Nielsen profit spikes on TV ratings demand
Nielsen Holdings NV reported a 28% rise in Q3 profit due to higher demand for the company's
FilmOn X says it’s not in contempt of court
On the deadline day set by a federal judge last week to explain why she shouldn’t hold FilmOn X in
ALCS drives strong week for Fox
Last week, the MLB ALCS Games 4, 5 and 6 hit a line-drive for FOX and led the network to a second-place finish among...
Watchdog slams TV sidecar companies
Free Press is upset not only about the wave of deal-making in the television business this year, but the method of consolidation and the FCC’s complicity in allowing it to happen. The key Free Press objection is the use of shell companies and LMAs to create otherwise illegal local station combinations.
NBC wins the week in 18-49
NBC is #1 for week 4 of the 2013-14 season in adults 18-49 and has won the opening four weeks of the season for...
CBS wins fourth week in total viewers
CBS had the #1 comedy, #1 drama, #1 new series and #1 news program, culminating in the Network's fourth consecutive weekly win in viewers,...
ABC up 6% for the week
Overall: During the week 10/14/13, ABC grew 6% week to week in Adults 18-49. The Net aired 5 of the Top 15 non-sports TV...
The Voice carries NBC to Monday win
Add in a 3rd-hour 18-49 win for The Blacklist and NBC took Monday wire-to-wire. CBS was the best of the rest, followed by ABC,...
ACA proposes middle road MPVD menu model
The arguments have been out there for a long time – consumers should not have cable channels thrust upon them whether they want them or not, but at the same time, a la carte menus would be more expensive than one might think. American Cable Association Vice Chair Robert Gessner has a compromise: a la bundle.
Netflix subscribers now top HBO
Netflix has reported (10/21) a big paid subscriber leap in the US that now puts the streaming service ahead of Time Warner's HBO, according...
As Dish hits Media General, NAB hits Dish
Satellite MVPD’s latest retransmission consent impasse involves television group Media
Football dominates Sunday prime
NBC got plenty of bang for its NFL buck, outscoring CBS, ABC, Fox and Univision combined in the ratings department Sunday night. And CBS...
Gannett grows core broadcast revenue
It is almost impossible for a television group to exceed even-year income during an odd year, and Gannett certainly failed to do so, but when political and Olympic income is taken out of the equation, Gannett’s television division had a very successful Q3 2013.
NBCU leads TV Everywhere rollout
So says a new report from the TV Intelligence Service at HIS. NBCU provides TV Everywhere services for 15 of its 18 channels, which is 83% of the company’s cable and broadcast networks, to MVPD subscribers willing to authenticate on second-screen devices.
CBS orders up full season for three comedies
CBS has given full season "back nine" orders to television's top three freshman comedies — The Crazy Ones, The Millers and Mom. The Crazy...