Nexstar to manage Four Points Media Group
Private equity group Cerberus Capital Management is putting its television group under the management of Perry Sook and his team at Nexstar Broadcasting Group....
RHI announces five miniseries pickups
RHI Entertainment announced five significant distribution deals with NBC and Sci Fi. Meteor and The Storm are set to air on NBC in summer...
Cartoon Network partners with NBA
Cartoon Network announced a multifaceted partnership with the NBA to develop long- and short-form basketball-themed content across a wide variety of platforms, including online,...
Two in a row for "Judge Judy" as #2
Her Honor held off "Two and a Half Men" for another week, although both were, as usual, bested by "Wheel of Fortune" in the...
Obama visit scores big for Leno
“The Tonight Show” on NBC posted its highest overnight rating in four years with Jay Leno hosting President Barack Obama – the first visit...
KXJB back on DirecTV
Another satellite retransmission consent fight has been resolved. KXJB-TV (CBS) Fargo was returned to the DirecTV local-to-local service in time for basketball fans to...
Boucher tees up DTV
With the mini-DTV transition under our belts and the 6/12/09 hard DTV deadline fast approaching, a key House subcommittee will sit next week to...
CBA seeing red over white spaces
There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of plans to unleash unlicensed devices into the cracks between television stations. America’s leading LPTV association takes it several steps
Mega TV expands in key markets
Spanish Broadcasting System announced that Mega TV is expanding in new markets: Local HDTV, Inc's WHDO Channel 38.2 in Orlando and WFHD Channel 36.2...
VCI Solutions to introduce Velocity at NAB
VCI Solutions will introduce Velocity, a new product, at this year's NAB Show. Velocity is a real-time software solution that manages all Sales, Traffic,...
Moody’s disses Nexstar’s swap
Noteholders seemed to like the swap offered them by Nexstar, since it was oversubscribed. But Moody’s Investors Service has now assailed the swap as “tantamount to a default” and downgraded
Colbert goes to war
Stephen Colbert is claiming a place in the history books, announcing that Comedy Central’s "The Colbert Report" will be the first TV show in USO history to produce more than one episode in a
Week 25: A tough week for cable
Ouch! Cable/satellite networks put only three shows in the top 100 in the past week for the key 18-49 demo.And the Television Bureau of...
DTV plans divulged
158 stations told the FCC they’d like to cut off analog service prior to the new 6/12/09 hard DTV deadline, joining 641 that have...
CBS signs renewals for two series
CBS Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television announced that they have reached a multi-year broadcast agreement for “Two and a Half Men” and “The Big...