Nets looking to scrap the upfront?
Along with being the first to pull out of the now-cancelled Winter Television Critics Association tour, NBC may be the first net to officially...
Sky Television sues over toppled tower
The Virginian-Pilot confirms the parent company of WSKY-TV Norfolk-Virginia Beach, VA (Channel 4) has sued Tower Innovations over the building of a tower that...
Satellite continues to eat into cable market share
The quarterly tally from the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) shows that alternate delivery systems (ADS), primarily satellite TV, now reach 28% of US...
HBO signs for VOD ratings
HBO has become the first company to sign up with Nielsen to receive television ratings for its video-on-demand offerings. The data will come from...
Youngstown becomes a two newsroom market
New Vision’s WKBN-TV (Ch. 27, CBS) Youngstown, OH this week began providing local newscasts for Parkin Broadcasting’s WYTV-TV (Ch. 33, ABC) under a contractual...
It’s a bird, it’s a plane – no, it’s a TV screen
Bright House Networks is one of the cable MSOs that has refused to carry the NFL Network, so DirecTV, which does carry the channel,...
Boxes: Get 'em while they're hot
Major retailers are coming on line with plans to sell digital-to-analog converter boxes, enabling non-MVPD-subscribers to keep their old analog television sets and still...
Sinclair fights payola/plugola charge
Television group owner Sinclair Broadcast Group is fighting an FCC Notice of Apparent Liability related to an appearance by pundit Armstrong Williams on at...
Week 11: A big week for cable
Broadcast TV still dominates in the weekly number crunch by the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVBR) to combine broadcast and cable/satellite Nielsen data, but...
“Big Shots” misfires
With all of the networks facing a drought of original scripted programming, could any show actually be bad enough to be cancelled? Well, ABC...
Alex Trebek hospitalized
“Jeopardy” host Alex Trebek has been hospitalized after Monday suffering what a spokesman for the show said was a minor heart attack. Trebek, who...
Barbara Walters and Rudolph in dead heat
OK, so “CSI” on CBS was the #1 show for the past week and “Grey’s Anatomy” on ABC was second, but we couldn’t resist...
Country moves into the urban metropolis
Great American Country, part of Scripps Networks, is celebrating a milestone of being available to more than 50 million TV households – more than...
AT&T gung-ho on TV expansion
Despite delays, AT&T remains committed to its broadband U-verse competitor to cable and CEO Randall Stephenson told analysts yesterday that AT&T’s target is to...
WGA and AMPTP now in all-out battle
WGA and AMPTP issued some fairly negative statements this week, assuring little chance they'll get back to the negotiating table anytime soon. The general...