TiVo to launch Stop||Watch local markets service
TiVo will launch “Stop||Watch Local Markets,” a comprehensive research tool that provides anonymous, second-by-second ratings data for programs and commercials airing in local U.S....
KNAZ bows out of analog
Actually, it’s more like it was blown out of analog. KNAZ-TV is the Flagstaff satellite of Gannet’s NBC KPNX-TV Phoenix. The station has been...
At long last! SAG and the studios strike a deal
The long and tumultuous negotiations between the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) finally produced a tentative contract
NBCU revenues and profits declined
Most of the attention was on the lending unit as General Electric reported its Q1 results, with overall earnings for the company down 40% to $2.8 billion
SAG and the studios finally have a deal
The joint announcement came Friday afternoon:"The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and Screen Actors Guild today announced that the parties have...
Revenues and costs cut at Media General
Total revenues were down 18% in Q1 for Media General, but the company noted that it was also able to reduce operating costs by 14%, including layoffs, unpaid furloughs, ending the 401(k) match and
TBS goes straight to Hell
TBS has given the green light to “Neighbors From Hell,” its first venture into primetime animation programming. It has delivered an order for 10...
Raymond bumps CSI from the list
Most of the usual suspects are in the latest top 10 ratings list from the Syndicated Network Television Association (SNTA), based on data from...
Q1 revenues down 17.8% for Gannett
The television segment at Gannett did better, with revenues down only 15.7%. Newspaper advertising revenues plunged 34.1%. Including one-time charges, net income plunged 59.5%...
CBS gets first US Susan Boyle interview
RBR/TVBR may be the last publication in the world to get around to writing about international singing sensation Susan Boyle. CBS News’ “The Early...
Fewer households unready for DTV
Nielsen’s estimate of American television households that aren’t prepared for the end of analog TV continues to shrink ahead of the June 12th digital transition. The latest count is down to 3.6 million, or 3.2%
John Madden retires
Veteran football analyst John Madden announced that he has retired and will not be part of the NBC Sports broadcast team for the next...
TV Land launches “The Cougar” microsite
TheCougar.tv celebrates TV Land PRIME's much anticipated reality series "The Cougar" with exclusive and exciting content for the program, which premiered on Wednesday. The...
DTV hot spots identified
Regarding the DTV transition, the NTIA has compiled a list of 28 markets of concern and the FCC has made a list of 40, where there is a noxious combination of high off-air viewing and low converter box
NBC wants Blagojevich
If a federal judge gives the OK, ousted Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich will be heading to Costa Rica for a TV reality show. Blagojevich is under travel restrictions while out on bail awaiting trial on corruption charges