Young Broadcasting spells out its overleverage
The Chapter 11 petition that Young Broadcasting filed Friday lists total assets of $575.6 million, including the current value of KRON-TV San Francisco, which it bought a few years back for $820 million
DTV station status update
Some of the 123 stations put on hold by the FCC will be allowed to turn off their analog signals tomorrow after all. First off, the FCC reviewed its own calculations and reduced the list to 106. Of those
Young Broadcasting files Chapter 11
With the grace periods for payments skipped on two debt issues due to expire this week, Young Broadcasting late Friday filed for Chapter 11 reorganization. The filing in the US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan will
Hearst-Argyle set to report down year
The company has given Wall Street a preview of its 2008 earnings report set for February 25th. Look for revenues to be down about...
Latest Chapter 11: Young Broadcasting
The owner of 10 television stations, including KRON-TV San Francisco, filed for bankruptcy protection late Friday. The company said it expects to emerge from...
Poll says stations have been preparing viewers for DTV
NAB polled television stations online about what they’ve been doing to prepare viewers for the end of analog TV. Nearly all have been taking...
Rohde & Schwarz readies for NAB
At this year's NAB, Rohde & Schwarz will present its transmitter and T&M equipment under the motto "Driving Efficiency". The focus will be on...
THIS is it for Fisher
Fisher Communications announced that it has signed affiliation agreements with MGM’s new “THIS-TV” for digital multicast channels in three markets: Seattle, WA and Portland...
Jazzy retrans agreement
DirecTV has come to terms with Larry H. Miller Communications and returned independent KJZZ-TV Salt Lake City to its local-to-local satellite service. It had...
Ugly is beautiful for TeleFutura
The Columbian novela that spawned “Ugly Betty,” “Yo Soy Betty, La Fea,” has already aired once in the US, but it’s back on TeleFutura...
Off-net strips do well
We usually focus on the top rated syndicated shows, but today take note that not only is the #2 show in syndication a rerun...
Charter to file Chapter 11
You can add Paul Allen’s Charter Communications to the list of media companies heading to bankruptcy court. The cable MSO says it has reached an agreement in principle with an ad hoc committee
FCC hides the analog off switch
368 of the stations expressing a desire to abandon their analog service on 2/17/09 have been cleared by the FCC to do so, leaving 123 on the bubble. The Commission is putting permission on hold
MTV and Snoop Dogg in multi-platform deal
MTV and rapper, icon, record producer, entrepreneur and actor, Snoop Dogg announced a first-of-its kind global deal that will bring the entertainers' personality to...
Time Warner Cable spin-off approved
The FCC has granted the request to transfer all necessary licenses and separate Time Warner Cable from the mother ship, which will be primarily...