Obama says to get DTV-ready now
President Barack Obama told America’s DTV procrastinators that he acted in February to give them time to get ready for the advent of digital...
Calendar change for Viacom
Fiscal 2010 will have only nine months at Viacom, as the company has decided to change its reporting calendar.Viacom’s board of directors has authorized...
Colbert exported to Iraq
Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report” tonight begins a four-night series of shows from outside the homeland of Stephen Colbert, author of “I Am America (And...
NBA TV signs for Comcast carriage
Signing the biggest cable MSO is a big move for NBA TV, the cable start-up jointly managed by the league and Turner Sports. The...
BET Networks acquires “The Wendy Williams Show”
BET Networks has acquired Debmar-Mercury's The Wendy Williams Show to air beginning Monday, 7/13, when the talk show debuts in national syndication. Barbara Zaneri,...
ABC scores Thursday win with NBA
The first game of the NBA finals carried ABC to an easy Thursday victory in the 18-49 demo and pretty much every other way...
Dish DVRs stay on…for now
Dish Network got a federal appeals court to put a hold on a federal district judge’s contempt finding which would have required Dish to shut off its DVRs because they infringe on TiVo’s patents
FCC offers in-home helping hand to consumers
The FCC is not just offering advice on how to get your home video rig ready for the DTV transition – it is signaling...
One in four opened wallets for DTV
Knowledge Networks has a study out that reports 26% of all US TV households have taken one of three actions to deal with the...
NBC's winning streak comes to an end
Fox's "So You think You Can Dance" put an end to NBC's four-night winning streak, although the season finale of "Law & Order: SVU"...
Chase Carey returning to News Corp. as COO
The poorly kept secret is now officially out of the bag. News Corporation Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch announced the appointment of Chase Carey...
Sharing in Tampa Bay
You can add Tampa-St. Pete to the markets where local TV news operations are sharing resources. The pooling begun this week involves three stations.Fox...
Leno’s summer vacation ends September 14
NBC announced that September 14 will be the date that Jay Leno returns to television with his new primetime show. “The Jay Leno Show”...
LIN awards scholarship
Joshua Chagani is the recipient of the 2009 Minority Scholarship and Training Program at LIN TV. As a junior at Elon University in North...
Dish ordered to pay TiVo another $103 million
Dish Network and EchoStar have lost another court round and have been ordered to pay TiVo $103 million, plus interest, on top of the...