LIN settles retrans standoff
LIN Television announced late yesterday that it has come to a settlement with cable operator MetroCast, ending a standoff that had threatened to pull...
Looking for a stocking stuffer?
If your holiday shopping list calls for a TV station, here's a closer look at the five that Media General has decided it could...
Ober goes online
Vault.com announced the appointment of former CBS News President Eric Ober as Senior Vice President, Television and Video. In his new position, Ober will...
FiOS added 200K subs in Q3
Verizon reports that it added 202,000 net new subscribers to its FiOS TV digital competitor to local cable systems in Q3, bringing the total...
ValueVision ousts CEO
ValueVision Media, which operates the ShopNBC channel, announced that CEO William Lansing has exited at the request of the board of directors. The company...
Citi Debuts campaign for Citi Cards
Citi announced the launch of its new national campaign for Citi Cards, the world's largest provider of credit cards. The first television commercial of...
MG seeks strength and balance
And Media General is going to try to achieve these noble characteristics via strategic divestiture. "The decision to explore the potential sale of five...
CBS sets up criminal cross-pollination
In a bid to pick up some extra viewers in the November Sweeps, CBS has scheduled the first-ever crossover between its hit crime shows...
Big numbers, but now it's over
Fox scored big on Sunday with Game 4 of the World Series. Unfortunately for the network, the Boston Red Sox swept the Colorado Rockies,...
Analysis – What about the public interest?
ANALYSIS - What about the public interest?The battle lines have been drawn for the latest attempt by the FCC to reform its media ownership...
Close encounter in Decatur
GOCOM Media of Illinois is getting its third TV in the geographical sprawling Champaign-Springfield-Decatur IL DMA, adding WBUI-TV from ACME Communications for 4M. The...
Looking at Week 4; Daytime C3
Carat Programming's Broadcast and Video Beat took a look at the fourth week of the television season, week ending October 21, 2007. It also...
Upped at Nexstar
Philip Dubrow has been promoted to Vice President and General Manager of Nexstar's WTAJ-TV (Ch. 10, CBS) Johnstown-Altoona-State College, PA, effective November 1st. Dubrow...
Colbert drawing solid support
Stephen Colbert, Comedy Central's faux political bloviator, is adding faux candidate for president to his resume, a form of schtick that first saw Pat...
Negotiators about to get fed
That's fed as in federal assistance. The Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers and the Writers Guild of America still are not close...