Sony Pictures looking for $100 million in cuts
Sony Pictures Entertainment has tapped Bain & Co. to help find ways to save $100 million in annual costs, which will likely include layoffs....
Simple.TV adds Broadcast Interactive Media for station list
Broadcast Interactive Media (BIM), which provides web, video, and mobile publishing tools, will utilize its TitanTV signal prediction and data services technologies to support Simple.TV’s upcoming personal DVR and broadcast streaming service. The technology will provide consumers with a list of TV stations available over-the-air at their specific household address.
Major sports go to bat for TV v. Aereo
The National Football League and Major League Baseball filed a brief with the Supreme Court strongly
As usual, football rules Sunday
NBC won primetime and Fox was #2 with the best NFL overrun Sunday night. CBS earned 3rd just ahead of ABC, with Univision bringing...
Calming trend in CALM complaints
CALM Act authors Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have been tracking the bills effects, and according to the latest stats...
FXX gets cable rights to “The Simpsons”
21st Century Fox’s new FXX network has scored both cable and online streaming rights to reruns of Fox’s "The Simpsons" in what is billed as one of the most expensive syndication deals in television history, FXX said. The animated show is the longest running comedy series yet and so far only been syndicated on local broadcast affiliates.
Media General, DISH strike retransmission deal
After going dark on DISH in October in a dispute that went so far that the FCC was called in to mediate
Wheel of Fortune coasts to syndie weekly win
Although Judge Judy dueled Wheel of Fortune to a 7.2 tie in terms of household ratings, Her Honor was about 1.4M shy of Wheel’s...
Alec Baldwin suspended by MSNBC
Alec Baldwin’s MSNBC show “Up Late With Alec Baldwin” has been suspended for eight days
Moonves willing to negotiate with Dish on Auto Hop
Deadline.com says CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves is taking Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen seriously
NAB counters TWC in exchange of FCC filings
According to the National Association of Broadcasters, “we’ve heard it all before” is the best way to sum up the latest comments from Time Warner Cable as submitted to the FCC. NAB provided a point by point rebuttal.
Debmar-Mercury sells “Celebrity Name Game” to Tribune
The nationally syndicated pop culture game show hosted by “The Late, Late Show’s” Craig Ferguson from co-producers FremantleMedia North America and Debmar-Mercury, has been...
Atlantic City up in arms about sale of local TV station
In the world of Nielsen DMAs, Atlantic City NJ is a somewhat distant outpost of Philadelphia – but it does have one local over-air full power television station. But the proposed sale of NBC 40 WMGM to a company widely believed to be a spectrum speculator has spawned a protest movement.
Big Bang fuels CBS Thursday victory
CBS enjoyed a modest 18-49 margin over #2 ABC on Thursday night. Four other network contestants were in a fairly tight pack to the...
Comcast’s Xfinity to sell movies for download and streaming
Comcast plans to start selling movies via set-top boxes and its Xfinity TV website by the end