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 Dish’s tender offer “provided that it could be withdrawn, among other reasons, as a result of the recent change in recommendation by Clearwire.”
The Gray area in television station trading
The stock price of Gray Television has followed a trajectory since the beginning of 2012 that NASA would be proud of, leading at least...
NBC wins talent face-off with Fox
Fox's danced during the first two hours, and NBC went with general talent during the second two (one hour of overlap), and NBC came...
Survey finds shaky customer support for MVPDs
A new study from CouponCabin.com found that 45% of American think cable TV is “a waste of money,” which makes one wonder how long cable and satellite will be able to maintain the 81% penetration of that same group of Americans who are currently subscribed to one or the other.
Discovery looking at online subscription service
Discovery Communications working on an Internet streaming service for its TLC, Discovery Channel
NBA Finals highlight diversity on, off court
As basketball and the NBA continue to grow in popularity in countries and continents around the world, it’s no wonder that the globalization of...
NAB’s Kaplan says FCC skimming over reality
NAB Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning Rick Kaplan notes that the FCC seems hell-bent on implementing a variable band plan for station repacking...