Nielsen to report ratings for ESPN Deportes
The Nielsen Company and ESPN Deportes, ESPN’s 24-hour Spanish-language sports net, announced an agreement to report program ratings in Nielsen’s U.S. Hispanic cable service,...
Syndi rankings hold firm
Not much change to report this week in the top 10 rankings for syndicated television, as calculated by the Syndicated Network Television Association (SNTA),...
HDTV catching on
A quarter of US households are now in possession of at least one high definition television set, according to a new study from Frank...
Ion and CBS in “Criminal” deal
Ion Media Networks announced it has entered into a content agreement with CBS Television Distribution for the broadcast syndication rights to the hit television...
Don Gillis dead at 85
WCVB-TV Boston reports the death of retired sportscaster Don Gillis, who was Sports Director of the station from 1972 to 1983. He also hosted...
Solid quarter for Scripps
CEO Ken Lowe was no doubt happy to use the term “solid quarter” with so many media companies struggling. Scripps saw Q1 revenues rise...
Dissidents win Media General election
Preliminary results from yesterday’s annual shareholders meeting show that three sitting Media General directors were unseated by challengers nominated by the Harbinger hedge fund....
NBC sticking with hockey
NBC Sports has exercised its option to keep airing the National Hockey League through the upcoming 2008-2009 season. In announcing the renewal, NBC noted...
Woodruff gets green assignment
ABC News Anchor Bob Woodruff will anchor a weekly series for the new Planet Green cable channel, being launched June 4th by Discovery Communications....
Oxygen to rebrand
NBC Universal’s Oxygen cable net is getting a new logo geared at “Generation O,” defined as the 18-49 demo with a hyper focus on...
AFTRA postpones talks with AMPTP negotiations
AFTRA announced yesterday it will oblige an Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP) request to delay the start of negotiations by a...
Mega TV adds new program to Sundays
Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) announced today its MEGA TV Channel 22 Miami/DirecTV Channel 169 Puerto Rico and DirecTV Channel 405 in the rest of...
Week 30: 95% showing for broadcast nets
Cable/satellite networks put five shows in the top 100 for all of television in the key 18-49 demo last week, according to the weekly...
Meredith Q3 net earnings per share up 5%
Meredith Corporation reported fiscal Q3 net earnings per share of 0.97, compared to 0.92 per share in the prior-year quarter. Earnings per share from...
NC Dem debate pulled from schedule
Technically, although the date 4/27/08 had been circled in pencil, there never was a debate in the works, since only Hillary Clinton (D-NY) ever...