Shack attack
Radio Shack reported a highly positive Q3 2008 in the face of the strongly negative economic headwinds we are all too acutely aware of....
Moody’s downgrades Gray Television
The debt rating review announced just a few days ago has already been completed. Moody’s Investors Service has indeed downgraded the credit ratings of Gray Television. The ratings
ISP organization tries to inject sanity into white space debate
WISPA – the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association – is suggesting that a compromise it calls a “licensed-lite” solution to the television white
NAB applauds May Sweep move
The Nielsen Company’s decision to start the 2009 May Sweep a week earlier than originally planned has gotten a thumbs-up from the NAB. "Nielsen's...
CBS gets an Elmira affiliate
The Eye Network has been without an outlet in DMA #175, but come January 1st it will be added as a digital multicast of...
CBS finds an Usher for the runway
If you’re like most folks, you probably tune to “The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” for the musical entertainment. CBS announced that there will be...
DTV stuff
Analog roadblocks are in the works in major US television markets, a watchdog organization is sniping at the cable industry for raising rates, a...
Comcast to eliminate 300 jobs
Bloomberg News reports Comcast said that, as part of a restructuring, it was cutting as many as 300 of the 20,000 jobs in its...
Candidates unite to promote the World Series
In the midst of a heated presidential campaign, Fox Sports has gotten both Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain to lend their voices...
Techies want to crowd out broadcasters?
Whether intentionally or not, it appears that a prominent member of the community backing unlicensed devices into the spectrum cracks in broadcast television expects that they will shove
CBS makes it three in a row
Four weeks into the new television season, CBS is celebrating its third straight week as the #1 network for both total viewership and the...
The CW counter-programs election night
While news coverage of the election is expected to draw heavy viewer interest across numerous broadcast and cable network, The CW claims it will...
White spaces: Broadcasters present united front
The decision of FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to go ahead with a vote on plans to open the white spaces between television stations to
Grupo Televisa, Telemundo sign content deal
Announced that a subsidiary of Televisa and Telemundo have entered into license agreements to distribute Telemundo's original content through digital and wireless platforms in...
NBC orders full season of Knight Rider
Picking up nine additional episodes of its the freshman drama series "Knight Rider" (Wednesdays, 8-9 p.m. ET) to provide the series with a full-season...