NTIA pushing early box adoption
Meredith Atwell Baker of NTIA is charged with the task of executing the digital-to-analog converter box coupon, and with the Wilmington NC experience under...
Oxygen celebrates great quarter
Oxygen celebrated its most successful quarter ever for both primetime and total day. Per Nielsen Media Research data, Q3 2008 was the network's most...
Buffett buying GE stake
NBC Universal parent General Electric announced plans to sell at least $12 billion of common stock to the public and to sell $3 billion of a new issue of preferred stock to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway
Exposure incident outed in Survivor episode
There was an unwanted and, for a time apparently undetected screen presence in CBS’s latest round of “Survivor,” taking place in Gabon. One of the participants in an immunity contest unfortunately found
SciFi seeks reality as well
SciFi isn’t all about fiction. The cable network has given the green light to new investigative adventure series “RelicQuest” (working title), hosted by documentary...
Saturday is Fey Day
Tina Fey’s stone cold impersonation of VP candidate Sarah Palin (R-AK) is wowing critics and the public alike and driving viewership to NBC’s iconic...
Converter box business picking up
The NTIA has released new stats showing an increase in the number of coupons requested for the acquisition of a digital-to-analog converter box. The...
ABC dominates premiere week
The Alphabet Network won the total viewership crown and every major demo for week one of the 2008-2009 television season. It also had the weeks' four top-rated shows - two nights of the reality competition "Dancing With the Stars" and
Studios reject SAG call to resume talks
Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild sent a letter to Disney’s Bob Iger, News Corporation’s Peter Chernin and the chief studio negotiator calling for
52.4 million watched first Obama-McCain face-off
The Nielsen Company reports that the first debate between Presidential candidates Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Friday September 26th...
ABC claims premiere week victory
The final tallies come out today, but ABC has declared itself the ratings winner for week one of the 2008-2009 TV season in the...
Ray Miller dead at 89
Numerous media outlets in Houston reported the death of legendary newsman Ray Miller. The retired News Director of KPRC-TV had been a huge figure...
Project Courtroom puts show in limbo
Where will “Project Runway” air next year? A New York judge has granted NBC Universal an injunction blocking the Weinstein Company from moving the...
Springsteen scores Super Bowl gig
The NFL and NBC are keeping alive a new tradition when it comes to half-time entertainment during America’s number on media event: The Super...
Bravo gets “Swingtown”
Bravo has acquired the exclusive cable rights for the original 13 episode run of the drama series "Swingtown," from CBS Television Distribution. The announcement...