The Weather Channel nears completion of HD facility
With a new 12,500-square-foot HD facility on track to be completed this month, The Weather Channel has passed a milestone in the HD project...
Chicago anchor killed in accident
CBS O&O WBBM-TV (Ch. 2) Chicago President & GM Joe Ahern announced in a statement on the station’s website that morning news anchor Randy...
“Wheel” back on top
The battle continues for the top spot in syndicated television. In the latest week reported by the Syndicated Network Television Association, based on data...
WCVB football ratings underreported again
For the second time in less than a month, Nielsen is reprocessing ratings data for the Boston DMA after again underreporting viewing of Hearst-Argyle’s...
Hedge fund wants board seats at Media General, NY Times
Harbinger Capital Partners has made good on its threat to try to place directors of its own choosing on the board at Media General...
ABC stations fined 1.4M for bare buns
It took the FCC five years to decide that a February 25, 2003 episode of “NYPD Blue” broadcast on ABC Television was indecent, but...
Getting digital
Bruce Haymes has joined The Nielsen Company as Senior Vice President, Product Leader – Digital Media. He will lead Nielsen Digital Media Manager, a...
Nielsen to measure VOD usage from set top box data
Look out TiVo—here comes NORA! The Nielsen Company today announced the commercial launch of NORA Nielsen on Demand Reporting & Analytics, a new measurement...
Getting “Better” every day
Meredith Corporation announced licensing of its daily lifestyle program, “Better,” to 12 additional markets in deals with LIN, Northwest Broadcasting and Fisher Communications. “What...
Another big “get” for the SAG Awards
Capitalizing on its picketing waiver from the striking WGA, the Screen Actors Guild announced that three-time SAG Awards nominee Tom Cruise will make his...
Andy Donchin on WGA strike fallout; NBC moves
Andy Donchin, Carat Americas Director of Broadcast Buying, spoke out about the latest issued surrounding the WGA strike and what fallout it has caused—including...
Broadcast claims top 49 for week 17
Despite the continuing writers strike, broadcast television networks had the top 49 shows for week 17 of the TV season in the key 18-49...
NBCU also quashes pilots
It’s a cost-cutting frenzy over at NBCU—anything to please the Jolly GE giant! Jeff Zucker, NBCU CEO, just days after confirming their upfront presentations...
Fox, CW cut script counts
The recent force majeure development deal cuts are rolling downhill: Fox and the CW have lock-stepped with CBS on dropping script development slates (CBS...
Crime pays for CBS
At least, that’s the thinking at the Eye net. The network television premier of “Dexter” is set for Sunday, February 17 (10-11 pm ET/PT)....