NAB calls for review of “Collusive Pay TV Ad Practices”
The NAB is really fighting back against the unfair treatment TV broadcasters are getting from
NAB responds to DOJ JSA filing
Here’s an ex parte filing with the FCC from the NAB commenting on DOJ’s recent submission regarding broadcasters' joint sales and
FBN to debut “Risk and Reward”
Ratcheting up the stakes against CNBC, Fox Business Network will launch a new signature market hours program hosted by anchor Deirdre Bolton on 3/31, announced Kevin Magee, Executive Vice President of the network.
TVB: Season-to-date ratings now at par with National C3
The TVB issued the following statements from Steve Lanzano, President and CEO of TVB and
Two dead in KOMO-TV news copter crash
Two people died 3/18 when a KOMO-TV (Sinclair) helicopter crashed on the street outside Fisher Plaza
Global shipments of 4K TVs hit 1.6 million in 2013
Super hi-def 4K LCD TV shipments reached 1.6 million units in 2013, with nearly one million units alone shipped in Q4 of 2013. According to the latest NPD DisplaySearch Quarterly Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report, growth was significantly driven by China, although
Comcast won’t buy SportsNet Houston out of Chapter 11
Comcast says it will not enter a bid to purchase Comcast SportsNet Houston out of Chapter 11
LA sues Time Warner Cable for $9.7 million
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer has filed a lawsuit against the region's largest pay TV provider. The suit
Viacom, Spike, sued for sexual harassment
A lawsuit was filed in Federal Court 3/17 on behalf of Nicoletta Robinson, a former production assistant of
Elliot Evers on NAB JSA compromise plan
Following NAB’s ex parte filing with the FCC regarding a meeting between NAB President and
Wells Fargo downgrades TV stocks
Marci Ryvicker, Wells Fargo Securities Senior Analyst, announced a Television stock sector
Story: FCC vote could affect deal to sell two TV stations
The 3/31 FCC vote on eliminating JSAs and joint retrans negotiations is getting some local attention in Ft. Wayne, IN, where The Journal-Gazette notes could it alter a deal by Quincy Newspapers to acquire a Fort Wayne TV station and manage another.
Larry Patrick on JSAs, retrans, Wheeler, more
RBR-TVBR asked Patrick Communications Managing Partner Larry Patrick to help us and
Another Week for Wheel at #1
CBS Television Distribution’s “Wheel of Fortune” held the number one spot for the third week in a row, for the week of February 24-March 2. The weekly chart comes from the Syndicated Network Television Association (SNTA), using data from The Nielsen Company.
LIN TV, Cox sign in time to avert blackout
Like we predicted, Cox Communications and LIN TV announced a new retransmission