Nielsen moves sweep for DTV transition
The February 17, 2009 digital transition won’t be just a big deal for television stations, it will also be a big deal for Nielsen,...
Political windfall not enough for Hearst-Argyle
CEO David Barrett says every Hearst-Argyle Television station booked some political advertising in Q1, with the biggest chunk coming from the New Hampshire presidential...
WFXZ Azteca 24 launches on Comcast Cable/Boston
Randy Weigner owner of WFXZ TV-24 Boston announced the full time carriage of TV-24 / Azteca America TV on Comcast Cable. WFXZ will be...
Auditions go virtual
NBC and FremantleMedia North America announced plans to take auditions for this summer’s edition of “America’s Got Talent” onto the Internet in a deal...
Public TV gets new news program
WLIW-TV New York announced plans to launch a new international daily news program for public television stations this fall. The program, with a working...
Equity gets more credit
Equity Media Holdings says in an SEC filing that it has entered into a second amendment of its credit agreement with its lenders, Silver...
Week 31: Broadcasters 95, Cable/Satellite 5
Cable/satellite networks again put five show in the top 100 for the key 18-49 demo, according to the latest weekly number crunch by the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB)
Weather Channel bids said to disappoint
Given the current tight credit market, Reuters reports that preliminary bids for the Weather Channel and its weather.com website came in “significantly below” the...
Tribune signs for LATV multicasts
Bilingual LATV is celebrating expansion into three of the nation’s largest TV markets with a deal to put its programming on Tribune Broadcasting DTV...
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...