FCC seeks DTV transition helpers
Focusing on DMAs with the highest concentration of people seen at-risk for not making the digital transition, the FCC is seeking proposals for Expert...
Trio joins NAB Television Board
Three veteran broadcasters have been named to fill vacancies on the NAB Television Board. Scripps Television Station Group Senior Vice President Brian Lawlor and...
Stalker scare for Dancing with the Stars
KTLA-TV Los Angeles reports that a 34-year-old man was arrested Monday after jumping a fence at the studio where ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars”...
40M watch Obama press conference
President Barack Obama capped off a week of television appearances with a prime time press conference on Tuesday March 24th. The sum of average...
NBC sets NFL Football kickoff
The NFL announced that the Pittsburgh Steelers will open defense of their Super Bowl championship, Thursday, September 10 on NBC, hosting the AFC South...
Dish denies FTC allegations
The Federal Trade Commission and four state attorneys general have accused a Dish Network subsidiary of numerous violations of the federal “do-not-call” law by...
Take two: Hearst Corp. bids again to take Hearst-Argyle private
Shareholders weren’t receptive in 2007 when Hearst Corporation offered to buy up all of the shares of Hearst-Argyle Television for $23.50 each. But
Local news outlet returns to Sarasota
When last RBR/TVBR wrote about SNN 6 the 24/7 cable news station was off the air after a management-led buyout deal hit a funding...
Local news hot ticket in New York
The NYC market already has three 24/7 local news channels, Time Warner Cable’s NY1 and the recently launched NY Nonstop on a WNBC-TV digital channel, plus Cablevision’s News 12 on Long Island
Week 26: Broadcast 98, Cable/Satellite 2
It won't take you long to find the cable/satellite shows that scored in the top 100 for the key 18-49 demo last week. Just...
"Washington Field” blows up a boat in DC
For the filming of a TV pilot, there was a simulated explosion yesterday near Key Bridge in Washington, DC. The explosion produced a 20...
House panel tees up DTV
The Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet under Rick Boucher (D-VA) will host a number of panelists, including Acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps,...
TBS books George Lopez talker
TBS announced plans to “change the late-night landscape” with a “groundbreaking” new talk show featuring George Lopez. The new talker set to launch in...
Fox Business Network sues the SEC
FBN had already sued the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve over Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for information about the government’s bailouts – and won a federal court order
Furloughs at Freedom
You can add Freedom Communications to the list of companies ordering employees to take time off without pay to help cut expenses. All non-union...