TV household universe up slightly
The Nielsen Company estimates that there will be a 400K increase in television households for the 2009-2010 season, up to 114.9M, representing the smallest increase in a decade. The 2+
Comcast defeats FCC in DC Circuit
If cable giant Comcast wishes to grow past the 30% threshold of national cable market, it has now been unbridled by the US District Court for the District of Columbia Circuit. The FCC was slapped
“The Hoff” will sing on Wednesday
Can David Hasselhoff sing? Apparently so. He’s even released albums overseas. Who knew? Anyway, “The Hoff” will sing Wednesday on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,”...
News Corp. pressing for WWOR-TV renewal
With a new regime in place at the FCC, News Corporation representatives have been visiting The Portals to try to move forward the long-delayed
Peacock stays on the ice
NBC Sports has renewed its partnership with US Figure Skating to extend through the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. The agreement guarantees live primetime and afternoon
ION Life announces expanded programming
ION Life, the multicast network dedicated to the celebration of a healthy, active and empowered life, has expanded its schedule of new programming with...
Fox wins despite rain delay
It was a soggy pre-season NFL game, but Fox still won the 18-49 crown for Thursday, although CBS was tops for total viewers.Thursday Overnight...
Costas hits the road
No more comfy studio for Bob Costas. As “Sunday Night Football” begins a new season on NBC, Costas will be hosting from each week’s...
TiVo sues two more for patent infringement
With legal action still pending to collect a second payment of over $100 million from Dish/Echostar, TiVo is now suing both major telco cable...
Time Warner Cable and Verizon join TV Everywhere
TWC and Verizon’s FiOS are the latest to join the TV Everywhere trials that Comcast and Time Warner (the former parent of TWC) launched...
If it bleeds, it promotes
The CW Network has teamed up with the American Red Cross and Alloy Media + Marketing to stage blood drives at more than 230...
Lifetime merging with A&E
The two current owners of Lifetime Entertainment Services, the Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst Corporation, are also among the three owners of A&E Television...
"Talent" carries the day
NBC won Wednesday night in both 18-49 and total viewers, powered by another elimination round of "America's Got Talent."Wednesday Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults 18-492.2/71.9/51.5/51.3/41.3/40.5/2Adults 18-341.6/51.5/51.7/61.0/30.8/30.6/2Total...
MTV goes to the movies
Viacom’s MTV announced plans to release a slate of original movies “crafted for the MTV audience.” The first, "My Super Psycho Sweet 16,"
Britain bids bye bye to “Big Brother”
The UK’s Channel 4 announced that it will not renew its rights to Endemol’s “Big Brother” after the 11th season in 2010. Meanwhile, the...