Retirement living, NBC News co-produce current affairs program
Retirement Living TV (RLTV), a network dedicated to adults 50+ and NBC News announced a co-production of "Daily Café," a one-hour live news and...
Judy back in the hunt
"Wheel of Fortune" retained the top slot, but "Judge Judy" moved back up to tie "Two and a Half Men" for 2nd place in...
Fisher Q3 revenue up 2.8%; Television up 6.7%
Fisher Communications’ Q3 revenues were $41.9 million, compared to $40.8 million in Q3 2007, a 2.8% increase. The increase in revenue was primarily due...
Fox shuffles the deck for midseason
Some big changes are coming the Fox schedule as the network turns up the heat with the return of powerhouse “American Idol.” The freshman drama “Fringe” is getting a big vote of confidence
News Corporation cuts guidance
Fiscal Q1 (July-September) saw operating income decline 9% to $953 million at News Corporation, with gains from Sky Italia, cable networks and Fox Interactive...
Week six: Only three cable/satellite shows make the cut
Broadcast television dominated the key 18-49 demo in week six of the television season, according to the weekly number crunch by the Television Bureau...
TV organizations battle back on white spaces
Both the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and the Association for Maxium Service Television (MSTV) vowed to continue the battle to assure
ABC to debut “True Beauty”
Executive producers Tyra Banks and Ashton Kutcher re-define the concept of beauty in a new ABC series, “True Beauty,” premiering, 1/5 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET)....
Gray management upbeat for future
Television is the “biggest Chicken Little business,” Gray Television’s new CEO, Hilton Howell Jr., proclaimed, recalling how many times he’d heard over the years...
Sinclair faring better than peers
And that’s pretty scary, when you consider that core spot business is pacing down 20% in Q4, with political reducing that to a low...
White space devices cleared for take-off
The FCC finally got around to voting on opening up the white spaces between television stations in the late afternoon and ushered the item in with a
Ratings agencies pounce on Belo
Soft Q3 results and Q4 guidance from Belo brought a quick reaction from two of the credit rating agencies. Fitch lowered the company right away and Moody’s put it under review for a downgrade
CEO takes a pay cut
Gannett is preparing for more layoffs in its newspaper division and has frozen salaries for executives. Feeling the pain along with the employees, CEO...
Sports lifts Fox in 18-49; CBS goes 5 in a row for HH
CBS claimed its fifth straight win in Households and total viewership, but landed in 3rd for the big money demo, 18-49, behind Fox and...
Hulu mastermind Kliavkoff leaving NBC
George Kliavkoff, the man who helped draw up the blueprint for a string of successful digital media services--from Hulu to Major League Baseball Advance...