CBS finds an Usher for the runway
If you’re like most folks, you probably tune to “The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” for the musical entertainment. CBS announced that there will be...
DTV stuff
Analog roadblocks are in the works in major US television markets, a watchdog organization is sniping at the cable industry for raising rates, a...
Comcast to eliminate 300 jobs
Bloomberg News reports Comcast said that, as part of a restructuring, it was cutting as many as 300 of the 20,000 jobs in its...
Candidates unite to promote the World Series
In the midst of a heated presidential campaign, Fox Sports has gotten both Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain to lend their voices...
Techies want to crowd out broadcasters?
Whether intentionally or not, it appears that a prominent member of the community backing unlicensed devices into the spectrum cracks in broadcast television expects that they will shove
CBS makes it three in a row
Four weeks into the new television season, CBS is celebrating its third straight week as the #1 network for both total viewership and the...
The CW counter-programs election night
While news coverage of the election is expected to draw heavy viewer interest across numerous broadcast and cable network, The CW claims it will...
White spaces: Broadcasters present united front
The decision of FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to go ahead with a vote on plans to open the white spaces between television stations to
Grupo Televisa, Telemundo sign content deal
Announced that a subsidiary of Televisa and Telemundo have entered into license agreements to distribute Telemundo's original content through digital and wireless platforms in...
NBC orders full season of Knight Rider
Picking up nine additional episodes of its the freshman drama series "Knight Rider" (Wednesdays, 8-9 p.m. ET) to provide the series with a full-season...
Nielsen agrees to move May sweep
The Nielsen Company has agreed to the move requested by COLTAM back in June to reschedule the 2009 May Sweep by a week to avoid Memorial Day. The new dates are April 23 to May 20
ION launching networks in HD
ION Media Networks plans to launch its suite of networks – ION Television, qubo, and ION Life – in high definition in 2009. ION...
News anchor attacked
Anne Pressly, news anchor for Allbritton’s KATV-TV (ABC) Little Rock is hospitalized with life threatening injuries after being attacked in her home. Police said...
Big numbers for Palin on SNL
Tina Fey’s faux Sarah Palin had been a big audience draw for “Saturday Night Live,” so it’s hardly surprising that an appearance by the...
SAG board wants mediation or strike vote
The studios haven’t formally responded to a call by the Screen Actors Guild to have a federal mediator try to restart stalled contract talks. The SAG board has also given its negotiators authority to