MGM to debut HD channel on DirecTV
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) will launch its first wholly-owned channel in the US. MGM HD, a new 24/7 linear network delivering a robust library of...
Strong syndic debut for "L&O:CI"
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" made its syndication debut on Monday and NBC Universal Television Distribution is celebrating the first day Nielsen numbers. L&O:CI...
Football beats the Emmys
We know that "Sunday Night Football" on NBC was the top-rated show on television last week, beating out the Emmy Awards on Fox. But...
Will Tribune wrestle baseball over Cuban?
Major League Baseball is a relatively closed society, and 23 of the 30 owners must give thumbs up to anyone wishing to join. Tribune...
ABC, NBC and HBO claim the most Emmys
ABC, NBC and HBO topped the list of winners with six winged statuettes each as the primetime Emmy Awards were announced Sunday evening live...
TV One passes 40 million households
The cable channel owned by Radio One, Comcast and other investors is celebrating reaching 40 million cable households faster than "any other recently launched...
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...