Court battle over DVRs goes on
TiVO’s stock fell Friday after a federal judge declined to rule the previous day on whether Dish Network is violating his injunction against violating...
The CW will bank on Banks
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution is taking Telepictures Productions’ “The Tyra Banks Show” from syndication to a new daily home on The CW network,...
2009: The year to double up
With travel budgets being cut at many companies, the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) has merged its two main events of 2009 into one....
Dish adds local-to-local HD markets
Dish Network is now offering satellite delivery of high definition local channels in eight more markets: Charleston-Huntington, WV; Cincinnati, OH; Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA; Jacksonville, FL;...
Intransigent retrans dealings?
It looks like some cable operators have their own unique way to create a retransmission negotiation quiet period – simply refuse to talk, while...
The CW takes back Sunday nights
So far this season, The CW has been enjoying some ratings success in its target younger demos, but that hasn’t extended to the Sunday...
Sarasota update
After reading our story about his pending deal to buy SNN News 6 Doug Barker called to let us know that the household count...
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...