Gannett employees get a week off
Without pay, though. CEO Craig Dubow sent Gannett Company employees a memo that most US employees will be furloughed for one week in Q1 to help the company avoid further layoffs
Embassy Row sold to Sony Pictures Television
Michael Davies is selling his Embassy Row television and digital production company to Sony Pictures Television (SPT), which will further expand Sony’s production and...
New round in fight between Dish and TiVo
Having paid over $100 million to TiVo in a patent judgment, Dish Network is still fighting. It says it has now gotten the US Patent and Trademark Office
Football rules!
The college football championship game of the Florida Gators over the Oklahoma Sooners was the #1 program of the week in the ratings for...
CBS, EQAL roll out “Harper’s Island”
CBS and EQAL, the creators of lonelygirl15, today announced that the upcoming 13- episode mystery event Harper’s Island will be a multi-platform series the...
Another swing in favor of Ion/Urban
MMTC’s David Honig, in reply comments to the FCC regarding petitions to deny the proposed channel-sharing plan put forth by Ion Media and Urban...
Hawaii switchover just days away
The contiguous 48 states and Alaska are counting down to 2/17/09 (we think) for the DTV transition. But Hawaii, in an effort to avoid...
Divided SAG board ends meeting without action
Screen Actors Guild chief contract negotiator Doug Allen has retained his job, at least for now, as hardliners blocked an attempt by moderates opposed to a strike vote to fire Allen
"Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials 2009" to air 1/31
Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials 2009, an interactive entertainment special hosted by Jim Nantz, Lead Play-by-Play Announcer of The NFL on CBS, and co-host Daisy...
Fire destroys station offices
A Sunday fire destroyed the administrative offices of PBS affiliate WNIT-TV Elkhart, IN, which serves the South Bend market. No employees were hurt, but...
Verizon’s FiOS renews retrans with CBS
The long-term carriage agreement announced on Monday includes retransmission consent for CBS O&O stations on FiOs systems, but goes much further than that. Also...
DTV finger-pointing time
The DTV deadline may or may not be on track, but that isn’t stopping denizens of Washington DC from unholstering their fingers and pointing them at those alleged to be to blame
Fox kicks into mid-season high gear
“American Idol” makes its season eight debut with a two-day kick-off tonight and tomorrow as Fox begins yet another charge from behind to try...
Santa, Sajak and Judy
Ratings were predictably a bit lower than other weeks, but Christmas Week saw yet another victory by "Wheel of Fortune" in the weekly ratings...
Ex-FCC chairs: Delay DTV; current: Go as planned
Former chairmen William Kennard and Michael Powell teamed up for an OpEd in the New York Times calling for a postponement of the DTV...