Trust hard to come by for news outlets
A new survey from The Sacred Heart University Polling Institute echoes a recent Pew study showing that Americans are mistrustful of their news outlets....
Satcasters run into legal difficulties
A pair of Dish Network authorized distributors have been charged by the FCC, and Dish itself implicated, in do-not-call telemarketing violations. And DirecTV is facing court action in California
Trib bondholders looking under the hood
A company representing 18% of Tribune bondholders is looking for evidence that the LBO transferring the company to Sam Zell and others was a...
ABC, CBS lock horns
Both ABC and CBS had something to crow about in fighting to a virtual tie for Wednesday lead, Fox had command of the younger...
Copps eying DTV side channels
In recent remarks, FCC Commissioner Michael Copps decried the overconsolidated and homogenized state of the media, ticked off a list of resultant ills and...
Census resorts to product placement
Faced with the prospects of an undercount among the US Hispanic population, the Census Bureau is pulling out all the marketing stops – even...
Fox cashes in on Glee strategy
Fox’s “Glee,” new for this season, actually made its debut four months ago, and has been on the promo trail ever since. And the strategy has paid off with a quick order for more episodes
You see, we all see NCIS
More people watched NCIS than anything else, at any rate and with two separate versions on the schedule, CBS walked away with Tuesday night...
Signet International buys AMG TV
Ernest Letiziano, Signet’s Chair, announced the acquisition of Access Media, Inc., the parent company of AMG TV, Pittsburgh, PA. Terry Elaqua, CEO of Access,...
Big ratings week for NBC and Jay Leno
"The Jay Leno Show" on NBC had a big debut week, with four of the five shows in the Nielsen top 20 for the week, for both Households and 18-49, and the other at #21. Add in the finale of "America's Got Talent"
Judge keeps Rather v CBS alive
Dan Rather and CBS will be marking December 22 on their calendars. That’s the date a New York Supreme Court justice has set for...
Deeds ads focus on deeds of opponent
Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds is focusing on news reports of a master’s thesis written by his Republican opponent, Bob McDonnell, in two...
Watchdog pessimistic about CATV prospects
The cable industry is hopeful that the increased advertising targeting ability it expects to have at its disposal in the near future will greatly increase its revenues. Think again, says Pike & Fischer
Translator/LPTV showdown out west
When the FCC opened its most recent window for LPTV and TV translator applications, some mutually exclusive applications came in along the Utah-Idaho border....
ABC's Dancers can't out-Fox House
ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" was the most watched show Monday night, but Fox won the it, with medical drama "House" showing strong.Monday Overnight...