Chuck Sherman award to McTear
NAB will honor Raycom Media President and CEO Paul McTear with the Chuck Sherman Television Leadership Award at the NAB Small Market Television Exchange,...
YouTube local bypasses TV…or maybe not
YouTube’s attempt to become a local news competitor in every market got big play Monday in the New York Times. So, we decided to...
Obama wearing out network welcome
When your visit to network airspace has a pricetag of $40M in lost revenue, it should come as no surprise that networks are becoming reluctant to air
“Idol” judge re-signed
Kara DioGuardi will be back for season nine of “American Idol” on Fox. Now everyone is waiting to find out whether there will be...
"Defying Gravity" has leaden ratings
ABC's high hopes for "Defying Gravity" were dashed as its Sunday debut was the lowest rated scripted series premiere of the summer. Fox and...
“Let’s Make a Deal” to premiere 10/5
Let’s Make a Deal, a new take on the classic game show where audience members dress in outlandish costumes to win cash and prizes...
Discovery and FLO TV launch Shark Week Mobile Channel
To celebrate the 22nd year of Shark Week, Discovery Communications is collaborating with FLO TV Incorporated, a unit of Qualcomm, to bring Discovery Channel's...
Revenues down 23% at Belo
The Q2 revenue decline of 23% to $144.8 million was in line with expectations for Belo Corporation. The good news from CEO Dunia Shive...
Fox dances to another win
Thursday night's airing of "So You Think You Can Dance" that winnowed the contest down to the final four led Fox to easy victory...
TV revenues fall 20% for WaPo
The newspaper business actually outperformed television in Q2 at the Washington Post Company. Print ad revenues were down 20%, the same as the revenue decline for TV, but total print
Moody’s sees ad slump moderating
Year-over-year revenue gains could return for US television groups in the second half of 2010, says Moody’s Investors Service, which sees some moderation in the ad slump beginning in the
Dancing over Talent
Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" beat NBC’s "America’s Got Talent" head to head in the 18-49 demo on Wednesday and carried Fox...
USA gives two renewal orders
NBC Universal’s USA Network wants more of summer hits “Royal Pains” and “Burn Notice.” Both have gotten orders for another round of episodes.Royal Pains...
Meredith cites week-to-week improvement for TV
Non-political television ad revenues were down 25% in fiscal Q4 (April-June) at Meredith Corporation and Q1 is currently pacing down double digits as well....
Cross MediaWorks raises cash
TV, cable and online ad sales rep Cross MediaWorks has raised $17 million in additional investment capital. Two new companies have joined its investor...