Univision signs retrans with DirecTV
Spanish television giant Univision Communications announced a new multi-year carriage agreement with DirecTV. The agreement covers local-to-local carriage of Univision’s O&O TV stations, along...
Converter box update
24.7M converter box coupons have been cashed in, and about 15.65M have expired. The one thing that hasn’t expired is demand, which continues to...
FCC DTV panel named
We reported that the FCC’s March Open Meeting will follow the same all-DTV, all-the-time format as the February meeting, and now we know who...
NBC Universal Domestic TV to rep Litton Entertainment
NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution will represent the majority of Litton Entertainment's nationally syndicated ad inventory for the upcoming 2009-2010 TV season. Weekly series...
Fox Sports en Español gets World Extreme Cagefighting
Fox Sports en Español announced it will deliver Spanish-language coverage of World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). WEC is one of the world’s leading mixed martial...
NAB updates educational material
The National Association of Broadcasters put together new material to reflect the new 6/12/09 hard date for the end of analog broadcast television. And...
Granite and Barrington team up in two markets
Joint sales (JSA) and shared services agreements (SSA) will bring Barrington Broadcasting Group and Granite Broadcasting Corp. under the same roof in Syracuse, NY...
High winds topple WSPA's tower
The winter storm has toppled a WSPA-TV (CBS) Spartanburg, SC mountaintop transmission tower. One of News Channel 7’s main towers collapsed due to ice...
NBC signs with Seinfeld for "The Marriage Ref"
NBC announced a new comedy-reality series created by Jerry Seinfeld's Columbus 81 Productions. Seinfeld has partnered with Ellen Rakieten, a 23-year veteran of "The...
Wheel keeps on turning
It took Two and a Half Men to keep Judge Judy in third place in the latest SNTA/Nielsen syndication ratings, but that's what they...
FOX renews Simpsons for two more years
FOX has ordered two additional seasons of The Simpsons, which will bring the longest-running series in primetime television history through its 22nd season. The...
Urban Television attacks TV One’s block
Robert Johnson, who hopes to use a license-sharing arrangement with Ion Media to launch a new minority-oriented television service, is surprised at
CBA looking for relief
The Community Broadcasters Association.believes that what success it has had with low power and Class A television has been despite, not because of the...
Hearst-Argyle Television Q4 down 9%
Hearst-Argyle Television Q4 revenues declined 9% to $197.1 million from $216.6 million in the comparable quarter last year. The 26-station broadcaster reported record net...
Ion adds The Border, The Guard
ION Television announced the acquisition of two new one-hour original dramatic series, The Border and The Guard, each making their U.S. debuts on ION...