Fisher stations pulled from Dish
The retransmission consent deal for all Fisher Communications stations expired and all had been removed as of yesterday from the Dish Network local-to-local service in its Northwestern and
Report: CBS, Time Warner may bid for Olympics
According to an AP report, CBS Corp. and Time Warner executives have been discussing a joint bid for the 2014 Winter and 2016 Summer...
Honors for Young
Fred Young, Sr. Vice President for News at Hearst-Argyle Television, will receive the 2009 Paul White Award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association. The...
NBC gives Alba the Super Bowl hand-off
“The Office” will get the prime spot following the Super Bowl broadcast on NBC February 1st. The one-hour special episode, titled “Stress Relief,” will...
Fox Biz expands footprint
Fox Business Network (FBN) announced a deal with Charter Communications to expand its delivery to cable households by some 200,000 home in the Midwest...
NCTA call for quiet louder than NAB
At least the National Cable & Telecommunications Association isn’t looking to freeze retransmission negotiations for half a year as is another national cable organization....
Week 12: Broadcast 91, Cable/satellite 9
Football scored big in week 12 of the TV season for both broadcast and cable networks. "NBC Sunday Night Football" was the #1 show...
Top timeshifted TV program increases in '08
The Nielsen Company has taken a detailed look at the top timeshifted television programs in the U.S. during this calendar year. The charts show the top ten primetime TV programs that saw the biggest increase
Studios: Maybe we don’t need SAG
With contract talks stalled and a strike vote looming, major TV studios are looking at bypassing the Screen Actors Guild to shoot pilots for new series under their AFTRA contracts. News Corporation’s
NAB steps forward with major DTV safety net
It is inevitable that despite every best effort to educate the public, many consumers will fall through the cracks and fail to take steps...
Nielsen to “pause” at 25 LPM markets
The Nielsen Company has revised its roll-out schedule for Local People Meters (LPM). Charlotte’s LPM service launch has been delayed to January 2010. With...
November revenues fall double digits for Media General
That was across the board. Broadcast gross time sales fell 18.9% to $25.9 million, despite a big jump in political advertising, up 149.8%. Local...
Two groups sign retrans deals with TWC
Time Warner Cable announced the successful completion of new retransmission consent agreements with two TV companies – Granite Broadcasting, for its stations in Upstate...
Poll finds interest in primetime Leno
There are a lot of questions floating around about the overall effects of putting Jay Leno on NBC five nights a week in late...
L.A. stations test for DTV readiness
With just over two months to go before the government mandated analog shut-off and transition to digital television (February 17, 2009), television stations across...