Colbert exits presidential race
After announcing plans to run as both a Democrat and a Republican in the South Carolina primary, Comedy Central personality Stephen Colbert only attempted...
Sony Pictures Television, Tennis Channel strike ad sales deal
Tennis Channel and Sony Pictures Television have entered into an exclusive ad sales partnership. SPT will sell Tennis Channel inventory to traditional national television...
WGA President on strategy; picket lines everywhere
WGA STRIKE CENTRAL: DAY 3As the WGA East picketers hit the streets of NYC, intermingling with pedestrians, the WGA West folks are right on...
WGA Strike: so what happened?
WGA STRIKE CENTRAL: DAY 2The WGA went on strike at midnight ET after 11 hours of negotiations at an LA Hotel. The Alliance of...
Picketing under way for WGA strike
WGA STRIKE CENTRAL: DAY 2The first walkout by Hollywood writers in nearly 20 years got under way Monday with noisy pickets outside the "Today"...
Financial impact of the WGA strike
WGA STRIKE CENTRAL: DAY 2The WGA strike is the first walkout by writers since 1988. That work stoppage lasted 22 weeks and cost the...
SNTA comments on strike
WGA STRIKE CENTRAL: DAY 2In response to the WGA writers' strike, Syndicated Network Television Association (SNTA) President Mitch Burg tells TVBR their members will...
Strike two for CBS?
CBS, along with the other networks and studios, is being struck by the members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) who write show...
Telemundo puts full-length programs online
In what's being called a first for Spanish-language television, Telemundo announced that all of its primetime shows and novelas are being made available online,...
Gormally clears Springfield deal
That's Springfield MA, where Sinclair Broadcast Group has closed on its sale of NBC 40 WGGB-TV. According to Patrick Communications broker Susan Patrick, the...
Ten candles on Maury's cake
Maury Povich celebrates the 10th season on the air for "Maury" tomorrow with a special hour featuring some of its most memorable guests and...
WGA strike officially on
WGA STRIKE CENTRAL Day 1The federal mediator involved in contract talks between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Alliance of Motion Picture and...
Syndication may come up with some great solutions
WGA STRIKE CENTRAL Day 1If the WGA strike drags on towards midseason, it might be a boon for cable (we discussed last week) and...
Are viewers taking a bite out of crime ratings?
CBS still has some of the most watched shows on television, but some Wall Street analyst are beginning to worry about whether the crime...
Close encounter out west
New Vision Television has completed its acquisition of television stations in four markets from Montecito Broadcast Group. The deal includes five full-power satellites in...