Leno bags Obama
The late night talk shows are part of the campaign trail these days when it comes to presidential politics, but when it comes to...
Fisher takes Dish dispute to radio
Fisher Communications has still not resolved its retransmission consent dispute with Dish Network, which has had its TV stations off Dish’s local-to-local service since...
Signs of hope at Gray Television
Gray Television President Bob Prather that he’s seeing a pick-up in auto advertising for the rest of this month and, if current pacings hold, Gray will be at the low end (the good end) of its Q1 guidance
NBC sets summer buildup to Conan
NBC announced its summer schedule, which includes season finales of three drama series in the same week as the kick-off of “The Tonight Show...
Model mayhem
New York news outlets report that six people were injured when a crowd of 10,000 people outside auditions for CW’s “America’s Next Top Model”...
Union fires shot at NBCU
Contract talks, last held in December, resume today between NBC Universal ant the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians-CWA. Even before returning to...
The SAG man behind the scenes: Tom Hanks
The Los Angeles Times reports that Tom Hanks, with the assistance of some other A-list actors, is working behind the scenes to break the contract stalemate
Dissidents to exit Media General board
A knock-down, drag-out proxy fight a year ago landed three nominees of the Harbinger hedge fund on the board of directors at Media General. The annual shareholders’ meeting promises
FCC gels new DTV deadlines rules
If you’re planning to shut down analog television service prior to the new hard deadline for DTV, make sure the FCC knows about it before you dig into your green beer tomorrow
D1GP USA partners with FOX Station Group
D1GP USA (www.d1gp.com), the motorsports industry's premier drifting series, announced today it has finalized a deal with GPI Content Corporation and The FOX Television...
Big changes at Fox
With right-hand man Peter Chernin soon to exit, Rupert Murdoch is shaking up top management at News Corporation’s Fox businesses. Peter Liguori is exiting...
TNT greenlights two new dramas
As more and more drama series are making their debut on cable channels, TNT announced that is has greenlighted two more to debut in...
NAB challenges Nielsen's DTV tally
You’d think they were a bunch of dirty old procrastinators. NAB wants to know why households that have converter boxes they simply haven’t hooked up yet, or have a coupon but simply haven’t used it yet, or
Week 24: Broadcast 95; Cable/Satellite 5
Cable/satellite networks just missed landing a show in the top 50 for the key 18-49 demo last week, according to the number crunch of...
ION creates integrated distribution organization
ION Media Networks announced the creation of an integrated distribution organization that manages the company’s relationships with multichannel operators, broadcast affiliates, and industry policy...