Martha Stewart announces new series on DIY
Martha Stewart will bring her crafting expertise to a new cable home beginning November as part of a distribution deal announced by Sheraton Kalouria,...
Cox sees lowest customer churn in its history
Cox Communications announced its bundle of video, Internet and telephone services is continuing to improve customer satisfaction and reduce customer defection even in the...
CBS meets expectations with mixed quarter
CBS Corporation CEO Les Moonves is clearly proud of the company's TV operation, bragging in this Q2 conference call about CBS winning another season...
Marvin Zindler dead at 85
Flamboyant consumer TV crusader Marvin Zindler has died at 85 of pancreatic cancer. Zindler was famed in Houston for his hard-hitting reports for KTRK-TV...
Late night host Tom Snyder dead
After years of battling leukemia, Tom Snyder has died in San Francisco at age 71. Snyder began his career as a radio reporter in...
U-Verse is a cable service…maybe
A federal judge in Connecticut has overturned the decision of the state's Department of Public Utility Control and ruled that AT&T's U-Verse must meet...
NAB/MSTV try to keep spectrum clean
Major television trade associations are worried about the introduction of unlicensed spectrum devices into the band used by broadcast television stations, particularly in the...
Bill Flemming dead at 80
Bill Flemming, one of the original announcers for ABC's "Wide World of Sports" has died of prostate cancer in Petoskey, MI. He was 80....
TV talent search on MySpace
Got a great idea for a new TV show? No need to pitch it to the networks directly. Just post your pilot on MySpace,...
Double down on owner with license challenge
In May 2004 Clear Channel's WAWS-TV in Jacksonville FL ran a contest called "Win a Hot Rod For Dad" in which its staffers made...
ABC fine-tunes fall lineup
Returning reality hits kick off the ABC fall season premieres, with a special 90-minute premier of the new season of "Dancing with the Stars"...
Double digit digital boosts Hearst-Argyle
The addition of a duopoly station in Orland and a 48% jump in digital media revenues gave Hearst-Argyle revenues of 193 million, down less...
Watchdogs, some senators have DTV doubts
By and large, representatives from the NTIA and FCC think that the groundwork for the DTV transition is going forward as it should. But...
Budding TV group in Florida
Harvey and Irene Budd already have a CW affiliate in the Tallahassee FL-Thomasville GA DMA. They also control 50% of Gainesville Channel 61 Associates,...
Judy stays on top
"Judge Judy" continues to show summer strength in syndication, once again claiming the top spot over "Wheel of Fortune." The syndication rankings are from...