Ion gets commitments from 40 new advertisers
Ion Media Networks announced it has signed commitments from over 40 new advertisers secured through Ion Television's first upfront advertising season since the network's...
LIN says aloha to big return on investment
Broadcast television group LIN acquired several chunks of the lower 700 MHz band back in 2002 and 2003 during FCC auctions #44 and #49....
Is the Caveman your favorite ad icon for 2007?
GEICO is campaigning for the Caveman to be the Favorite Icon for 2007 in the annual Advertising Week online voting poll. (To vote, go...
Albrecht lands at Forstmann Little
Chris Albrecht, who resigned in May as Chairman and CEO of HBO (5/10/07 TVBR #92), has joined with Ted Forstmann to raise a new...
Not what he seemed to be
ABC News says it is reviewing stories that involved former ABC News consultant Alexis Debat, amid allegations he faked numerous interviews for French publications....
Action Sports Tour, Mountain Dew, NBC expand into winter
The AST (Action Sports Tour), the recently-launched, umbrella brand and organization for the Dew Tour, announced the expansion of a winter action sports series...
Duopoly waiver a go for GOCOM
Springfield IL is not one of the markets with enough size to support a television duopoly on sufficient independent voice grounds. But the failing...
Alaskan TV pioneer dies
KTVA-TV (Ch. 11, CBS) Anchorage reports the death of the man who put the station on the air in 1953 as the first TV...
Retrans standoff in Connecticut
LIN Television says it has been unable to come to terms on retransmission consent with MetroCast, so three of its stations will be pulled...
Mega launching daily news show
As it prepares to take Mega TV national next month on DirecTV (9/6/07 TVBR #174), Spanish Broadcasting System announced plans to launch a daily...
Is TV programming going down the tubes?
According to a poll from AOL Television and the Associated Press, 62% of surveyed Americans think the quality of television programming is diminishing. Of...
NBC Universal reorganizes sales operation
Now that he's been in the job for a few months, NBC Universal Sales and Marketing President Mike Pilot has decided to reorganize the...
Comedy Central licensed to American Greetings
American Greetings Corporation announced a licensing partnership with Comedy Central "that will bring the characters, antics and signature humor from some of the network's...
"L&O:CI" syndication launch to cover 95%
Dick Wolf's hit crime drama series "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" premieres in national syndication next Monday, September 17. NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution...
Judy back on top
The battle for the top spot in syndication TV between Pat Sajak and "Judge Judy" continues. For the most recent week, Judy was back...