Q1 revenues down for Belo
With the Super Bowl on only one Fox station this year, versus five CBS stations last year, Belo reported Q1 revenues down 1% to...
Univision-Televisa trial postponed
Trial did not begin yesterday for Televisa’s attempt to void its long-term contract to provide programming exclusively in the US to Univision. Both sides...
FOX News Channel to launch in HD tomorrow
FOX News Channel will launch in High Definition (HD) beginning Thursday, May 1st, announced Tim Carry, VP of Affiliate Sales. Initially available to Time...
Warner Bros. TV launches TheWB.com
The Warner Bros. Television Group is launching TheWB.com, a premium, ad-supported, VOD, interactive and personalized network. The site will Beta launch in early May....
Dramas strong, but reality still rules
Scripted series were back with virtually all new episodes last week, claiming eight of the top dozen spots in the weekly Household ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
Univision-Televisa square off in court today
Today in Los Angeles a judge will begin hearing a unique divorce case, in which Mexico’s Grupo Televisa seeks to void its long-term content...
NBC takes US Open to primetime
Actually the US Open Championship has been seen in primetime before due to weather delays, but this year NBC is scheduling the gold tourney...
NBCU Domestic Television taking SVU to syndication
NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution has sold Dick Wolf's hit procedural drama "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" to the Fox Television Stations in...
Britney Spears is back
If you just can’t get enough of Britney Spears we have good news for you. Production began yesterday on another episode of “How I...
M3 Television expands into program development
M3 Television, a video and online production company specializing in content, marketing and technical solutions, announced the establishment of a unit dedicated exclusively to...
Nielsen grabs AOL exec
The Nielsen Company announced that John Burbank has been appointed to the newly created position of Chief Marketing Officer, effective May 9th. Burbank, who...
News crew in the news
A reporter and photographer from Raycom’s WOIO-TV (Ch. 19, CBS) Cleveland were wrapping up a story last week when they realized they were witnesses...
MAXedit Web Edition honored at NAB
It was a show of force for Maximum Throughput Inc. (www.max-t.com), developers of software-based solutions for networked storage infrastructure and media management, who took...
NBC highlights spring sweeps
NBC heads into sweeps with all new "Around the World" episodes and a special "winner takes all" Star Wars-themed episode of its hit game...
CBS announces May sweeps
An unprecedented CSI and Two and a Half Men "writers' crossover," cliffhanger finales and the crowning of the Ultimate Survivor, are among the highlights...