Double digit month for Media General
The important factor, though, was the direction. Television time sales, driven by political, increased 15.5%, while newspaper ad sales declined 20.1%. All in all, October revenues were down 5.8%
Vivendi mulls sale of NBCU stake
Vivendi CEO Jean-Bernard Levy is going to keep everyone guessing for a while, telling an investment conference that the company will decide in the...
Back to a tie
It may take "Two and a Half Men" to equal one "Judge Judy," but it's making for quite a battle in the syndicated TV...
NBC News launches “What’s your iCue?
NBC News announced the launch of "What's Your iCue?," a social media application for Facebook. Built incorporating the archives of NBC News and developed...
NAB pumps gas into DTV effort
Citizens pulling into local gas stations for a fill-up will also get filled in on the DTV transition. The project is a collaboration between...
CBS takes Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show multiplatform
The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is coming to CBS with an expanded presence on multiple platforms, including the on-air broadcast Wednesday, 12/3 (10:00-11:00 PM,...
Week 8: Broadcast 92, Cable 8
With the election night past, cable/satellite networks returned to placing only one program in the top 20 for all of television in week 8...
Save your airfare
The Nielsen Company has called off its 2009 Client Meeting, which had been scheduled for March 11-13 in Las Vegas. In a note to...
El Paso TV in retrans battle
NBC KTSM-TV in El Paso has addressed complaints to the FCC that cable operator Baja Broadband Operating Company is not only refusing to negotiate...
New York Times to exit TV
Yes, the New York Times Company already sold its TV station group, but it still has one more little-known television property – however, not for long. The company’s Herald-Tribune newspaper
Obama carries "60 Minutes" to the top of the chart
The first post-election interview with President-elect Obama and his wife, Michelle, gave "60 Minutes" its biggest audience in early a decade and was the...
BCS moves to ESPN
Fox failed to match the ESPN bid by Monday’s deadline, so the official announcement came yesterday: The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) to determine the...
Hawaiian DTV transition warrants website
The FCC has just opened dtv.gov/Hawaii for business. Citizens of the state, which is protecting its local birds by kicking off its DTV revolution...
FCC may receive a Pryor commitment
S. 602 is on its way to President Bush, and if he signs it, the FCC will have some homework to do. Sen. Mark...
McDowell goes into DTV orbit
Commissioner Robert McDowell is marking the three-months-until DTV point with a whirlwind tour of the United States, making 11 stops in seven states. Luckily,...