Wednesday, July 1, 2026

YouTube

Google to launch YouTube channel in the UK

Google has signed a deal with the U.K.'s Freesat to launch a standalone YouTube TV channel. Customers of the satellite TV operator will soon...
NAB / National Association of Broadcasters

NAB tries to keep incentive auction process on course

A delegation of NAB staffers met with FCC Office of Engineering and Technology staffers and others in an effort to forestall changes in the...
CBS

CBS: Big Bang Theory was #1 on Thurs.

THE BIG BANG THEORY was Thursday’s #1 program in viewers and key demographics posting week-to-week growth and leading CBS to a nightly win, according...
ABC

ABC has strong Thursday

Building week to week in Adults 18-49 (+9%), ABC matched its top-rated Thursday with series programming since October 4, 2012. During the 8 o’clock hour,...

Big Bang eclipses American Idol

CBS took Thursday's 18-49 title with room to spare as Big Bang bested Idol by two ratings points. Univison was 4th behind ABC and...
FOX

Fox to unveil sports channels to ad buyers

Get ready ESPN: News Corp will unveil its long-rumored national sports channel to advertisers in
Belo

Belo joins positive political parade in Q4

If you were a television group in the United States during the final three months of 2012, you were almost guaranteed to post very...
Dollar Sign

Deconstructing a retrans he-said she-said report

The American Cable Association is pressing the FCC to restrict broadcasters when it comes to retransmission negotiations, and MVPDs in general have been seeking...

Syndie viewing continues hot

Judge Judy just missed hitting the 10M viewer threshold during the week of 1/21/13, and that was only good enough for 5th place. That...
CBS

Report: CBS broke even or lost money on Super Bowl

SNL Kagan said CBS "likely broke even or lost a little money" on its airing of the big game this year. CBS's production costs...
Sports

Fox sheds no tears over loss of Dodgers

During its quarterly conference call with analysts and investors, executives at News Corp. discussed the fact that the Los Angeles Dodgers broadcast rights are...
Ajit Pai

Pai makes the case for broadcast TV

According to FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai, broadcasters continue to provide vital news and emergency information to the American public, despite facing increasing competition on...
ABC

ABC takes second place in 18-49

Based on Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings: ABC was a competitive #2 on Wednesday in Adults 18-49 to Fox with a 2-hour...
FOX

Fox: American Idol dominates Wednesday

NOTE: A18-49 usage was down -4% from 8-10pm last night versus last week. With a two-hour AMERICAN IDOL, FOX dominated last night in virtually every...

Fox wins Wednesday with American Idol

The 18-49 results for Fox's talent show were better than double those of #2 ABC, which in turn was only slightly ahead of CBS....