BBC studios invaded by protesters

The BBC news crews had no trouble finding news to cover Thursday – it came to them. Several hundred people showed up outside the...

“Yes, Virginia,” there is a CBS

CBS has gone back to a famous story from 1897 for a new animated Christmas Special. “Yes, Virginia,” to air Friday, December 11th (8:00-8:30...

Week 4: Broadcast 92, Cable 8

In the battle of the NFL broadcasts, NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” claimed the top spot for all of television in Week 4 of the season, ahead of ESPN’s “Monday Night Football.” The next-highest ranked

CBS and Fox strong

CBS had far and away the most viewers on Wednesday night, but Fox still managed to tie it in the key 18-49 demo.Wednesday Overnight...

Video competition alive and well

There is no denying that there are more things available to watch now than ever before, especially for those who remember the days of...

Obama joins the Fox fray

Until now, members of the Obama administration have been the ones tossing brickbats at Fox News Channel. Now Obama himself made comments in answer to questions from NBC News reporter Savannah

Hearst, U Missouri, Adobe to develop interactive projects

Hearst Corporation's Innovation group will partner with the Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) at the University of Missouri School of Journalism and Adobe Systems to...

Moody’s likes Nexstar’s deal with banks

Moody's Investors Service upgraded its “speculative-grade liquidity rating” for Nexstar’s wholly owned Nexstar Finance Holdings subsidiary. That came after the company disclosed in an SEC filing that

Another day, another SSA

This time the DMA is El Paso, where the local NBC affiliate is going to see to much of the back room operation of the local CBS outlet. The managing company will be Comcorp of El Paso, licensee of NBC

Media General sees signs of improvement

As Media General reported Q3 results which were still down, but sequentially better than Q2, CEO Marshall Morton told Wall Street analysts that the...

Comedy Central signs for Sunny Philadelphia

The FX comedy series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" is going to have a second life on Comedy Central, which has reached a multi-year...

Big night for CBS

The "NCIS," "NCIS:LA" siblings were both up on Tuesday and lead CBS to the 18-49 ratings victory, as well as being tops in viewers.Tuesday...

GSN unveils “Carnie Wilson: Unstapled”

Game Show Network announced a new original reality series, “Carnie Wilson: Unstapled,” starring game show host, singer and entertainer Carnie Wilson. Slated to premiere...

Q3 down for Media General, but not as much

Sequential improvement has been the focus of quarterly reports from some media companies – and you can add Media General to the list. Q3...

Arbitron looking to grow cable biz

Arbitron has been looking to build new revenue streams by applying its Portable People Meter (PPM) panels to other media besides radio. The company...