Excessive MVPD demands cited in ongoing carriage dispute
DirecTV ceased carrying five television stations owned and operated by Northwest Broadcasting as of 8/13/12. Northwest’s Brian Brady says price was not the problem,...
Local TV has already banked $800M in political
Political spending during the month of August was 77% higher than it was in July and the total spending
Apple TV launch delayed; problems securing licensing
As we have stated, to launch the Apple TV and make it the offering that many are expecting, Apple needs to get quite a...
Social media can drive television viewership
Horowitz Associates notes fears of new media eroding the audience for more traditional media choices, but there is now evidence that social media actually...
Chuck Lorre, Warner Brothers add four more years
The iconic producer has signed a new four-year development and production deal with the studio that keeps The Big Bang Theory, Two and a...
Univision scores #1 in two demos for the week
Univision Broadcast Prime Highlights - Week of August 27, 2012 to September 2, 2012
· Univision was the #1 network during primetime last week among...
ABC tops in Men for the night
Overall: During the week of 8/27/12, ABC’s 7th-season premiere of Saturday Night Football finished as the #1 TV show among Adults 18-49 and across...
NBC: “talent” #1 for the night in total viewers
Tuesday Results (subject to adjustment due to live coverage of the Republican National Convention):
· Pending updates, from 8-10 p.m. ET, “America’s Got Talent” (2.3/6...
Fox tops in Adults 18-49
Tuesday night, MASTERCHEF and HELL’S KITCHEN were the top two programs of the night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Adults 25-54.
FOX was #1...
Fox wins entertainment, NBC wins convention
Cooking was the recipe for success once more for Fox on Tuesday night, with NBC taking second place - and first place during the...
YouTube movie rentals coming to iPTVs
Google’s YouTube is adding paid movie rentals to its app on a number of Smart TV platforms before the end of the year. It...
CBS, Cablevision come to retransmission terms
Another retransmission consent agreement has been reached before most people were likely even aware a negotiation was in progress. The primary accomplishment this time...
Guggenheim snags Dick Clark Productions
Mandalay Entertainment and Mosaic Media Investment Partners are joining Guggenheim Partners in the acquisition of Dick Clark Productions. The seller was Dan Snyder’s Red...
Broadcast remains most in-demand program source
A study from The Diffusion Group on “must have” television finds the Big Four broadcast networks at the top of the heap by a...
ABC up 8% in 18-49
Building its overall audience for the 2nd straight week and rising 8% week to week in Adults 18-49, the season’s penultimate episode of ABC’s...