Thursday win for Alphabet Net
With all new episodes and the Private Practice season finale, ABC won the night with a 3.6 average 18-49 demo rating, up 6% from...
Sunbeam sues over LPM
Sunbeam Television has filed suit against Nielsen Media Research in a Miami federal court, charging that Nielsen’s Local People Meters (LPN) are defective. The...
Revenues down 23.6% for Belo
The Q1 revenue decline of 23.6% to $133.5 million at Belo Corporation is similar to what other TV groups have been reporting. CEO Dunia...
Nielsen hopes to perfect button-pushing
It probably comes as no surprise to you that Nielsen has discovered that not everyone in a People Meter household is diligent about pushing buttons
LIN sees month to month improvement
Q1 revenues were down 20% to $74.5 million for LIN TV. But LIN officials reported something similar to what Meredith reported a day earlier...
Obama-free Fox wins Wednesday
For all networks combined, President Obama had more viewers for his press conference, but Fox, which elected to send viewers to the press conference...
Disney to buy into Hulu
As has been rumored, Disney will to join NBC Universal, News Corp. and Providence Equity Partners as an equity owner of Hulu. ABC content will be available on Hulu as part of Disney's deal
Retrans standoff pulls two stations off cable
KGWN-TV Cheyenne, WY could not come to terms with Bresnan Communications on a new retransmission consent agreement, so KGWN’s signals were removed from Bresnan’s cable systems in Wyoming
Print outperforms TV at Meredith
But then, print at Meredith means magazines, not newspapers. TV ad revenues were down 31% in fiscal Q3 (January-March) and pacings for the current...
Hopping down the bunny trail with Blago?
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) was on his way to Costa Rica to participate in a new reality program called "I'm a Celebrity...Get...
Week 31: Broadcast 94; Cable/Satellite 6
In a repeat of the previous week, broadcast television networks claimed 94 of the top 100 programs for the key 18-49 demo. The top...
Revenue declines at McGraw-Hill
Broadcasting revenues were down 22.9% in Q1 at McGraw-Hill Companies. But the TV group is just a tiny part of the total operation and...
MTV is working nine and five for the Upfront
That’s nine new shows and five returning series on the programming slate at MTV. The Viacom cable net aims to hang onto its claim of having more top 10 shows than any other network for Persons 12-34
Verizon FiOS adds Sino TV
Verizon and Sino Television Inc., a privately held Chinese television company, announced a multiyear agreement on Tuesday to bring three Chinese-language channels to Verizon's...
Reality rules
With Fox's "American Idol" and ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" each moving closer to the crowning of a winner, the two reality competition shows...