A $900 Million Debt Swap And Payoff From CBS
After Monday's Closing Bell on Wall Street, CBS went looking for some cash—in a nearly billion-dollar way—to engage in a debt swap that, when all the calculations are made, gives the company a more favorable consolidated rate of interest.
Gray’s ‘InvestigateTV+’ To Debut Spanish-language Adaptation
It's a newsmagazine that started in 2018 as a weekend series and in 2022 expanded to a daily weekday show. Now, the InvestigateTV brand is getting an en español treatment, courtesy of Gray Television.
CBS sweeps Thursday
CBS swept Thursday in viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 as all of the Network's series posted week-to-week growth in adults 18-49, according to...
Jerry Springer testing for new show
Little noticed was a blog item two days after Christmas by Cincinnati Enquirer media columnist John Kiesewetter, but now the Chicago Tribune has jumped...
NBC claims February sweep win
Making its move from worst to first, the NBC Peacock is strutting proudly now that the February sweep is in the books. Paced by...
PTC running advertisers off CBS sitcom
Glenn Beck isn’t the only one with a watchdog chasing his advertisers away. The Parents Television Council doesn’t care for CBS’s ‘Two and a Half Men,” and says it has taken 31 sponsors away
Hell pays for Fox
The season premiere of "Hell's Kitchen" propelled Fox to an 18-49 win on Monday, while ABC had the most viewers, led by "The Bachelorette."
Monday...
DISH Network increases revenue but sees profit decline
The total cash amount raked in during the first quarter of 2010 by satellite video MVPD DISH Network Corporation was $3.02B. That accounted for...
Political spending explodes in July
People in the business of influencing the vote took the total 2012 political season local broadcast spending total to date
'The X Factor' delivers second-place for Fox
Last night, FOX won the Thursday night of premiere week for the first time in the network's history among Adults 18-49 thanks to THE...
Fox scored second on Sunday
FOX ranked #2 last night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 with encores of AMERICAN DAD (0.6/2), THE CLEVELAND SHOW (0.8/2), THE SIMPSONS-8pm (1.3/4),...
Classless Class A act?
A number of members of the Class A television community made it to Nashville for yesterday’s historic FCC vote which would have possibly put them on the road to must-carry status, only to find
Fox Sports Regional Networks ups Krolik to President
Fox Sports promoted Fox Sports Regional Networks EVP Jeff Krolik to president of its regional networks unit, overseeing 22 regional sports networks including Prime...
FCC Tacks Two Big TV Votes To March Meeting Agenda
"Keen observers know that the FCC is in the midst of the 600 MHz band repack," says Chairman Ajit Pai. Hundreds of TV stations are shifting their transmission frequencies to make space for wireless services. The Commission's March Open Meeting will see a vote on a key matter tied to the repack.
Fox News Channel's The Five gets commitment
FOX News Channel’s ensemble opinion show, The Five, has been picked up as a scheduled program for the network’s 5 PM/ET timeslot. The roundtable...