Content is king, but…
…you still have to get the content to the consumer. NBC, CBS and Fox have all sold stations from their O&O groups. Observing that...
Rohde & Schwarz ready for ATSC Mobile/Handheld
Rohde & Schwarz, manufacturer of TV transmitters, and a leading supplier of mobile TV broadcast transmitters in the US, announced that it will support...
Cablevision to pay first dividend
Under pressure from major investors to deliver some value, the board of directors at Cablevision has declared the company’s first ever regular dividend payment....
Healthcare may be the new #1 category
Like so many of its peers, Young Broadcasting saw revenues decline in Q2. But CEO Vincent Young made a point of pointing out to...
Syndication TV rolls on
You may have noticed in today's news that syndicated television has been the strongest part of the television industry this year, actually posting a...
Total TV revenues down 4% in Q2
That's the official tally from the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB), based on estimates supplied by TNS Media Intelligence/CMR. Network TV was down 4.8%...
Analog plug to get a test pull in Wilmington
At 7:30PM on Tuesday, 8/19/08, four key Wilmington NC television stations will turn off their analog signals and broadcast in digital only for one minute as a way to alert residents
Fox affiliates also “quiet”
NAB reports that the Fox affiliates organization has signed on in support of the “quiet period” for no retrans signal pulls around the February...
Olympic numbers continue strong for Peacock
Through five nights of Beijing Olympics broadcasting, NBC reports that it has averaged 31.3 million viewers. That’s nearly five million more than the first...
Comcast and MGM to make Impact
That’s the name of a new video-on-demand network which will exclusively offer action programming to cable subscribers. Impact will offer more than a thousand...
Regis in primetime
CBS announced that Regis Philbin will be making a guest starring appearance on the episode of “How I Met Your Mother” that airs September...
Justice for Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon is betting on Victoria Justice to be the next teen idol. The Viacom cable network has signed the 15-year-old actress to an overall...
Satellite penetration at all-time high
The latest look at satellite and cable penetration of US television markets by TVB shows satellite up again. According to Nielsen NTI data, penetration...
NBC wins gold, silver and bronze
And whatever medal you get for 4th place as well. The first three days of the Beijing Olympics dominated the Nielsen ratings for NBC,...
Lycos and ABC Family to offer more online viewing parties
Lycos, provider of social publishing, media and search services, and ABC Family, announced they will continue their relationship, with Lycos Cinema powering additional online...