NBC News launches Peacock Productions
Hot on the heals of its deal to provide content to Channel One (7/10/07 TVBR #133), NBC News announced creation of its own non-fiction...
New name rings tru
Court TV is planning to be re-branded as truTV as Turner Entertainment Networks (TEN) remakes the cable network to reflect that much of its...
Television tower fall kills two near Lawrence, KS
Two men have died after falling 800 feet from Scripps Howard's KSHB-TV (NBC) Kansas City television tower near Lawrence, KS. Jerry Case, 54, of...
Fox Business Network to debut in October
Fox Business Network (FBN) will launch on October 15, announced Neil Cavuto, FOX News Senior Vice President and Managing Editor of Business News. FBN...
CBS and Fox win ho-hum week
Viewer numbers were low for the mid-summer week that included the 4th of July, with CBS claiming the Household title and Fox the key...
Cronin exiting GSN
Rich Cronin announced that he is resigning as President and Chief Executive Officer of GSN (Game Show Network) and will leave the cable network...
Detroit TV clears license hurdle
One-time Deputy Mayor Michael Greiner of Warren MI has failed in an attempt to have the FCC deny a license renewal for Scripps Howard's...
ABC O&Os launch ad-supported mobile services
In a move to bring ad-supported streaming news clips to video-enabled cell phones, the ABC O&O Stations Group has launched free mobile video services...
Emmis still looking to sell last station
More than two years after announcing plans to sell off its television group (5/11/05 TVBR #93), Emmis Communications still has one station to go....
TV outlook worsening
Yesterday we reported on Wachovia analyst Marci Ryvicker's lowered forecast for ad spending in general. Television is no exception. Ryvicker sees continuing softness in...
Gemstar seeks a buyer
CEO Richard Battista has succeeded in getting Gemstar-TV Guide back to profitability and it looks like principal shareholder News Corporation would like to cash...
Cotton to chair International Emmy Awards
Rick Cotton, Executive Vice-President and General Counsel of NBC Universal will serve as Gala Chair for the 35th International Emmy Awards which will take...
NBC News partners with Channel One
Channel One, which delivers its programming to some seven million students in middle schools and high schools across the country, announced a partnership with...
Portfolio thinner than reported
In our Monday 7/9/07 issue we noted the list of remaining television stations in the Piedmont Communications portfolio as KTVE-TV El Dorado AR and...
Sometimes nothing succeeds like failure
Richard L. Gorman's GOCOM Media is looking to add a station in the Champaign-Springfield-Decatur IL DMA, where it already owns and operates a pair...