ION is party of interest in TV double deal

Stations in St. Louis MO and Columbia SC are going from a trust to Cedar Creek Broadcasting.
Thumbs Down

Minority owners call foul on Class A sale

The sale of WMNT-CA Toledo OH was filed with the FCC mid-month last October.
SBG / Sinclair Broadcast Group

TV News: Sinclair, Nexstar, Telemundo, Tribune

Items: Here of a number of factoids of interest to the television community.
Perry Sook

Nexstar rebooks Sook, shares the wealth

Acquisitive minded television company Nexstar Broadcasting Group has extended the contract...
TV Remote

Firm advocates TV to market mobile apps

How ironic – at a time when broadcasters are deeply concerned about losing advertisers to mobile platforms...
FCC

FCC’s AWS-3 auction draws record $44.9 billion in bids

Bidding in the AWS-3 spectrum auction, known as auction 97, is now closed.

KOIN TV shuts down comments

On Wednesday, KOIN 6 TV, Portland, Oregon, turned off its comment boards.

eOne Television CEO John Morayniss signs long-term contract

John Morayniss has signed a new long-term agreement with Entertainment One
Marci Ryvicker

Time Warner Cable: Subs Were Great; Financials Were Okay

That’s the word from Wells Fargo’s Senior Analyst Marci Ryvicker on TWC’s Q4 & full-year results.
LPTV

Movement at the FCC on Class A stations?

Mike Gravino issued a heads up to interested parties concerning the fate of Class A television stations.
PTC / Parents Television Council

PTC wants WE tv erased from MVPD bundles

The reason: A new show on the cable channel called “Sex Box”...
Tablets

TabletTV joins TVfreedom.org

A company that offers a product which brings live local television to tablet owners...
Meredith

Meredith brings home epic end-of-year results

The local media, or television side of multimedia Meredith Corporation soared during the company’s fiscal Q2...
ABC

Tribune reups with ABC

In all, three stations are affected by a new affiliation pact.

Comcast/TWC wedding lacks certainty

According to the Los Angeles Times, the merger of Time Warner Cable at one point was almost ready