Al Jazeera America not getting many ad buys
Al Jazeera America, debuting 8/20, will compete with CNN, Fox News and MSNBC for news eyes, but it won't launch with many advertisers, says a NY Post story. The network is having a tough time persuading Madison Avenue to buy airtime on a channel perceived as anti-American.
Fox on the prowl for stations in NFL territory
The bond between Fox Television Network and the NFL is strong, particularly on the NFC side, with
Big Bang segues into August on top of syndie heap
During the week beginning 7/29, syndicated episodes of The Big Bank Theory won both the total viewers and household ratings battles. Wheel was #2...
21st Century Fox indulges in Vice
Rupert Murdoch is said to be an admirer of multimedia outfit Vice Media, and soon will be more than that after making an investment...
CBS blackout may go into NFL season
The NY Times reports analysts are saying it is looking like the blackout of CBS stations in more than
RNC OKs shutting NBC, CNN out of 2016 debates
The Republican National Committee has told NBC and CNN that they have a choice: Either they pull the plug on planned programs which it...
Meredith keeps dividend streak alive
For the 66th consecutive year, shareholders in Meredith Corporation stock will receive a dividend, and for the 20th consecutive year, it will be bigger...
Fox nips NBC for Wednesday win
The top show at Fox barely edged out the top show at NBC, and by the same slim margin, Fox edged NBC overall Wednesday...
Gray puts blinders on Fox O&O in Harrisonburg
Fox Television’s WTTG-TV Washington is a big fish, but it will have to swim with most of its fins tied behind its back in...
SoCal TWC subscribers sue over blackout
Three Time Warner Cable customers in southern California filing a class-action lawsuit against
Wells Fargo prescribes a chill pill
Television group M&A activity and the testy retransmission consent battle between CBS and TWC
Sinclair/Allbritton gets a docket
The year of big television group sales has also been the year of the FCC’s accommodation of a public dialogue about big television group...
Once again, Talent provides NBC with a win
America's Got Talent was easily the top show of the night, and it gave the Tuesday Nielsen race to NBC. Fox and Univision tied...
CBS, RTL to launch new channels in Asia
CBS Studios International and European entertainment network RTL have signed a partnership to launch two new channels in Southeast Asia. The channels will be...
McCain-FCC exchange on a la carte
In a 6/12/13 letter to Acting FCC Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) pressed for