"If you can't detect, you must reject"
Those are the words of Association of Maximum Service Television's David Donovan, and they sum up the opinion of a coalition of broadcasters, manufacturers...
NFL deal for Ion
Not live games, of course. Those are all spoken for, with big price tags attached. But Ion has secured the rights to air the...
New Spanish network to launch today
The increasingly crowded Hispanic television marketplace in the US is going to become even more crowded today. What make this new network one to...
ESPN signs with Nielsen for PRIZM NE
In just over a month since unveiling a new consumer segmentation feature on its NPOWER television ratings analysis tool, The Nielsen Company announced ESPN...
NBC signs for comedy import
It appears that Ben Silverman is making his mark as Co-Chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios. The question now is whether US...
More Power for CBS
CBS has ordered six additional episodes of the primetime game show "Power of 10," hosted by Drew Carey, for midseason. CBS noted that Power...
Chernin still gets the big bucks
Quick, name the highest paid executive at News Corporation. If you said Rupert Murdoch, you lose. He's the boss, of course, but he is...
Taking on ill-advised white space initiative
A high-powered group of groups is getting set to head off efforts to open up spectrum between the cracks in the television band for...
Cox Television forms Cox Cross Media
Cox Television announced the creation of Cox Cross Media. Effective 10/1, the new digital sales company, based in NYC, will initially market and sell...
ABC Entertainment, Warner Bros. strike distribution deal
ABC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television Group struck a digital distribution deal for "Big Shots," "Men in Trees," "Notes from the Underbelly" and "Pushing...
Digital TV conversion may be messy
Anthony J. DiClemente and his team of analysts at Lehman Brothers suspect that the preparations for the transition to all-digital television are somewhat behind...
Hearst-Argyle sued over bid
The directors of Hearst-Argyle haven't yet accepted or rejected a buyout bid from Hearst Corporation (8/27/07 RBR #167), but class action lawyers are already...
CBS Corp. to buy SignStorey
CBS Corp. said it will acquire SignStorey, Inc., a distributor of video programming and ad content to retail stores. The purchase price is 71.5...
TVB predicts 2008 advertising windfall
Get ready for a big year in 2008. With heavy election spending on the horizon, the TVB predicts that TV station spot revenues (local...
Happy birthday People Meter!
Nielsen is marking the 20th anniversary of its introduction of the People Meter to measure television viewing - first the National People Meter panel...