Berkshire Hathaway exercises Media General warrants
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has acquired newspapers from Media General; it’s provided both a term loan and a revolving credit facility for Media General,...
Time Warner eyes execs to revive CNN
Time Warner execs have reached out to media heavyweights, including Sony Chairman Howard Stringer, as they looks for a new chief to revive their...
Fox Sunday results
FOX aired encores of its animated comedies Sunday night:
· NFL Overrun / AMERICAN DAD (R): 1.2/4
· THE CLEVELAND SHOW (R): 1.1/3
· THE SIMPSONS (R):...
NBC Sunday results
Currently available fast-affiliate ratings are not time zone-adjusted and typically understate live NFL telecasts. Despite that, NBC is currently #1 for the night among...
Moody’s likes Gray’s tender move
The analysts at Moody’s have upgraded the status of Gray Television in view of its excellent prospects during the election advertising season and its...
NBC Friday Primetime results
At 8 p.m. ET, “The 2012 ALMA Awards” averaged a 0.6/2 in 18-49 and 2.4 million viewers overall. At 9 p.m. ET, an encore...
Cablevision sides with broadcasters in Aereo fight
In an amicus brief 9/21 in federal court in New York, Cablevision Systems said Aereo's service violates copyright laws. What makes this filing significant...
Football trumps Emmy Awards Sunday night
Not even one of television's biggest annual celebrations could take a dent out of NBC's Sunday night football franchise - it still have better...
Local side-channel broadcaster looking for bigger footprint
January 1, 2013 will mark the second birthday for Greensboro’s Black Network Television. Despite some success, the network, living on a digital side channel...
NFL signs with Time Warner on NFL Network, RedZone
The National Football League and Time Warner Cable ended a nine-year impasse with a new deal that will make the league-owned NFL Network and...
Big Bang beats 10M threshold again
During the week beginning 9/3/12, Big Bang Theory won both the total viewer and household ratings derbies, beating the usual suspects -- #2 Wheel...
FCC addressing TV spectrum auction
The FCC ‘s plans for administering the auction of television spectrum for the purpose of creating more space for wireless broadband will be unveiled...
FCC punts on Fox indecency case
The FCC lost a round over indecency in the Supreme Court over the summer when the high court determined that the FCC changed its...
ABC’s Wipeout scores big
Shooting up week to week in viewers (+26%) and young adults (+27%) against stiff competition from Fox’s The X Factor and NBC’s season premiere,...
NBC: “Parks” matches season finale
Thursday Results (ABC carried NFL football in Charlotte): At 8 p.m. ET, “Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday” (1.6/5 in 18-49, 5.2 million viewers...