ABC’s Wednesday repeats beat Fox’s mobbed originals
On Wednesday night with its 2-hour repeat comedy block and a recap clip-show for Nashville, ABC beat out Fox’s original line-up (Mobbed/Mobbed) by 36%...
New television group on the prowl for stations
New Vision Television Group ceased to exist when the sale of its stations to LIN closed last fall. However,
Al Gore sells Current TV to Al-Jazeera
The former VP and Current TV Chairman and co-founder has pocketed quote a profit in selling his cable channel Current TV to
Washington reps ask FCC to protect broadcast television
Channel repacking in advance of incentive spectrum auctions may be a challenging proposition in any large market, and it is of particular concern in...
TV overlap with Tribune costs Fisher a director
Tribune Company has emerged from bankruptcy and announced its new board – and as a result, there was collateral damage to the Fisher Communications...
NBC: “Off Their Rockers,” “Parenthood” #1 & #2 18-49
NBC ranked #1 among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox Tuesday night in 18-49 as the 9:30 encore of "Betty White's Off Their Rockers" and...
ABC rings in biggest New Year’s Eve in 12 years
With its New Year’s Eve lineup, featuring New Year’s Rockin’ Eve Celebrates Dick Clark and Dick Cark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan...
News Corp. buys SportsTime Ohio
It’s a regional sports network based in Cleveland that airs Indians baseball games, Cleveland Browns football, college football and high school sports.
The company did...
Disney, Charter Communications re-up distribution deal
It’s a comprehensive long-term distribution agreement to deliver Disney’s lineup of networks to Charter TV customers across televisions, computers, smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles and...
DirecTV to up subscriber fees by 4.5%
Its service fees will rise by an average of 4.5% on 2/7 due to increasing programming costs
Fox was #1 with teens
Strong performance by the two-night THE X FACTOR finale this week led the network to rank No. 1 for the week among Teens and...
CBS scores week’s top six dramas
NCIS was the week's top program in viewers – topping Sunday Night Football – as well as the top scripted program in adults 25-54...
ABC up week-to-week
Monday: In the 10 o’clock hour, ABC’s repeat Castle drew a 16% larger overall audience than NBC’s The Voice-fueled Take It All. Castle surged...
NBC dominates week 13 with “The Voice,” football
With "Sunday Night Football" and "The Voice" accounting for the week's
#1, 2 and 3 primetime programs in 18-49, NBC has won the season's 13th
week...
Wall Street ump assesses ION Media’s content strategy
The entities behind television programmer and television station owner Ion Media have been given a basically good bill of health by Moody’s Investor Service,...