MCG backs GMC in Honolulu deal

GMC Television broadcasting has closed on its acquisition of KGMB-TV in Honolulu from Emmis Communications. Anagrammatically-related MCG Capital has kicked in the dough in...

Sky Angel becoming earthbound

Dominion Video Satellite is switching its Christian and family-friendly satellite TV service to a broadband IPTV service. The company is calling the changes to...

EB posse rounds up four more retailers

The list of six consumer electronics vendors cited for unlabeled analog-only equipment has grown to ten. The FCC's Enforcement Bureau wants to make sure...

Live spots returning to thwart DVRs

Remember the good old days when the host of a live television show would pause, light up a cigarette and begin to expound on...

Washington tossed from "Grey’s Anatomy"

ABC Television Studios has declined to pick up the contract renewal option for Isaiah Washington, five months after he called another member of the...

LIN TV strikes online video partnership with VMIX

LIN TV and VMIX, an interactive media, video hosting and social networking company, announced an agreement to showcase user-generated videos, photos, audio, blogs, ratings,...

CBS fined for kiddie violations

CBS-owned KTXA-TV (Ch. 21, Ind.) Dallas-Ft. Worth has been fined 18K by the FCC for a series of violations of the Commission's rules on...

DirecTV to air pro video gaming live

DirecTV announced that the Championship Gaming Series (CGS) will now air live when it begins its exclusive run on DirecTV's original entertainment channel, The...

A win for the peanut gallery

Fans of "Jericho" literally sent tons of peanuts to CBS executives and convinced them that they were "nuts" to cancel the series. Seven new...

Label-free analog TVs not fine with the FCC

The FCC is not sitting around and waiting to enforce its new rules requiring that all analog-only television receivers still on store shelves come...

A change, for a change

A new entry made it into the top 10 list in the latest week's syndicated TV ratings, as supplied by the Syndicated Network Television...

MMA forms of participation TV committee

The Mobile Marketing Association, representing more than 400 companies across the mobile ecosystem, announced the formation of the first industry-wide committee to focus on...

Tony push planned for "Viva Laughlin"

CBS announced plans to use the "61st Annual Tony Awards" broadcast on Sunday (6/10) to showcase multiple promos for "Viva Laughlin," a new drama...

Withers looks to double in Clarksburg

W. Russell Withers and his Withers Broadcasting Company already has CBS 5 WDTV-TV in the Clarksburg-Weston WV DMA, along with three LPTVs, according to...

"US braces for flood of celebrity F-words"

That was the headline yesterday from across the pond. The Times of London headline suggested that American celebrities will be looking for open mikes...