Court nixes CEO bonus
A federal bankruptcy court last week denied a request from Granite Broadcasting Corporation to pay a 460K bonus to CEO and founder W. Don...
Cable boxing match
11th hour attempts to waive the requirement to separate security functions from other functions of set-top boxes has failed. Those little boxes rented from...
Getting out while the getting is good?
The way for a television company to impress Wall Street appears to be to put itself up for sale. Through the first half of...
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...