Dish Network unplugs Young stations
Retransmission consent renewal talks between Young Broadcasting and Dish Network ended in a stalemate. KRON-TV San Francisco and nine other Young stations in medium to small markets
“The Doctors” renewed for 2nd season
CBS Television Distribution has renewed its hit freshman talk show, The Doctors, for a second season, it was announced by Joe DiSalvo, President of...
DTV doings
The NAB wants the CEA to make sure there is plenty of consumer DTV equipment on the shelves; analog shutdowns are being set for...
Ion Television to debut “The Diplomat” miniseries
ION Television announced the U.S. debut of The Diplomat, a four-hour original production making its television premiere on ION Television on Saturday, January 24...
HDTV penetration exceeding 23%
With the Holiday electronics-buying season approaching, Nielsen reported that, as of 11/30, the penetration of high definition television (HDTV) reached 23.3% of all U.S. television households. When Nielsen began
H&C to officially become Hannity
FOX News Channel says it will debut a new weekday program with Sean Hannity at 9pm beginning 1/12—this after the recent announcement that Alan...
Congress turns on analog night light
The House has seconded the Senate, approving a bill which would allow television stations to keep an analog signal up and running past the...
Lender presses for liquidation of Equity Media
Equity Media Holdings thwarted Silver Point Finance’s efforts to have a state court put the company in receivership by filing for Chapter 11 reorganization. But Silver Point is back, asking the federal
Week 11: Broadcast 93; cable/satellite 7
The top 100 in the key 18-49 demo was back to a normal split in the most recent week, according to the crunch of...
Media General gets some slack
As it battles slumping ad sales, Media General says it has gotten some leverage relief from new terms it has reached with its lenders....
Mega TV launches “Las Divas de la Tarde”
Spanish Broadcasting System and Mega TV announced the launch of a brand new national Hispanic Programming Block for women on the Mega TV on...
LATV launches in Sacramento
LATV, the nation's first bicultural and bilingual entertainment/music network distributed via digital multicast, has signed on its fourth Tribune affiliate, KTXL-FOX40, covering Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto. The...
Retrans standoff in Phoenix
Meredith’s KPHO-TV (CBS) Phoenix says retransmission consent negotiations with the Washington Post Company’s Cable One have stalled. As of now, KPHO is expecting to...
CBS won’t go straight to cable…not yet
CBS Corporation CEO Les Moonves acknowledged that he’s heard the suggestion from cable MSOs – why not skip the station level and just sell the CBS network straight to cable
SAG banning new media work in New Year
The Screen Actors Guild has notified members that, beginning January 1st, it will “vigorously” enforce “Rule One” that no SAG member can work for...