NTIA supporting support groups
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is handing out major cash endowments to public service organizations that can provide links to populations at risk...
SDS signs Astral Media TVPlus
Astral Media TVPlus, headquartered in Montreal, has signed on to use Toronto-based Specialty Data Systems’ (SDS) broadcast management technology. SDS secured contracts with Astral...
“The Office” offering streaming cut
NBC comedy "The Office" will offer fans an exclusive "producer's cut" of the 11/20 episode. Today users can log onto NBC.com to stream the...
Fine Living to launch “Wingman”
Fine Living Network announced plans for a new dating series starring relationship columnist and comedian, Michael Somerville. By definition, Wingman: “Someone who assists in...
Analog night light bill passes Senate
A key element to a successful DTV transition will be rapidly identifying those who miss out, and restoring their television service ASAP. The analog...
SAG to seek strike vote
Efforts by a federal mediator to break the stalemate between the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and talks adjourned Saturday without
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...