ATSC elects board members
Members of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) have elected three industry execs to serve on the Board of Directors for three-year terms beginning...
Time Warner Cable offering low-cost HBO bundle
TWC has just launched “Starter TV with HBO” bundle that includes access to 20 channels, including local broadcasters in HD, as well as HBO...
What a split deal for TWC might look like
The possibility exists that cable companies Comcast and Charter might make a joint bid for Time Warner Cable – and according to Wells Fargo, that actually might make a lot of sense.
CRE to study ethnography of viewing habits
The Council for Research Excellence has hired GfK for two ethnographic studies to understand the impact of internet technology and video platform proliferation on...
TWC said to have high asking price for Dodgers net
Time Warner Cable is one of the fiercest MVPDs when it comes to hardball negotiations to keep the retransmission consent price of local broadcast television in check. But when it’s asking for fees for its own programming, such as its Los Angeles Dodgers regional sports channel, the sky appears to be the limit.
Sinclair won’t renew with Granite in two markets
Late last month, the FCC approved the $370 million buy for Sinclair Broadcast Group to close on 18 Barrington Broadcasting Group stations, including WSTM-TV (NBC) and WSTQ-TV (CW) in Syracuse. Sinclair is also operating or providing sales services for six Granite Broadcasting stations, including its WTVH-TV (CBS) Syracuse. However, the shared services agreement (SSA) that brought WTVH under the same facility as WSTM and WSTQ could be ending in 2017.
Alas, poor Couric! I knew her!
OK, OK, our headline is way over the top –we just couldn’t resist. But when Katie Couric accepted the job as global anchor of Yahoo News, internet portal The Daily Beast wondered if it signaled “the end of old media dominance.” Count us among the skeptical.
Big Wheel keeps on rolling
Wheel of Fortune kept its place on top of the syndie total viewers chart during the week of 11/11/13, and Judge Judy once again...
CBS on top in tight three-way race
Three networks had a 7 share, but CBS prevailed in a ratings contest that went 2.5-2.4-2.3, beating ABC and NBC. Fox was ahead of...
WGA backs broadcast in retransmission debate
The Writers Guild of America West said that Congress was right to protect local broadcast by supporting retransmission consent, and said that growing consolidation in the MVPD industry and ever-increasing competition make it as important now as it ever was.
ACA echoes Rockefeller in call for SSA review
The practice of combining certain operational facets of local television stations via JSAs and SSAs
Rockefeller wants FCC to apply brakes on TV deals
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) has already asked the GAO for a
Fox Sports Regional Networks ups Krolik to President
Fox Sports promoted Fox Sports Regional Networks EVP Jeff Krolik to president of its regional networks unit, overseeing 22 regional sports networks including Prime...
NBC owns Monday once again
It was another wire-to-wire Monday victory for NBC, kicked off by The Voice and finished by The Blacklist. CBS and ABC tied for 2nd...
Union finds retrans standstill rule unacceptable
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) has a number of members working in the broadcasting field, and beyond that it is able to see the battle over retransmission consent through the prism of its own situation, and has sided with broadcasters.