Sunday, June 21, 2026

NCTC cable operators fine without Viacom channels

For two months now, about 900,000 households rural America haven’t been able to watch Viacom’s

Aereo CEO: Supreme Court ruling could alter TV forever

Yeah, no kidding: Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia told CNBC on Tuesday his company charges for technology

MacNeil/Lehrer transferring PBS NewsHour to WETA

WETA, the flagship public media station for Washington, D.C., is expected to assume ownership and control of PBS NewsHour on 7/1. The announcement
FCC

Media Bureau announces effective date of JSA Attribution Rule

Many already know the date, but the FCC has now made it official: On 4/15, the Commission released a Report and Order in the 2014 Quadrennial Regulatory Review – Review of the Commission’s Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules. In it, the Commission adopted an attribution rule for television joint sales agreements (JSAs), establishing that same-market television JSAs for more than 15% of the weekly advertising time for the brokered station are to be counted toward the brokering station’s ownership totals, just as the Commission has long done with respect to radio stations.

LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition asks Senate for help

Here is a letter from Mike Gravino, Director of the LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition, to the Senate Judiciary

Caballero buys WIWN-TV Milwaukee

A contract has been signed and an application has been filed with the FCC for the transfer of
E.W. Scripps Company

Scripps closes on Granite deal

E.W. Scripps has completed the acquisition of two TV stations, in Detroit and Buffalo, it announced. The sale of Granite Broadcasting’s
Aereo

Report: Should Aereo win, next move for broadcasters could be at FCC

The Supreme Court is expected to rule later this week or next week

IBA: Emily Barr named Broadcaster of the Year

The Illinois Broadcasters Association plans to honor Emily Barr, President/CEO of Post-Newsweek Stations with IBA's "Vincent T. Wasilewski Broadcaster

Raycom to carry Escape, Grit in deal with Katz Broadcasting

Raycom Media will carry the country's first-ever female-centric and male-centric over-the-air broadcast

Bill Fanning on Gray-Hoak deal

Gray Television completed its buy of 12 stations and programming of three additional television stations from Hoak Media and Parker
CBS

CBS wraps upfront negotiations

CBS has completed most, if not all, of its upfront sales. "As we near the finish line, we are very confident that CBS has once again achieved the highest pricing and most total dollars in the upfront marketplace," CBS said in a statement.

TVfreedom.org: Consumers fed up with poor quality of pay-TV service

TVfreedom.org has released a new video featuring the real-world experiences of cable and satellite TV subscribers who expressed frustration with their
NAB / National Association of Broadcasters

NAB re-ups with Gordon Smith

NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith has agreed to a contract extension that will keep him in the position until December 31, 2018, NAB Joint Board Chairman Charles Warfield announced.
New York Times

Report: Pubcasters worried over access to free public TV

We’ve reported recently that public television officials are raising the concern that the FCC’s planned spectrum incentive auction, intended to free airwaves for use by wireless broadband companies, could leave parts of the country without over-the-air public television access. The NY Times has taken note in a recent report: