Pai comes out strong for Down from 51 repacking plan
The FCC introduced a new repacking plan earlier this year aimed at increasing flexibility by
A Dome and reruns work for CBS on Monday
Under the Dome was the top broadcast show of the night and it was enough to put CBS just ahead of tightly-paired ABC and...
Critical role of broadcasters during OK tornadoes
When a weather emergency strikes, the primary source of critical, life-saving information for citizens is a group of private businesses, not a group of...
More low-hanging group TV fruit seen
The announcement of yet another blockbuster television group sale is no reason to believe there won’t still be some more action – and Marci Ryvicker of Wells Fargo believes both Sinclair and Nexstar are still hungry for more acquisitions.
Low impact win for CBS on Sunday
We don't know what Americans were doing last night, but we do know that not many of them were watching broadcast TV. It only...
Judge Judy moves up
It was judgement for the Judge in the syndie ratings for the week of 6/10/13 – although Big Bang had the most viewers as...
NAB makes the case for Down from 51 band plan
The National Association of Broadcasters wrote to the FCC noting that while there are still areas in the television incentive auction plan where differences...
Fox ties up Thursday night
Hell's Kitchen opened the night for Fox in a tie with a rerun of Big Bang on CBS, and for the night, it ended...
Media General-Dish negotiations down to the wire
Media General broadcast affiliates in 16 markets could cut off Dish Network customers at midnight on
OWN to air AMC, OLTL
Oprah Winfrey Network is hosting a summer fling for soap fans as the network has acquired the first 40 episodes of The OnLine Network's...
Fox whips up a Wednesday win
MasterChef on Fox dueled CBS’s Big Brother to a first-hour tie, but claimed the second hour against different programs for itself by a wide...
FCC says auctions on track, nothing set in stone
The various FCC staffers working on the broadcast incentive auctions are working hard to balance the needs
Aereo sets Chicago launch
Aereo’s local broadcast streaming service launches in the Chicagoland area on 9/13, continuing the company’s nationwide rollout
Ryvicker: We’re not so worried about Aereo
Marci Ryvicker, Wells Fargo Securities Senior Analyst, thinks Barry Diller’s embattled local broadcast TV streaming service doesn’t really pose that much of a threat...
Dish pulls Clearwire offer, too
What a waste of attorney fees: Only days after Dish Network pulled its offer to acquire Sprint, it announced 6/26 that it is withdrawing its tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock of mobile service provider Clearwire Corporation, including any shares of Class A Common Stock issued in respect of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, for $4.40 per share. Dish’s tender offer “provided that it could be withdrawn, among other reasons, as a result of the recent change in recommendation by Clearwire.”