White space: Dueling Democrats
Key House committee chairman John Dingell (D-MI) has queried the FCC on its study of white space usage between television channels, praising a cautious approach to opening the spectrum
O’Reilly calls for “feds” to investigate Nielsen
“There may be some big time cheating going on in the ratings system,” said Fox News Channel (FNC) host Bill O’Reilly as he lashed out Thursday
Beaten anchor dies
KATV-TV (ABC) Little Rock news anchor Anne Pressly, who was found beaten and stabbed in her home last week, died on Saturday. The Allbritton...
Big ratings for SNL
The big story in the weekly ratings crunch by the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) combining Nielsen data for both broadcast and cable/satellite networks...
Full court defense against white space invaders
The pushback against a possible 11/4/08 vote by FCC commissioners on a plan to allow unlicensed devices to begin roosting in the television
MSNBC going Hi-Def in Spring
MSNBC will begin telecasting in 1080i High Definition in the spring of 2009. The move comes as MSNBC marks the one-year anniversary of re-locating...
Comcast offering free basic cable
Comcast South Florida launched its “Get Ready” initiative to encourage consumers to take action and choose their solution to the digital broadcast transition now,...
NYC Council resolution spells it out
The elected officials of the City of New York have no shortage of broadcast television stations to go along with a large number of...
O’Reilly wants investigation of Nielsen
“There may be some big time cheating going on in the ratings system,” said Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly as he lashed out...
Racer to the bottom?
The NASCAR racer appropriated by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to publicize the DTV Transition wound up as a heap of bolts in its first...
Dish adds local HD
Six more markets now have local-to-local satellite delivery in high-definition on Dish Network. Dish reports the addition of Columbia-Jefferson City, MO; Des Moines-Ames, IA;...
TV revenues up at Journal
The Olympics on NBC and a big boost from political advertising pushed TV revenues up 3.4% in Q3 for Journal Communications. Radio didn’t fare...
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