Pittsburgh Class A cluster in pricy FCC settlement
WBGN-CD Pittsburgh is the in-town outlet of a ten-station Pittsburgh-centered group of Class A television stations owned by Bruno Goodworth Network that were rung...
Tennis Channel goes TV Everywhere
Tennis Channel and distribution partners Verizon FiOS TV and the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) are introducing the network's first TV Everywhere app 8/26,...
PTC attacks MTV Awards
Parents Television Council is no fan of MTV, and certainly was not happy about the most recent broadcast of the MTV Video Music Awards, which it argues included adults-only material and should not have been rated as acceptable for viewing by 14-year-olds.
Time Warner offering free antennas for CBS blackout
Time Warner Cable is offering free antennas to any subscribers who want to watch CBS programming over the air, as the blackout between the...
Buy revealed on Fiery Doritos Locos Tacos campaign
Taco Bell’s Fiery Doritos Locos Tacos campaign will be supported by television, in-store POP, and radio advertising led by Deutsch L.A., as well as digital and social media, supported by Digitas. All media broke break 8/25. Now we know the buy, thanks to Taco Bell’s Deb Bell: “The national TV spot for Fiery Doritos Locos Tacos will run on-air starting this Sunday, 8/25 and we will have a very strong presence in Baseball, College Football, as well as other primetime cable and broadcast networks. The Fiery DLT TV spot will be seen during this Sunday’s MTV VMAs. We will also support Fiery DLT with Hispanic TV and radio.”
ABC Family greenlights three
ABC Family will produce three new comedy pilots, “Mystery Girls,” “Work Mom” and “Young & Hungry,” it was announced by Michael Riley, President, ABC...
Three’s company at top of syndication chart
Big Bang Theory had the most viewers during the week of 8/5/13, but was not able to maintain its lead over #2 Wheel of...
CBS wins NFL-disrupted night
They were playing preseason football Thursday night, skewing ratings in a number of markets, but preliminary Nielsen results gave the night to CBS on...
Syncbak dragged into Aereo-CBS court battle
Syncbak has developed a technology that allows local TV stations to transmit signals to the Internet
Decency activists meet with commissioner
Morality in Media joined with other organizations in a meeting with FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai, urging him to back strong enforcement of broadcast indecency...
Fox cooks up Wednesday win
A leftover and a fresh MasterChef was the recipe for success at Fox Wednesday night, giving it an edge over NBC, CBS and Univision,...
Most Disney layoffs to hit ABC TV stations
The Disney/ABC Television Group, which includes the ABC network, local TV stations
Ryvicker says to go with the cash flow
Wells Fargo analyst Marci Ryvicker says a lot of people are asking the firm what it thinks
CBS comes to retransmission terms with FiOS
Even as the retransmission consent stalemate between CBS and Time Warner Cable continues forward,
La-Z-Boy credits TV for its positive Q1 2014
They say you have to spend money to make money, and according to La-Z-Boy President/CEO Kurt L.