Wrestling with the stars
Somehow, you knew reality television would get around to this eventually. CMT is setting a fall premier for “Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling.” The...
Product placements rose 6% in Q1
The Nielsen Company reported product placements for Q1 rose 6% on primetime programming for the 11 measured networks on broadcast (ABC, CBS, CW, FOX, MNT, NBC) and cable television (A&E, Bravo, HGTV, MTV, TLC).
AARP gets into DTV coupon business
Old-time advocate AARP, worried that 40% of the 20M households at risk of being left behind during the DTV conversion have a member aged...
You’ve got to fight for your right to white space
A coalition of professional and amateur sports organizations, and ESPN, are taking exception to the notion that the white spaces between television stations are...
Post-Newsweek’s Q1 down 4%
An increase of $2.8 million in political revenues failed to counter the soft ad market for Post-Newsweek Stations, so Q1 revenues declined 4% to...
CBS goes to the dogs
CBS has named zoologist and pet expert Jarod Miller to host a new reality show, with the working title “Greatest American Dog,” set to...
AMPTP wont accept pay hikes suggested by SAG
Here we go again: major Hollywood studios said they won't accept pay hikes sought by the Screen Actors Guild in their new contract negotiations....
Judy's back on top
"Judge Judy" moved back ahead of "Wheel of Fortune" in the most recent week. The weekly numbers from syndicated television are from the Syndicated...
NAB enlists radio to push DTV
Reasoning that many of the television viewers most at-risk of being left behind on DTV-Day 2/17/09 are also heavy radio users, the NAB is...
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...