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...
Retrans fight on the Great Plains
KXJB-TV (CBS) Fargo has been pulled from DirecTV’s local-to-local feed (as of Thursday evening) after the parties failed to come to terms on a...
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve ratings out
ABC’s annual broadcast of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2009 – Part 1 (11:30 p.m. -12:33 a.m.) attracted an average...
What they’re saying about DTV
Senate Commerce Chair Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) says we should delay the DTV transition, and ABC Network thinks that would be cool; Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) says no. Key Rep. Markey
MS Mediaroom gives TV a “reverse gear”
At CES, Microsoft unveiled “Mediaroom Anytime,” a feature set for the Microsoft Mediaroom multimedia and IPTV platform that allows viewers to truly watch TV on their own time. In addition to
Week 15: Broadcast 88, Cable 12
With no NFL game on ESPN, the best any cable/satellite program could do in the 18-49 demo for the New Year's week was #37,...
Televisa under attack
We’re not talking about the courtroom battle in LA with Univision. Televisa’s Monterrey, Mexico station was attacked with gunfire and a hand grenade by...
OMVC details initial broadcaster roll-out
At CES the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), an alliance of U.S. broadcasters dedicated to accelerating the development of mobile digital television, announced the first wave of broadcasters
Rep sale closes, client walks
Cross Mediaworks has closed its acquisition of the Hispanic TV reps from the Interep bankruptcy. However, Azteca America has taken its national sales in-house and will also serve as rep for
Audiovox to make in-vehicle mobile TV a reality
Audiovox announced that it has selected the FLO TV service to deliver live TV with a variety of news, sports, entertainment and kids programming...
Obama wants shift, NAB comes out strong for DTV deadline
The incoming Obama administration has come out for a delay in the DTV transition date, citing the stalled coupon program and a lack of effective consumer