WKBW-TV Buffalo/WMYD-TV Detroit sale approved
The sale of Granite Broadcasting’s WKBW Channel 7 (ABC) and WMYD-TV 20 (myTV) Detroit to
KSBS-CD being sold in Denver
A contract has been signed and an application is being filed with the FCC for the transfer of television station KSBS-CD (Independent--CTN)
Three’s a charm for Wheel and Jeopardy!
For the third week in a row (April 14-April 20) CBS Television Distribution’s Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! ranked #1 and #2 in total viewership; each with over 10 million viewers. Weekend Adventure (ABC Syndication) and Judge Judy (CBSTVD) came in close behind with just under 10 million viewers.
Nexstar’s Arkansas TV stations help tornado victims
Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced its owned or affiliated television stations in Arkansas have
Montero on NAB objections to JSA Public Notice
The NAB recently sent a letter to the FCC expressing legal problems with the Media Bureau's new processing
Viacom to buy UK’s Channel 5 Broadcasting
Viacom and Northern & Shell Media Group announced a deal to buy Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited
Viacom fiscal Q2 up 1%
Viacom reported fiscal Q2 2014 revenues of $3.17 billion, up 1%, reflecting higher affiliate fees and ad revenues, partially offset by
May 15 Spectrum Auction won’t be delayed after all
Rumors are flying that the May 15th spectrum auction Report and Order vote will be postponed
Gray TV moves into North, South Dakota
Gray Television has closed transactions that add television stations in North and South Dakota
NAB lists objections to Media Bureau’s JSA Public Notice
Here’s a letter to the FCC expressing legal problems with the Media Bureau's new processing guidelines
Bruce Beckner on Wheeler’s NCTA speech
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s delivered a speech at the NCTA Cable Show on 4/30. He mostly discusses the Open Internet NPRM thought the lens of MSOs that are providing broadband service. Bruce Beckner, Owner at Garvey Schubert Barer, give RBR-TVBR an analysis of the speech and a bit of history on legal precedent behind regulating data communications:
Advocacy groups file FCC complaints on 11 TV stations
The Campaign Legal Center and the Sunlight Foundation have filed formal complaints at the FCC against
21st Century Fox CDIs suspended on the Australian exchange
21st Century Fox announced trading of its CHESS Depositary Interests (CDIs) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has been suspended in connection
LPTV vs Google, et al
Mike Gravino, Director, LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition, just submitted this into the spectrum auction proceedings. They are
Tom Wheeler’s NCTA speech
Here is FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s speech at the NCTA Cable Show on 4/30. He mostly discusses the Open Internet NPRM thought