Mega TV signs with Fox News
Spanish Broadcasting System announced its flagship station, Mega TV, has signed an exclusive content sharing agreement with Fox News. The partnership makes Mega TV...
ACME Q1 up 13%
ACME Communications Q1 net revenues increased 13% to $8.2 million for the first quarter compared to net revenues of $7.2 million in the first...
Fox picks up “Secret Millionaire”
The unscripted series where America’s wealthiest individuals will leave their lavish lifestyles, sprawling mansions and private planes to go undercover into some of the...
Disney to debut Jonas Brothers reality strip
"Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream," a music-filled reality series, will premiere 5/16 at 8PM on Disney Channel. The short form series provides viewers an...
Dish Network's Q1 profit up 65%; subscribers down
Dish Network’s Q1 net income was up 65% even though new subscriber growth of plunged. EchoStar reported net income of $259 million, or 58...
It’s bombs away for veteran NYC newscaster
Some may be thinking f-bomb when they see the latest tab from their grocery story, but for a WNBC-TV newscaster, it was incorrect footage...
Behind the Univision Upfront
As Univision puts its best foot forward to the advertising community at this Wednesday’s television Upfront market presentation in New York a lot more...
Four new series for Fine Living Network
Fine Living Network (FLN) kicks off June with the U.S. premiere of “From the Ground Up.” The series, which features designer Debbie Travis, puts...
AMW hits 1000th capture milestone
FOX’s America’s Most Wanted, currently in its 21st season, has achieved a milestone: 1,000 fugitives have been captured as a direct result of the...
NBC names Jimmy Fallon as “Late Night” successor
NBC has named Jimmy Fallon as the new host of "Late Night" when Conan O'Brien moves to "The Tonight Show" in 2009.The announcement was...
Station sales will be next Chapter for Pappas
A witch’s brew of circumstance has made the position of Pappas Telecasting untenable, and the company is entering Chapter 11 in an effort to stage an orderly retreat from the television business.
CW sells Sunday primetime
Calling it “a win for all involved – affiliates, advertisers and viewers,” CW COO John Maata announced a deal to turn over the network’s...
13 Pappas stations file Chapter 11
After refinancing talks broke down, several subsidiaries of Pappas Telecasting filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on Saturday. The move puts 13 of the...
Low-power stations fail to block DTV converters
A federal appeals court in Washington, DC has turned down a request from the Community Broadcasters Association (CBA), a trade association for LPTV operators,...
”The Gong Show” returns
It was a reality television show back in the 1970s, before anyone called it reality television. Now “The Gong Show” is returning to Comedy...