FOX: X Factor held steady
In head to head competition last night, FOX’s THE X FACTOR remained steady with last week’s rating while NBC’s The Voice dropped -20% week...
Gray increases Q4 guidance
Political cash was coming in at a fast and furious pace during the final weeks of the 2012 election season for stations in the...
ABC posted across-the-board increases
Despite facing increased competition week to week from a special 2-hour The Voice on NBC, ABC posted across-the-board increases with its Wednesday line up. ...
NBC: Record rating for “Chicago Fire”
Note that the time-period high for "The Voice" should exclude sports.
Wednesday Results: NBC wins Wednesday night in 18-49, as "Chicago Fire" hits a series...
NBC snags Wednesday with The Voice
The Peacock Network had a clear win on the strength of its singing competition. The other three members of the Big Four were packed...
Class A TV station demonstrates how to handle FCC inquiry
As we’ve been reporting all year, the FCC has been targeting Class A stations that have been falling short of their reporting requirements and...
LIN flies high on political gains
With political spending increasing by almost nine times, LIN TV Corporation would have been hard-pressed to produce a negative Q3 2012 result. It didn’t...
Fox loses bid to block Dish’s AutoHop
Judge Dolly Gee of the U.S. District Court in LA on Monday struck down (11/5) the preliminary injunction request by Fox Broadcasting. Gee determined...
Millions tune in for prime time election coverage
From Nielsen:
An estimated 66.8 million people tuned in during primetime to watch the news coverage for the Presidential election as well as the Senate,...
Cox launches Time Warner Cable SportsNet, Deportes
Cox Communications customers in California and Las Vegas now have access to Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes. These networks are...
ACA wants Washington to get back to work
And that, to the American Cable Association, means going after broadcast television stations and their quest for retransmission consent fees. It is also none...
Katie draws biggest audience in 6 weeks
Based on National ratings for the week of 10/22/12, Katie earned the #1 position among all freshmen syndicated talk shows for the 7th week...
NBC bags Election Night network ratings honors
The returns are in and Americans who got their election coverage from a broadcast network elected NBC as the network of choice by a...
Charlie Ergen speaks on DirecTV merger possibility
The Dish Chairman isn't ruling out a merger with DirecTV and supporting a new, national wireless broadband network. Ergen was asked about it in...
Another Class A TV tripped up by children’s rules
Among the full power television responsibilities that come with an LPTV’s upgrade to Class A status is the requirement to report to the FCC...