WGA issues strike waiver on Spirit Awards
The Writers Guild of America said that its members will be allowed to work for the Spirit Awards honoring independent film despite uncertainties surrounding...
News Corp. Local-izes eight stations
Even with only one bidder (11/15/07 TVBR #224), it still took a while for News Corporation to come to terms on selling the group...
Scripps on track for Q2 2008 separation
Declaring this a "momentous month" for the E.W. Scripps Company with last week's announcement of plans to split in two (10/17/07 TVBR #203), CEO...
LA City Council holds hearing on strike
The Los Angeles City Council’s Housing, Community, and Economic Development Committee held a hearing on the economic impact of the WGA strike on the...
Latest programming updates for midseason
Carat Programming’s Broadcast and Video Beat reports in the spirit of its corporate “green” initiative, NBC will be recycling used programming content from cable...
Azteca and Telemundo call a truce
TV Azteca and NBC Universal’s Telemundo announced that they have reached an accord and settled multiple lawsuits which had been filed in Mexican and...
Judy pushes ahead
For the first time since the fall season began, “Judge Judy” has pushed back into 1st place in syndicated television. According to the weekly...
More show shuffling
NBC has moved the debut of “The Celebrity Apprentice” from January 3 to the following Thursday, January 10. No reason was given, but there...
Networks looking at other options for new series
With WGA-AMPTP negotiations at a standstill, the impact is now extending to the 2008-09 season, beginning with the Q1 pilot season where networks fund...
Jimmy Kimmel goes back live 1/2
And the late night talkers are all coming back now: New episodes of ABC’s "Jimmy Kimmel Live" return to air 1/2 (12:05-1:05 a.m., ET)....
Nielsen and INVIDI strike deal for measurement of targeted ads
The Nielsen Company and INVIDI Technologies announced a multi-year agreement to share data and explore ways to measure personalized television ads targeted at specific...
DG FastChannel to acquire Vyvx ad service operations
DG FastChannel has entered into a definitive agreement with Level 3 Communications to acquire the Vyvx advertising services business including its distribution, post-production and...
Q3 station revenues down 8.7%; total TV off 4.1%
Reflecting the absence of political and Olympic revenues, local broadcast television ad revenues were down 8.7% in Q3 of 2007, according to Susan Cuccinello,...
NBC News claims “massive” lead
Racking up another weekly win in the TV evening news battle, the Peacock net says the “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams” beat ABC’s...
Pappas puts some stations on the market
Pappas Telecasting announced that it has retained Moelis & Company to assess strategic alternatives for the company, which Pappas says could lead to the...