CBS, EQAL roll out “Harper’s Island”
CBS and EQAL, the creators of lonelygirl15, today announced that the upcoming 13- episode mystery event Harper’s Island will be a multi-platform series the...
Another swing in favor of Ion/Urban
MMTC’s David Honig, in reply comments to the FCC regarding petitions to deny the proposed channel-sharing plan put forth by Ion Media and Urban...
Hawaii switchover just days away
The contiguous 48 states and Alaska are counting down to 2/17/09 (we think) for the DTV transition. But Hawaii, in an effort to avoid...
Divided SAG board ends meeting without action
Screen Actors Guild chief contract negotiator Doug Allen has retained his job, at least for now, as hardliners blocked an attempt by moderates opposed to a strike vote to fire Allen
"Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials 2009" to air 1/31
Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials 2009, an interactive entertainment special hosted by Jim Nantz, Lead Play-by-Play Announcer of The NFL on CBS, and co-host Daisy...
Fire destroys station offices
A Sunday fire destroyed the administrative offices of PBS affiliate WNIT-TV Elkhart, IN, which serves the South Bend market. No employees were hurt, but...
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