FOX renews Simpsons for two more years
FOX has ordered two additional seasons of The Simpsons, which will bring the longest-running series in primetime television history through its 22nd season. The...
Urban Television attacks TV One’s block
Robert Johnson, who hopes to use a license-sharing arrangement with Ion Media to launch a new minority-oriented television service, is surprised at
CBA looking for relief
The Community Broadcasters Association.believes that what success it has had with low power and Class A television has been despite, not because of the...
Hearst-Argyle Television Q4 down 9%
Hearst-Argyle Television Q4 revenues declined 9% to $197.1 million from $216.6 million in the comparable quarter last year. The 26-station broadcaster reported record net...
Ion adds The Border, The Guard
ION Television announced the acquisition of two new one-hour original dramatic series, The Border and The Guard, each making their U.S. debuts on ION...
Starz renews “Crash”
Starz Entertainment has renewed “Crash,” its first original drama series, co-produced with Lionsgate, for a second season scheduled to debut in the fall. The...
Industry players spar over SHVERA
Broadcasters want to make sure local free over-the-air television is available to viewers on satellite in all 210 DMAs. But satellite companies would like to carry broadcasters for free (or at a fixed rate)
SAG contract talks collapse; Offer rejected
First there was hope – the scheduled two days of talks between the new negotiating committee from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
SAG board rejects contract offer
The National Board of the Screen Actors Guild turned thumbs down on the "last, best and final offer" from the Hollywood studios. The vote...
Low power org aims for high volume in DC
The Community Broadcasters Association is getting out its megaphone in Washington this Wednesday – hoping to demonstrate its positive contribution to diversity of ownership,...
DTV consumer questions detailed
The topic was reception and technical matters in about a third of the calls received at the FCC 2/18/09 in the aftermath of the...
Another police drama for CBS
Following the success of “Flashpoint” last summer, CBS and CBS Paramount Network Television are again teaming up with Canada’s CTV for a police drama. CBS has ordered 13 episodes of “The Bridge,”
Week 21: Basketball is good to cable
Broadcasting networks claimed 89 of the top 100 shows for the past week in the key 18-49 demo, according to the merger of broadcast...
Warner Bros. renews TMZ for two more seasons
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution has renewed Telepictures Productions' hit entertainment news program "TMZ" for two additional seasons in 97% of the country, it...
Nexstar sees $75 million from retrans
Having led the fight for retransmission consent payments in 2005, Nexstar reports that it has signed renewals and new retrans agreements with 179 cable, satellite and telco companies. Those contracts