Viacom and Disney stocks at all-time high
Viacom's stock hit the high after Nomura analyst Michael Nathanson raised his price target by $2 to $68. He also reiterated his "buy" rating...
Fox may go to cable-only if Aereo wins
And can anyone blame them? News Corp. President/COO Chase Carey told an NAB Show audience that,
Country scores for CBS on Sunday
CBS's telecast of the Academy of Country Music Awards dominated the night. Fox edged NBC for the #2 slot, and Univision relegated ABC to...
Bonten Media prospects upgraded
Strong 2012 advertising revenues in both core categories and political allowed television group Bonten Media to bring its debt ratio down and earned it...
Judge Judy renewed for four more
The CBS Television Distribution show, which currently draws more viewers than any other program in daytime, has signed a new multi-year deal with Judy...
Fox Sports sued for racial discrimination
Fox Sports has been sued by Jerry Davis, a former exec who claims he was denied a promotion and later fired because he is...
FCC freezes TV technical modifications
With the incentive auctions and associated channel repacking impending, the FCC wants to keep the existing allotment picture just as it is. It will...
Another misguided attack on the FCC over indecency
Morality in Media, which is primarily concerned with pornography, also keeps its eye on indecency issues
Hemisphere Media Group formed
Hemisphere Media Group, Inc. announced the completion of a series of mergers in which it became the new parent company of Cine Latino, InterMedia...
“The Daily Show,” “The Colbert Report” tops in 18-49
For the first time, "The Colbert Report" has overtaken "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" among Adults 18-49 for a full quarter to give...
ABC was #1 with Women on Thursday
With Wife Swap, Grey’s and Scandal, ABC ranked #1 on Thursday night among key Women (W18-34/W18-49) demos. In fact it was the Net’s 3rd...
CBS takes Thursday with a Bang
There was nothing theoretical about Big Bang's defeat of American Idol - the scores weren't close and CBS rode the win to #1 for...
Disney to lay off workers
Disney expects to begin layoffs at its studio and consumer product divisions within the next two weeks, according to a Reuters story, in the...
Big Bang holds serve while other syndies slip
Lately, there have been four syndicated offerings routinely surpassing the 10M weekly viewer threshold, but during the week beginning 3/18/13, only Big Bang Theory...
The Angry Birds model of program creation
It started as an internet game primarily played on mobile devices – but it’s gotten so big that the creators and distributors of Angry...