TV/Cable News

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.

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

A contract has been signed and an application has been filed with the FCC for the transfer of

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

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

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

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

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

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 has released a new video featuring the real-world experiences of cable and satellite TV subscribers who expressed frustration with their

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.

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:

For the first broadcast week of June (May 26 - June 1), CBSTVD's Jeopardy! and Judge Judy lead all of syndication with nearly 10 million viewers each. The weekly chart comes from the Syndicated Network Television Association (SNTA), using data from The Nielsen Company.

Gray Television has completed its buy of 12 stations and programming of three additional television

Nexstar Broadcasting has completed the previously announced acquisition of five television stations in two