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...

Zucker stands up for Cramer

Not that Jim Cramer isn’t perfectly capable of defending himself, and has been doing so. But at Wednesday’s McGraw-Hill Media Summit in New York NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker said

Job opening at TVB: Chris Rohrs sets exit

The Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) announced that Chris Rohrs will leave at the end of 2009, concluding 10 years as President of TVB

Chris Rohrs to exit TVB

The Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) announced that Chris Rohrs will leave at the end of 2009, concluding 10 years as President of TVB....

ABC sets season finale and series return dates

“Ugly Betty” fans can mark their calendars – the hit series returns to the ABC lineup on Thursday, May 7th. “The Bachelorette” makes its...

Discovery sues over Kindle

Discovery Communications has sued Amazon.com in a Delaware federal court, charging that Amazon’s Kindle infringes a patent that Discovery holds for an “Electronic Book...