MVB just around the corner
Mobile video broadcasting by US television stations should begin next February along with the DTV transition, said Ion Media Networks CEO Brandon Burgess as the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) reported on its progress.
WRAL-TV delivered four HD video channels
Harmonic Inc. announced at NAB that WRAL TV in Raleigh, NC, the first commercially licensed HD TV broadcast station in the US, deployed Harmonic’s...
OMVC reports positive progress on mobile DTV
The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) announced the broadcasting industry is on track to develop standards and launch services for mobile digital television in...
CBS to present “Survivor” in HD
Sony and CBS have joined forces to bring the reality series Survivor to high definition. Sony XDCAM HD Professional Disc system will be used...
More cable networks utilizing VCI Solutions' Orion system
VCI Solutions announced that the number of cable networks utilizing their Orion Business System is on the rise. In Q1 of this year alone...
MSTV on Centris: Bunk
The Association for Maximum Service Television (MSTV) isn’t buying the claim from Centris that 9.2 million households are going to have reception problems with...
Will she stay or will she go?
It is no secret that Katie Couric is not getting to do the newscast she signed on for, so she is not happy trying to be Walter Cronkite in a skirt.
The Secret is safe from disclosure
Ratings were so bad for the debut of “Secret Talents of the Stars” that it looks like those talents will remain hidden. CBS has...
Can TiVo predict “American Idol”?
TiVo has been tracking minute-by-minute time-shifted viewership of “American Idol” and found that viewers rewind to watch their favorites again, but fast-forward through performances...
Centris fetting about over-air viewers
Research firm Centris says that 9.2M of 17M households receiving television broadcasts exclusively over the air are in reception-challenged areas. They define this as...
"Wheel" stays on top
There's no change at the top this week in the syndicated TV ratings supplied by the Syndicated Network Television Association (SNTA), based on data...
Coverage gaps for DTV
About half of the over-the-air only TV households in the US could experience DTV reception problems. It’s not a question of just having a digital TV or converter box, but rather the lack of a signal to be able to watch “free TV” after February 17, 2009.
Week 28: Cable puts only 2 in top 100
Broadcast television networks were even more dominant that usual in the latest week's ratings for the key 18-49 demo. According to the weekly number...
NFL team wants a referee
Presumably they will not wear zebra suits, but the Carolina Panthers think that a whole new layer of refereeing is needed -- not for its football games, but for the league's dealings with the nations giant cable MSOs.
Journal Broadcast Group selects Tandberg
Tandberg Television, part of the Ericsson Group, announced its HD and SD MPEG-2 encoders have been chosen by Journal Broadcast Group for an over-the-air...