New SF outlet for Azteca

Azteca America announced that Granite Broadcasting has signed on as its new affiliate in San Francisco, broadcasting the Spanish network as a full-time digital...

Joel Siegel dead at 63

ABC News announced Friday that "Good Morning America" film critic Joel Siegel had died of colon cancer. He was 63, having lived six years...

Price revealed in West Virginia

We now know the price that Withers Broadcasting will pay to double up in the Clarksburg-Weston WV DMA. It's getting WVFX-TV from Davis Television...

No blanket reprieve on cable box rule

The FCC's order opening up the market for cable set-top boxes goes into effect today, as scheduled, with the Media Bureau late Friday issuing...

NBA contract won’t hurt Disney

The new contract that the NBA announced with ESPN/ABC may look like a 20% fee hike, but Bank of America analyst Jonathan Jacoby says...

Nexstar on Mission to play wild KARD

Mission Broadcasting is buying NBC 10 KTVE-TV in the far-flung, state-straddling Monroe LA-El Dorado AR Nielsen DMA. Nexstar Broadcasting Group is already in the...

Cox Communications holds 2nd Teen Summit on Internet Safety

Cox Communications and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) held the Second Annual National Teen Summit on Internet Safety yesterday in...

From Superstation to local station

Time Warner's only O&O television station, WTBS-TV (Ch. 17) Atlanta, is no longer going to be the flagship of the TBS Superstation, but will...

PBS making debate footage available

All eight announced Democratic presidential candidates are appearing at the "All-American Presidential Forum" on PBS tonight, in a debate with a minority slant. PBS...

Ugly is pretty when it comes to ratings

Univision is celebrating the strong ratings from Monday's finale of the Mexican novela "La Fea más Bella" (The Prettiest Ugly Girl), which reached an...

Judge Judy holding strong

"Judge Judy" is giving Pat Sajak a run for his money this summer. Her Honor has again tied "Wheel of Fortune" for top of...

Ion revises exchange offer for preferreds

Ion Media Networks will give preferred shareholders a bit of extra time to decide whether to take it up on an offer to exchange...

Digital rights in NBA TV renewals

The NBA announced eight-year extensions of its television contracts with ESPN-ABC and TNT, running through the 2015-2016 season. The new deals will allow the...

CBS’s KUTV-TV SLC license at risk

Andrea Gutton and Sharilee Guest have objected to the license renewal of KUTV-TV in Salt Lake City, owned by a subsidiary of CBS Broadcasting...

Nielsen Monitor-Plus unveils ratings for series finales

Television viewers said goodbye to a few of their favorite programs last month and Nielsen Monitor-Plus took a historic and in-depth look at advertising...