NBC lawyers up next month
NBC is turning to its long-running “Law & Order” franchise for primetime programming next month as the writers strike drags on. Wednesday will be...
More stations sign up
NAB announced that its television membership now stands at 1,170 stations, an all-time high. The previous record high membership level came in February 2001...
Nielsen commits to Excellence
The Nielsen Company announced that it will provide an additional 2.5 million to the Council for Research Excellence (CRE), enabling this independent forum of...
Scripps on course for split
"We're well along in executing the steps we need to undertake between here and life as two separate publicly traded companies," EW Scripps CFO...
Gannett expects TV to be down 10%
That’s the estimate for 2007 given by Gannett Broadcasting President Dave Lougee at the UBS Conference, which would put this year’s broadcast revenues, including...
Graham stays the course
Washington Post Company CEO Donald Graham doesn’t do quarterly conference calls, so it is always interesting to hear him speak, as he did yesterday...
More inside info from the strike
The latest from LA Weekly insider Nikki Finke: “I've been able to glean a little from Tuesday's resumed WGA-AMPTP talks. Both sides sounded very...
Fox Entertainment Group acquires Beliefnet
Fox Entertainment Group (announced its acquisition of Beliefnet, a Web site that enables consumers to better understand their faith and build diverse spiritual communities...
Younger viewers work harder to catch up on shows
Younger adult viewers are two-and-a-half times more likely than older viewers to be technologically proactive in catching up on television shows they missed, a...
NAB sets TV membership record
1,170 television stations are now official members of the NAB, four more than the previous high-water mark dating back to February 2001. "This is...
WGA issues analysis of AMPTP offer
As day seven of renewed talks between WGA and AMPTP drag on this Thursday, WGA Chair/Negotiating Committee John Bowman sent an email to members...
Football fans find the games no matter what
The NFL Network may be lacking in cable carriage, but it appears that die-hard football fans found a friend (or friendly bar) with satellite...
Inside info on WGA proposal
United Hollywood and LA Weekly’s Nikki Finke posted the following from WGA member Laeta Kalogridis: “Here's the proposal that the WGA is bringing to...
Bresnan to launch nine new HD channels
Bresnan Communications announced the rollout of nine new HD channels in all of its HD markets in Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and Utah. The additions...
WGA-AMPTP talks resume
As talks are back on track yesterday, Patric Verrone, head of the WGA West called on producers earlier this week to break ranks with...