DTV unreadiness dips under 6%
Nielsen reports that only 5.7% of US households, or about 6.5M of them, are now completely unprepared for the DTV transition, meaning that 1.3M homes have gotten their act together since the
ABC merging programming/studio operations
ABC Entertainment and ABC Studios are being merged into a new division, ABC Entertainment Group, to be managed by Steve McPherson
Univision to keep Televisa programming in out of court settlement
Televisa CEO Emilio Azcarraga Jean had been scheduled to take the witness stand yesterday in his company’s lawsuit to try to terminate
Steelers score for CBS
The Pittsburgh Steelers are Super Bowl bound. That not only makes RBR/TVBR's publisher a happy man, but also produced big ratings for CBS, which...
Allbritton pulled off a nearly flat year
There’s a catch, though. The fiscal year for Allbritton Communications ended September 30, 2008, before some of the worst of the advertising decline. Also,...
Mega TV adds KMCC-DT in Nevada
Spanish Broadcasting System announced that Mega TV has signed an affiliation agreement with Cranston Acquisition, LLC., in Las Vegas/Laughlin, Nevada for carriage on KMCC-DT...
Postponing the postponement
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce was going to mark up a bill on the DTV transition Wednesday that includes putting off the...
Inaugural a ratings hit
You’d expect a presidential inaugural to be a TV hit in Washington, DC, but Nielsen reports that Raleigh-Durham edged the nation’s capital with the highest Household rating for the Obama
SAG infighting continues
Moderates who hold a majority of the national board of the Screen Actors Guild aren’t giving up on their efforts to get rid of chief contract negotiator
Parting CATV shot from Martin
Exiting FCC Chairman Kevin Martin fired off one last letter to key legislators on the topic of rising cable prices, accompanied by diminished service. “In short,” he wrote, “cable customers have been
DTV momentum pointing toward the summer?
CEA president Gary Shapiro has reiterated his preference to do the DTV deed on time, but Commissioners Copps and Adelstein
NBC News celebrates Gregory’s numbers
Switching hosts twice in recent months, with the death of Tim Russert and Tom Brokaw coming out of retirement to fill in only on...
DISH first pay-TV provider to offer series in 1080p
DISH Network and A&E Network emerged as the first pay-TV provider to offer a television series in 1080p resolution quality comparable to Blu-Ray disc....
IBM tapped for DTV response
The FCC has awarded a $12M contract to set up a call center to handle consumer questions on DTV-Day, 2/17/09. It will be able...
House set to mark up DTV extension
One of the first acts of the House Energy and Commerce Committee under new chair Henry Waxman (D-CA) will be a mark-up session on...