Cablevision suing Meredith over WFSB blackout
The battle heats up yet another notch: WFSB-TV Hartford’s parent is now being sued by Cablevision
WOIO-TV, GM sued over “sexually hostile” work environment
The Raycom Media CBS affiliate in Cleveland, Raycom itself, General Manager William Applegate and
Charter details TWC offer with SEC, shareholders
On 1/13, Charter Communications made a $132.50 per share ($61.3 billion) offer for Time Warner Cable
Harris buys Imagine Communications; beefs up OTT offering
Harris Broadcast says it has completed its buy of Imagine Communications, provider of digital video solutions
Bachelor premiere gets 8.5 million viewers; 3 year high
I wimped out earlier this week and worked from home. I’m blaming it on the polar vortex, but really it’s my Bachelor Premiere hangover.
Time Warner Cable Board rejects Charter offer
They have unanimously rejected a third “grossly inadequate proposal” from Charter Communications to acquire
DirecTV drops Weather Channel; CEO responds
The MVPD, with over 20 million subscribers, stopped carrying the Weather Channel as of
Charter offers to buy Time Warner
From a Seeking Alpha bulletin: “Following weeks of reports and speculation, Charter (CHTR) has offered to buy
Discovery, Scripps end talks on merger discussions
They’ve abandoned talks for a merger last week, the Wall Street Journal reported. The discussions did not go beyond the early, exploratory stage and...
Weekend Adventure holds top spot for another week
Weekend Adventure (ABC Syndication) nabbed the top spot for the second week in a row in the syndie ratings round-up for the week of...
EU probes film studios, pay TV licensing deals
The European Commission announced 1/13 it is opening an antitrust probe into aspects of licensing agreements between several major U.S. film studios and the...
Weather Channel fights back against DirecTV
The current contract between DirecTV and the Weather Channel expired at the end of last year
NBC sets midseason premiere dates
NBC has announced premiere dates for five of its upcoming midseason series — comedies “About a Boy” and “Growing Up Fisher,” dramas “Believe” and...
SCOTUS agrees to hear Aereo case
The Supreme Court issued an order 1/10 granting cert in the appeal of American Broadcasting Companies
Luken abruptly cuts Ku feed to affiliates
An affiliate tipped us off: Luken Communications on 1/9 at 2PM ET sent all affiliates