Comcast, HBO, others hit with mobile app patent suit
Comcast, Home Box Office, Dropbox and eight others were hit with patent infringement suits 9/15 in Texas federal court by MacroSolve Inc., which claims...
FCC almost ready to consider TV sports blackouts
Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote a letter to Acting FCC Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn questioning the Sports Blackout Rule. Noting the...
Fox takes Thursday with X Factor
Despite a strong showing during the first two hours of the night, CBS came in 2nd to Fox when all was said and done...
Court denies FilmOn X bid to lift injunction
Another bad day for FilmOn X: Federal Judge Rosemary Collyer has refused to reconsider her order prohibiting Alki David’s startup from streaming TV shows. FilmOn X, an Aereo copycat that also uses arrays of tiny antennas to stream local over-the-air broadcast television over the Internet, had another let-down in court--and that's not good for Aereo either.
Cesar Conde leaves Univision for NBCU
Univision Communications announced a reorganization of the Univision Networks team, under
Disney set to reel in shares
The Walt Disney Company says business is going very well and is poised to continue on that track, advertising sales are in line with...
Shepard Smith upped to Chief News Director at FNC
The announcement comes two months after the Fox News Channel said its Megyn Kelly would be
NAB restates the case for leaving retrans process alone
According to the National Association of Broadcasters, were it not for three companies – TWC
Fox wins Wednesday
The X Factor started soft, but MasterChef finished strong, and both did well enough to put Wednesday in the win column for Fox. CBS,...
Telemundo, Tapestry, IRI to launch ad effectiveness study
Telemundo Media, one of the leading producers of Spanish-language prime time content for audiences; Tapestry, a division of SMG Multicultural, a unit of Starcom...
Time Warner Cable lost customers during CBS blackout
Rob Marcus, Time Warner Cable President/COO said the pay TV operator lost subscribers during a month-long blackout of CBS/SHO in three major markets.
The absence...
TNN adds WBMM-TV
The Nashville Network welcomed its latest affiliate WBMM – Montgomery-Selma, AL (DMA 118). WBMM, owned and operated by Alabama Telecasters, Inc./Bahakel Communications, will begin...
New Jersey legislators keep the heat on Fox over WWOR
Both Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) do not believe Fox Television Stations
NBC wins Obama-disrupted Tuesday
Analysts at TVByTheNumbers said the Presidential address on Syria made program comps with last week difficult using early numbers, but the numbers still point...
NAB makes retrans case on Capitol Hill
MVPDs have been making a lot of noise during the past few years in pursuit of federal intervention in the retransmission consent process....