Media says that GoDaddy.com is likely getting set to push the boundaries of acceptability with its advertising on the CBS broadcast of...
Nielsen adding Internet viewing to C3 ratings
Nielsen announced a timetable for adding online viewing of television programs into its TV ratings – including the C3 ratings – for the first...
Scripps Networks back on Cablevision
The financial standoff that had knocked the Food Network and HGTV off Cablevision systems as of New Year’s Day has been resolved. Scripps Networks...
‘Lady Gaga’ goes one-on-one w/ Barbara Walters on 20/20
ABC News’ “20/20” will broadcast live from New York following the “Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief” telethon with reports...
Kohl puts Comcast/NBCU on the schedule
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, under the gavel of Herb Kohl (D-WI), will have executives...
Idol triumphant for Fox
What did you expect? Of course Fox won Wednesday night.Wednesday Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults 18-496.6/173.3/92.3/61.4/41.4/40.5/1Adults 18-345.5/172.2/72.0/61.4/41.0/30.5/2Total Viewers (millions)18.5711.856.053.605.351.26Click here for more from TV by the...
LATV Expands Programming Lineup
LATV, the first Latino-owned national television entertainment network, announced today that, beginning February 1st, it was expanding its movie franchise L-FLIK to seven days...
Meredith beats expectations, forecasts improvement
“Looking broadly across our businesses, we’re continuing to see improving trends in advertising. However, advertising revenues are still weak compared to historic levels and...
Broadcast Facilities buys satellite unit of Crawford Communications
Broadcast Facilities, a media services company owned by private equity and investment firm Wasserstein & Co. announced the acquisition of the Satellite Services Division...
TV programming networks can fill programming void on D2, D3 buildouts
Now that we are some eight months into the new Digital Television age…I have not seen the rush I thought would be there to...
Stakeholders react to FCC video competition ruling
At least two companies that are in competition with the cable television industry are pleased that the FCC moved to close the programming terrestrial...
FOX rolls Wednesday w/ ‘American Idol’ and ‘Human Target’
Week to of AMERICAN IDOL-WED and the series premiere of HUMAN TARGET together gave FOX a win for the night across all demos, dominating...
CBS’s ‘Criminal Minds’ wins 9pm; ‘CSI: NYC’ is solid
CRIMINAL MINDS delivered its largest audience and highest adult 18-49 rating since the show's season premiere, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for...