Wegener and Nielsen in master agreement
Broadcast equipment maker Wegener Corporation announced that it has entered into a master services agreement with The Nielsen Company that defines the terms of...
New satellite should be aloft by now
After the previous satellite launch for Dish Network went awry (3/18/08 TVBR #54), a lot was riding on last night’s launch of EchoStar XI...
Huckabee in talks for Fox talker
Politico.com reports less than one month after signing on as a Fox News commentator, Mike Huckabee is meeting with Fox officials about plans to...
Reality strong in summer viewing
Not only talented people, but talented dogs were popular with viewers last week. NBC's "America's Got Talent" remained the top show, but the premiere...
Cablevision adds programming from MTV Networks, BET to VOD offering
Cablevision Systems announced the significant expansion of the free VOD library available to iO TV digital cable customers with the addition of hundreds of...
Inside Edition not in Jeopardy as WROC expands news
Nexstar’s WROC-TV (CBS) Rochester, NY announced plans to expand its “News 8 News at 5” to a full hour, beginning September 8. With that...
Kellogg succeeds Packer at CBS Sports
Clark Kellogg will become the lead college basketball analyst for CBS Sports beginning with the 2008-09 college basketball season. Kellogg, who has been a...
Kung F-U?
Celebrity slip-ups. They’ve happened in the past, and they’ll happen in the future. And now we have a near-present-tense example, as actor David Carradine...
Contract talks at stalemate
No new talks are scheduled between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). After SAG negotiators...
Time Warner Cable sells some small systems
Some far-flung small cable systems are leaving the Time Warner Cable orbit. The company announced a deal to sell the systems with 80,000 basic...
Dish HD hitting 100 channels
17 more national HD channels will be added to Dish Network service on August 1st, putting Dish past the 100-channel mark five months ahead...
NBC parent GE keeps low expectations in place
NBC Universal had a decent Q2, with revenues up 7% and profits up 1%, while parent General Electric reported overall a 5.8% drop in...
House E&C leaders admonish NTIA
“The digital television transition is now less than seven months away and millions of consumers are counting on NTIA to ensure they don’t lose...
Teaming up in Iowa
Sinclair Broadcast Group announced a deal with Local TV LLC to have Local TV’s WHO-TV (NBC) Des Moines produce the 9:00 pm newscast for...
More white space device testing
The FCC announced plans for field testing of prototype devices which would operate in television white space to begin the week of July 14th....