NAB signs off on delay
The National Association of Broadcasters applauded the passage of the Senate bill delaying the DTV deadline and urged that the House and White House...
House expected to follow Senate’s DTV lead
House Energy and Commerce chair Henry Waxman (D-CA) expressed his pleasure with the Senate action to delay the DTV deadline, and decided that instead...
NBC snares the Prez for Super Sunday
What will President Barack Obama be talking about on Super Bowl Sunday? We’re betting it won’t be his economic stimulus plan or Middle East...
"Idol" takes no prisoners
"American Idol" rolled over the competition in the latest week, handing Fox an easy win in the key 18-49 demo. CBS did manage to claim the Households title.
Political boosted McGraw-Hill TV
2008 brought record political advertising to the television group at McGraw-Hill and helped power an 11.3% TV revenue increase in Q4. The company says, though, it expects 2009 to be “challenging.”
NBC Universal to fly with American Airlines
Come March 1st, NBC Universal will replace CBS as the supplier of inflight broadcast content for American Airlines. NBCU said it will produce four...
Fisher reaches retrans deal with Cable One
Fisher Communications announced an agreement in principle for continued carriage on Cable One systems in Boise, Idaho Falls, Lewiston and Pocatello, Idaho. Terms of...
Wheel keeps spinning
There were no surprises in the most recent week's syndicated ratings, reported by the Syndicated Network Television Association (SNTA), based on data from The...
Disney/ABC Television Group, ESPN expand content deal
The Disney/ABC Television Group, ESPN and Verizon announced a comprehensive portfolio of news, entertainment and sports video programming, including full-length episodes of shows from...
ION viewership up 67% last year
ION Television ended 2008 with significant growth in primetime viewership since the launch of the network’s fall rebranding campaign, with marked growth in the...
NAB gets Apple ink
National Association of Broadcasters EVP Dennis Wharton took to the pages of the New York Times, responding to an article about internet use during...
SAG moderates oust Allen
Doug Allen is out, paving the way for new negotiations on a contract with Hollywood studios for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). The moderate majority of the national board of SAG yesterday delivered
New network Star set to launch
Executives of LBI Media are at NATPE this week in Las Vegas talking with potential affiliates for the national launch of Estrella TV – “Star TV” in Spanish. And while the US economy is struggling
DTV deadline is June 12: It might as well be 100-0
The Senate just decided to slam-dunk the Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)-Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) compromise bill moving the DTV transition
Local TV drags on NBCU
NBC Universal Q4 revenues were down 3% and profits 6% as General Electric reported a 44% drop in net earnings. GE CEO Jeff Immelt said strong cable earnings at NBCU were offset