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...
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...