Season tally: Broadcast 488, cable 12
That's the final number crunch by the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) for the recently completed 2007-2008 television season. Using Nielsen data for both...
Census makes sense of TV ownership
Question #1: Did you know that most US households have a television set? Question #2: Is question #1 just about the stupidest thing you’ve...
One last look at the May Sweep
“American Idol” again blew the competition out of the water, so Fox handily won the 18-49 demo for the May Sweep, while CBS claimed...
Season tally: Broadcast 488, cable 12
That’s the final number crunch by the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) for the recently completed 2007-2008 television season. Using Nielsen data for both...
How to automate for a lot less money & go tapeless and digitally file-centric...
If you run a medium or small market TV or Cable Ad Sales operation, you need concrete ways to increase work flow & lower expenses now.
Judy's reign continues
Once again, "Judge Judy" is top of the heap in the syndicated TV world. The weekly report from the Syndicated Network Television Association (SNTA)...
Consumers tell Nielsen the recession has begun
The TV ratings company surveys the public about lots of other things as well. An online survey by The Nielsen Company finds that 85%...
TV One about to turn the profitability corner
Right now radio accounts for 100% of the cash flow at Radio One, but CEO Alfred Liggins told shareholders yesterday his aim is to...
“Million Dollar Password” kicks off Sunday
Neil Patrick Harris of “How I Met Your Mother” and Rachael Ray of “The Rachael Ray Show” will be the first celebrity contestants Sunday,...
Charlie, Katie and Brian team up to fight cancer
ABC, CBS and NBC are joining with Stand Up To Cancer for a simultaneous primetime fundraiser on all three networks September 5th. In an...
Lyons & Bailes Reel Talk" signs with CelebrityEverything.com
NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution's nationally syndicated movie review series "Lyons & Bailes Reel Talk" has formed an online venture with CelebrityEverything.com, it was...
Rehr: Beware of WIA misdirect
Members of the Wireless Innovation Alliance are focusing on the vast potential of unleashing the spectrum between television stations for broadband and other devices....
AFTRA, AMPTP strike deal for Primetime
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, representing 70,000 members, has reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television...
"Idol" finale makes big week for Fox
The May Sweep and official 2007-2008 television season wrapped up in the middle of the past week, so, as you would expect, the blockbuster...
Nielsen find’s DTV’s Catch 22
22 – that is the percentage of households that are either totally or partially unready for the DTV transition, if it were executed today...