Palin-Biden debate a ratings winner
Vice Presidential candidates normally get far less interest from the public that the people at the top of the ticket – but not this...
Time Warner Cable subscribers miss football
The deadline came without agreement on a new retransmission consent agreement, so 15 LIN TV stations in 11 markets disappeared Friday from Time Warner...
Grounds for dismissal?
Verizon would love to get its CATV-competitive FiOS fiber-optic technology flowing into the 3M TV households that are in the New York City market,...
VP debate beats top of the ticket
The Nielsen Company calculates, based on overnight data from 55 local meter markets, that last night’s debate between vice presidential candidates Joe Biden (D-DE)...
WFXS-TV transmitter knocked off air
Davis Television’s WFXS-TV Wausau, WI (FOX) had a major failure of a piece of their transmission line that takes the signal from the transmitter...
More support for Martin's Class A act
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is getting rave reviews from the low power television community. And why wouldn’t he? It is no surprise at all that his proposal to grant cable must-carry status to Class A television stations is getting rave reviews
LIN stations pulled from Time Warner Cable
Last night’s midnight deadline came without agreement on a new retransmission consent agreement, so LIN TV stations in 11 markets have been removed from...
Senator steps up to extend analog past deadline
Mirroring a bill introduced in the House of Representatives last week by Lois Capps (D-CA), John D. Rockefeller (D-WV) has a Senate offering in the hopper that would provide for analog television
Rosie’s puttin’ on a show
NBC announced a primetime special to air the night before Thanksgiving – “Rosie’s Variety Show,” bringing Rosie O’Donnell back to television. The live special...
Fox orders full season of “Fringe”
Fox has ordered an additional nine episodes of the thriller Fringe, bringing the series to a full season order, it was announced by Kevin...
SAG negotiators want strike vote
Frustrated by the refusal of the TV and movie studios to return to the bargaining table, the negotiating committee of the Screen Actors Guild has asked the union’s national board to order
Who will rule the new season?
"Judge Judy" closed out the 2007-2008 television season with another weekly win in syndicated TV. As has been the case so often of late,...
TV audience spiked for House bailout vote
Cable news channels drew lots of extra viewers on Monday for the US House of Representatives vote on a proposed $700 billion bailout for...
Gannett on S&P Credit Watch
Gannett CEO Craig Dubow issued a statement that the company’s “underlying fundamentals remain strong” after Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service placed Gannett’s credit ratings...
Playing hurt
Thursday’s highly anticipated rhetorical match-up between Sarah Palin (R-AK) and Joe Biden (D-DE) is scheduled to be hosted by PBS veteran newser Gwen Ifill....