SAG moderates oust Allen
Doug Allen is out, paving the way for new negotiations on a contract with Hollywood studios for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). The moderate majority of the national board of SAG yesterday delivered
New network Star set to launch
Executives of LBI Media are at NATPE this week in Las Vegas talking with potential affiliates for the national launch of Estrella TV – “Star TV” in Spanish. And while the US economy is struggling
DTV deadline is June 12: It might as well be 100-0
The Senate just decided to slam-dunk the Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)-Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) compromise bill moving the DTV transition
Local TV drags on NBCU
NBC Universal Q4 revenues were down 3% and profits 6% as General Electric reported a 44% drop in net earnings. GE CEO Jeff Immelt said strong cable earnings at NBCU were offset
Got talent? NBC wants to know
NBC is preparing for the summer return of “America’s Got Talent” with auditions in nine major cities. The network notes that last year’s winner,...
DTV delay gains momentum
The House Energy and Commerce Committee canceled a DTV markup to see what was up in the Senate Commerce Committee – and an agreement...
Qualcomm demands partial deadline enforcement
The operator of MediaFLO mobile television network is counting on using spectrum tied to the migration of broadcast television from analog to digital, and...
Meredith TV pacing down 40%
Fiscal Q2 (October-December) broadcast revenues were down only 3.7% for Meredith Corporation, despite a sharp decline in auto advertising. But the current quarter is...
OMVC highlights the future of mobile DTV
At this year’s NATPE conference, The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), an alliance of more than 800 broadcasters whose mission is to accelerate the...
“Adrenaline Rush Hour” premieres on Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel’s new “caught-on-camera” series, Adrenaline Rush Hour, premiering Friday, January 30 at 9pm ET/PT is a reality thrill ride of shocking explosions, incredible...
Breaking: Univision and Televisa settle lawsuit
An out of court settlement has ended the lawsuit by Televisa which sought to get out of its long-term programming agreement with Univision. The...
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...