MSTV calls white space tests a failure
The effort to get FCC clearance for unlicensed devices in between television channels should be called the “Interfere with the Free Airwaves Campaign"
Safety net in Wilmington
North Carolina’s southeast market, Wilmington, is just three weeks away from going digital, making good on its promise to provide a DTV test case...
Around the nation in 80 markets
Jules Verne chronicled a fictional attempt to go around the world in 80 days. The FCC has its own plan, sending one commissioner each to what it thinks will be the 80 most challenged DMAs
DIY premiering “Project XTreme”
DIY Network takes the “how-to” notion to the extreme with the premiere of the new series, Project Xtreme in a sneak peek debut on...
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...