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...
Charter launches Disney Family Movies VOD service
Charter Communications has entered into an agreement with Disney-ABC Domestic Television to launch a subscription video on demand (SVOD) entertainment service featuring classic and...
Cisneros Group and CCTV signing distribution deal
The Cisneros Group of Companies and China Central Television (CCTV), the principal media company in the People’s Republic of China, signed a groundbreaking agreement...
DTV awareness up
But are consumers acting on that awareness? Not so much, according to a new study from the Association of Public Television Stations (APTS). "Many...
Up quarter for ACME
ACME Communications is telling Wall Street to expect Q3 revenues to be up 1-2% after posting a Q2 gain from continuing operations of 4%...
Telemundo stations launch “Telemundo Conexion”
Telemundo announced its O&O Stations Sales division is launching Telemundo Conexion, a multi-market, multi-platform branded sales solution. The initiative combines local TV with local...
NAB member groups take the retrans pledge
A resolution adopted unanimously by the NAB Television Board would have member groups commit not to pull their signals off any cable/satellite/telco system in...
Birmingham DMA to simulcast local cancer special
In an unprecedented collaboration, three network affiliated television stations in Birmingham have agreed to co-produce and simulcast a live, local special titled: “Stand Up...
America gets to pick an “America’s Got Talent” qualifier
As “America’s Got Talent” went on hiatus for the Beijing Olympics on NBC, judges Sharon Osbourne, Piers Morgan and David Hasselhoff had selected the...
MRC meeting addresses AP Meter problems
TVBR Exclusive - Complaints about data reliability with Nielsen AP 2.0 (active/passive) Local People Meter (LPM) led to a July 24th meeting
Just in time for the Olympics
Raycom signed on WMBF-TV Friday in the Myrtle Beach-Florence, SC market, getting the new NBC affiliate on the air just in time to air...
NBC has Olympics viewing record in sight
The record has held since the Atlanta Games in 1996, but the Beijing Olympics are pacing ahead of that record viewership and NBC Universal is looking at the possibility of