NBC selects Pando Networks for video downloads
NBC Universal announced Pando has been selected to provide video delivery services for the new NBC Direct service. NBC Direct will offer free hi-res ...
75% of Oscars viewers didn't see Best Picture nominees yet
With no big box office hits nominated this year, only 23.7% of the people who watched the 80th Academy Awards telecast actually saw one...
News Corp. and Liberty complete swap
Rupert Murdoch is out of the US satellite TV business. News Corporation announced that it has completed its swap deal with John Malone's Liberty...
LIN sees auto improvement in 2008
LIN Television reported that automotive advertising, while down 1% for all of 2007, increased 5% for the company in Q4. In the company's quarterly...
Broadcast TV's 90% solution
Broadcast TV networks claimed 90 of the top 100 shows across broadcast and cable/satellite TV for the most recent week in the key 18-49...
A golden night at the Golden Mike
The Feb. 25 Golden Mike gala at the Waldorf honored Disney-ABC media honcho Anne Sweeney. The gala, attended by more than 300 of the...
Legal eagle-eye view of "Married by America"
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice attorney Peter Gutmann is back, with a legal look at the FCC's brand new fine.
Comcast taken to task for meeting seating
TVBR/RBR observation: The applause may have been nice for Comcast, but it appears that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin may be ready to side with Democrats Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein on the neutrality side of the fence.
DirecTV transfer good to go
A day after getting FCC approval for News Corporation to transfer its controlling interest in DirecTV to John Malone’s Liberty Media, the US Department...
CMT lands both Cyruses for awards show
The “2008 CMT Music Awards” show airing live from Nashville on Monday, April 14th has landed music's hottest father and daughter as hosts. Country...
“WWE SmackDown” moves to MyNetworkTV
Having failed to come to terms on a renewal with The CW (2/11/08 TVBR #28), World Wrestling Entertainment announced a new deal to air...
Moonves sees post-strike cost savings, retrans cash
Declaring pilots “vastly overrated” and a poor indicator of whether or not a proposed series will be a hit, CBS Corporation CEO Les Moonves...
Oscar on top, but Fox wins the week
The lowest-rated Academy Awards broadcast ever was still strong enough to claim the top spot in the week's TV ratings, but ABC was beaten...
Hail to the director
Linda Koch Lorimer, who sits on the board of directors of The McGraw-Hill Companies, and serves as Presiding Director, has been honored with the...
Oscar takes a tumble
The writers are back, but that doesn’t mean that the viewers have to watch. ABC’s broadcast of the “80th Annual Academy Awards” on Sunday...