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...
Pappas steps aside for new Sioux crew
Waitt Broadcasting's KMEG-TV in Sioux City IA will be going to Alex Aretakis' Siouxland Television LLC. Siouxland is moving in to the option deal...
"Flex" lets NBC claim Pats-Bills game
The NFL has announced its first "flexible scheduling" move of the current football season, moving the November 18th game pitting the undefeated New England...
Ellen goes Really Big
"When I said I wanted to do a really big show, I never intended for it to be this big. This has gotten out...
WUFO.TV Network launches on DC LPTV
The WUFO.TV Network has launched on its first affiliate-Low Power WWTD Channel 49 in DC. The station is owned by Chris Blair and his...
Bragging rights for ABC and CBS
For week six of the TV season, ABC had both the top show, "Dancing With the Stars," and a victory in the big bucks...
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...