NBC sells out, sets record
Thumbing its nose at the sour economy, NBC found takers for its last two Super Bowl avails and set a new revenue record, nailing...
DTV update
As the date of the DTV transition deadline hangs in the balance, Acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps looks under the hood of the FCC’s DTV apparatus and doesn’t like what he sees; a key congressman says
Q4 held up for Gannett TV
Gannett CEO Craig Dubow reported that the company’s TV group exceeded expectations in Q4, with political advertising helping to boost ad revenues nearly 2%....
Layoffs at ABC
The Disney-ABC Television Group informed employees Thursday of layoffs affecting about 400 positions – about half via layoffs and half from not filling vacant...
6.45 million sampled Katie
CBS says a special primetime edition of "The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric” placed second in its time period Wednesday night, averaging 6.45...
SAG and studios returning to the bargaining table
With a new negotiating team in place at the Screen Actors Guild, new talks are set for next Tuesday and Wednesday with the Hollywood...
Week 18: Broadcast 92, Cable/Satellite 8
"WW E Entertainment" on USA was the top-rated cable/satellite show in week 18 of the current TV season, as calculated in the weekly merge...
TV counters print plunge at Media General; dividend suspended
Media General has suspended dividend payments, citing the “uncertain economic outlook. That news and its Q4 results sent the company's stock down 23.9% on Thursday. Broadcasting profits rose 2.6%
Son of DTV Delay sails through the Senate
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) got unanimous consent – again – for a bill that would move the DTV transition from 2/17/09 to 6/12/09. The content of the new version is
Comedy Central premiering “Important Things with Demetri Martin”
Demetri Martin launches "Important Things with Demetri Martin," a sketch comedy series premiering on Wednesday, 2/11 at 10:30 p.m.In the series, Martin mixes stand-up...
MMTC calls for minority focus during DTV delay
Moving the DTV transition date from February to June appears to be a mortal lock. The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council is advising Congress to avoid a second delay by focusing on
House blocks DTV delay
Applying a new 6/12/09 deadline to the DTV transition on the fast track in the House of Representatives required that it pass by a two-thirds vote. Enough House Republicans banded together this afternoon to
HGTV selects The Beanstalk Group for products
HGTV has retained the world’s leading brand licensing consultancy, The Beanstalk Group, to develop its comprehensive line of HGTV solution- and style-based products beginning...
ION Television to Launch in HD on February 16
ION Television will launch in HD providing a fully enhanced HD simulcast of the newly rebranded “Positively Entertaining” network, beginning 2/16. ION HD will...
“This TV” hits 60% clearance mark
On the opening day of the NATPE, MGM Domestic Television and Weigel Broadcasting announced key stations from Tribune Broadcasting Company have been added as...