HDTV penetration exceeding 23%
With the Holiday electronics-buying season approaching, Nielsen reported that, as of 11/30, the penetration of high definition television (HDTV) reached 23.3% of all U.S. television households. When Nielsen began
H&C to officially become Hannity
FOX News Channel says it will debut a new weekday program with Sean Hannity at 9pm beginning 1/12—this after the recent announcement that Alan...
Congress turns on analog night light
The House has seconded the Senate, approving a bill which would allow television stations to keep an analog signal up and running past the...
Lender presses for liquidation of Equity Media
Equity Media Holdings thwarted Silver Point Finance’s efforts to have a state court put the company in receivership by filing for Chapter 11 reorganization. But Silver Point is back, asking the federal
Week 11: Broadcast 93; cable/satellite 7
The top 100 in the key 18-49 demo was back to a normal split in the most recent week, according to the crunch of...
Media General gets some slack
As it battles slumping ad sales, Media General says it has gotten some leverage relief from new terms it has reached with its lenders....
Mega TV launches “Las Divas de la Tarde”
Spanish Broadcasting System and Mega TV announced the launch of a brand new national Hispanic Programming Block for women on the Mega TV on...
LATV launches in Sacramento
LATV, the nation's first bicultural and bilingual entertainment/music network distributed via digital multicast, has signed on its fourth Tribune affiliate, KTXL-FOX40, covering Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto. The...
Retrans standoff in Phoenix
Meredith’s KPHO-TV (CBS) Phoenix says retransmission consent negotiations with the Washington Post Company’s Cable One have stalled. As of now, KPHO is expecting to...
CBS won’t go straight to cable…not yet
CBS Corporation CEO Les Moonves acknowledged that he’s heard the suggestion from cable MSOs – why not skip the station level and just sell the CBS network straight to cable
SAG banning new media work in New Year
The Screen Actors Guild has notified members that, beginning January 1st, it will “vigorously” enforce “Rule One” that no SAG member can work for...
CBS and Fox claim the week
The latest week had CBS on top in Households for its scripted fare, while Fox stepped up its game in the key 18-49 demo.In...
Quarter dropping double digits for Belo
Q4 pacings have gotten worse since Belo told investors in early November that the quarter was heading down 8%. CEO Dunia Shive updated that...
20M households request coupons
The DTV coupon project being run by NTIA has processed requests from over 20M households, requesting just about 40M digital to analog converter boxes....
Leno moving to prime time
Jay Leno won’t be leaving NBC when Conan O’Brien takes over the “Tonight Show.” Instead, the Peacock net has cut a new deal with...