Radio buyout a boost for TV stocks
Another radio company is going private, with Cumulus Media CEO Lew Dickey, his family and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity teaming up to take...
Brown lands at CNN
CNN confirmed Monday that it has hired anchor Campbell Brown, formerly of NBC News, effective September 1st. Just a day earlier Brown had announced...
CBS to provide content for Healium waiting room network
The CBS Marketing Group will provide original branded content to The Healium Waiting Room Network - a new viewing channel created by AVTV that...
Close encounter in Wichita
Kalil & Co. has checked in with another closing. This time its Schurz Communications' Wichita KS duopoly deal for KSCW-TV, a CW affiliate on...
The CW sets fall premieres
The CW Network plans to unveil its new primetime schedule over the course of a three-week period, getting a jump on the traditional broadcast...
DTV transition still has doubters
The Senate Commerce Committee is going to grill an as-yet-unnamed panel on the progress being made toward 2/17/09, when analog broadcast television is scheduled...
Arbitron a takeover target?
For years there has been speculation that Nielsen might someday seek to acquire Arbitron and lock up both TV and radio ratings in the...
Soccer scores big for Univision and TeleFutura
Univision says the live telecast of the 2007 Copa América soccer tournament on its two broadcast networks, Univision and TeleFutura, reached an audience of...
Eye network in multi-platform focus on crime
CBS News National Correspondent Byron Pitts will report on the growing crime rate in US cities for a multi-platform series beginning next week. The...
Charter unveils content for redesigned Charter.net
Charter Communications announced the launch of www.charter.net, an enhanced home page for Charter High-Speed Internet customers to view online content from top entertainment channels...
Wounded Knee, Broken Trail, Sopranos top Emmy nominations
The final season of "The Sopranos" netted 15 Emmy nominations for the HBO series. That was impressive, but the made for TV movie "Bury...
Judge Judy back on top
"Judge Judy" is giving Pat Sajak a summer run for his ratings. Her Honor moved back to the top of the syndicated TV ratings...
Roache gets call to L&O
With Sam Waterson's character, Jack McCoy, promoted to District Attorney for the next season (so Fred Thompson can run for President in real life),...
Wallace to head NBC O&Os
John Wallace has been named President of the NBC Owned-and-Operated Television Stations. Wallace, a 19-year NBC veteran, succeeds Jay Ireland, who recently was named...
CBS sets fall premiere sked
CBS announced early premieres for "Kid Nation" and "Survivor: China" during the week of September 17th, along with most of its Sunday lineup. The...