Five from Fox get the Biz
Fox Business Network (FBN) has named five anchors from the Fox News Channel (FNC) to the on-air team when the new net launches next...
An up month for NYT Co.
Just barely, though. The New York Times Company reports that August revenues from continuing operations rose 0.6% to 218.5 million. Double digit gains in...
Stewart gets second shot at the Oscars
John Stewart, host of Comedy Central's "Daily Show," will make a return appearance as host of the 80th Academy Awards, to be broadcast live...
TV station revenues fell 6.6% in Q2
Hot on the heels of last week's forecast of 9-10% growth for all of 2008, the TVB is reporting that the present year is...
Samples taking the helm at HGTV
Jim Samples has been tapped to be the next President of HGTV, the flagship cable network of Scripps Networks. He will succeed Judy Girard,...
McCain hoping to piggyback a la carte on channel tying
The FCC is accepting commentary on the practice of forcing cable operators to carry channels they don't want in order to get one they...
TV5Monde USA signs Cablevision deal
The US outlet of France-based TV5Monde announced a companywide deal with Cablevision to begin airing this month on the entire Cablevision cable footprint as...
Carrying on about carriage
Both the NAB and the NCTA hailed the FCC's decision on mandatory dual carriage of both digital and analog television streams during the first...
CBS, FCC meet in court over Nipplegate
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia was the scene of the latest indecency over the airwaves battle. CBS, which has refused to...
Major executive changes at Nielsen
The Nielsen Company announced that three of the most senior executives in the company's television ratings service have been named to new roles within...
Spanish debate outdraws English match-ups
For the first time ever, candidates for President of the United States appeared in a telecast debate aimed at Spanish-speaking Americans and Univision is...
Insight off the auction block
The current tightening of credit availability for large deals has taken its toll again. Both the Wall Street Journal and Reuters say Carlyle Group...
LPTV is first TV buy for radio group
George Laughlin's GAP Broadcasting is picking up an intact radio cluster that includes two AMs, four FMs and even an independent Class A television...
Dancing shows are hot!
The latest to get into the dancing competition reality genre is NBC Universal's Bravo network, which began casting calls this week in New York,...
Football scores for NBC
The Peacock net won for total viewership, households and pretty much across the board last week with a heavy dose of NFL football. The...