McGraw-Hill beats expectations
With the turmoil in financial markets, Wall Street expected revenues for the owner of Standard & Poor’s to drop 4% in Q2, but the...
Talent back on top
Reality television is apparently good summer fun, with NBC's "America's Got Talent" regaining the top spot in viewership after being bumped for one week...
JetBroadband to launch Ion in Richmond and Roanoke
ION Media Networks announced JetBroadband will begin launching the ION Media Networks channel suite in the operator’s Richmond and Roanoke-area Virginia systems. JetBroadband will...
Casting call
The search for “America’s Next Top Model” has The CW going to nine cities across America to find contestants for cycle 12 of the...
SAG board united in stalemate
Who will make a move? The National Board of Directors of the Screen Actors Guild voted 68-0 to support the stand of its contract negotiators, who are insisting that the studios agree to
Univision spreads the word on DTV
Minorities in general and non-English-speaking minorities in particular are among those considered at high risk of being left behind when analog television moves into...
Scripps Howard transitioning to HD News with over 100 Fujinon lenses
Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company has purchased an extensive complement of Fujinon HTs18X4.2 BERM lenses with 2X extenders. The more than 100 lenses are being...
McMahon returns to late night TV
The first of four comic commercials that Ed McMahon has filmed for Pontiac will air tonight on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” The spots feature...
Yet another biz TV?
There’s still some question about whether the market is big enough for Fox Business News to compete successfully with CNBC and Bloomberg Television, but...
DC goes Retro
Allbritton’s WJLA-TV Washington, DC announced that it will become a DTV multicast affiliate of Retro TV Network, effective today. That will bring WJLA’s DTV...
Belo revenues down 4.7%; future hard to predict
That Q2 result includes political, which was up $2.2 million to $3.6 million, while local and national both fell. Q3 is expected to be...
Wrasslin’ for a cause
NBC has set the first 2008 airing of “Saturday Night’s Main Event,” produced by World Wrestling Entertainment, for August 2nd (9-10 pm ET/PT). The...
LAN International launches VIERO e-PIF for television groups
LAN International, makers of the VIERO Solutions Suite, is introducing their e-PIF product to Television groups across the U.S. VIERO e-PIF is groundbreaking software...
“Bumpy and uncomfortable” is the forecast
New CEO Rich Boehne sees long-term opportunities to increase the value of the old media assets at the E.W. Scripps Company. The company yesterday reported its Q2 results, combined for
This week it's a Top 11 list
One "Seinfeld" is out, but the other still in as the Syndicated Network Television Association (SNTA) reports the latest rankings, based on data from...