CBS Mobile Network unveils lineup
The CBS Mobile Network unveiled its 2007-2008 season program lineup to appear on V CAST Mobile TV from Verizon Wireless, a service of MediaFLO...
Kohl's law will aim at analog TV seniors
Herb Kohl (D-WI), chair of the Senate Select Committee on Aging, says he is going to introduce a bill which will coordinate the DTV...
Murdoch predicts easy win for Fox
The fall TV season kickoff hasn't begun yet, but News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch went out on a limb yesterday at the Goldman Sachs...
Rupert doesn't mind being called an idiot
At yesterday's, 09/18/07, Goldman Sachs Communacopia XVI Conference in New York, News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch said people thought he was an idiot for starting...
Double bragging rights for NBC
NBC notes with pride that it won 19 Emmys, more than any other broadcast network, but it also proudly notes that fewer people were...
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...
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...
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...
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...