Retrans impasse: Basic cable/satellite edition
There is a very good chance that as of midnight tonight (it’s 7/10/12), 26 Viacom basic cable channels will disappear from the DirecTV lineup...
Hearst pulls the plug on Time Warner Cable
After extending talks beyond the original expiration of their retransmission consent contract with Time Warner Cable on 7/1, all Hearst O&O stations except one...
NBC #2 for the week
Monday Results: From 8-9 p.m. ET, "Fear Factor" averaged a 1.3 rating, 4 share in adults 18-49 and 4.0 million viewers overall. From its...
ABC delivered 4 of the Top 20
Overall: During the week of 7/2/12, ABC delivered 4 of the Top 20 most-watched television shows overall: The Bachelorette – #8, 20/20 – #13,...
Food, baseball propel Fox to Independence week win
Thanks to strong performances by HELL’S KITCHEN, MASTERCHEF and FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL, FOX won the Independence Day holiday week among Adults 18-49. Overall, last...
Fox cooks up a Monday night win
Gordon Ramsay has delivered again for Fox, with strong performances from both of his shows. ABC was 2nd 18-49 and earned total viewer honors.
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Genachowski confirms FCC role in retrans is limited
A number of television topics were raised during the House Communications Subcommittee FCC Oversight hearing. Incentive auctions were a big topic, but the highlight...
NBCU to sell AETN share for $3 billion
We had originally heard $2.8 billion, but that figure has moved up to $3.03 billion, the company said in a regulatory filing 7/10: Comcast...
Judge sends AutoHop suit to California
Dish Network has lost its bid to move the legal dispute over its AutoHop ad-skipping technology in New York. U.S. District Judge
Total TV political take well over half a billion
The national party conventions are still in the future, but already television’s total take in political ad revenue is closing in on $600M
Jennifer Lopez to produce drama on lesbian couple
Lopez has signed up to be an executive producer on an untitled ABC Family dramatic series about a lesbian couple (with numerous children already)...
Big Bang scores 10M viewers
The week of 6/18-24 was a great one for Big Bang Theory, which topped the 10M threshold in terms of viewers and led in...
“Dateline” was #1 on Sunday in timeslot
From 7-8 p.m. ET, "Dateline NBC" (1.1/4 in 18-49, 5.8 million viewers overall) ranked #1 in the time period among ABC, CBS, NBC and...
Sunday night goes to ABC
ABC had the most fresh content, and consequently it had the best 18-49 rating and the most total viewers. Fox wasn't too far back,...
FCC finds for small cabler in good faith dispute
Allbritton Communications’ ABC WJLA-TV in Washington DC sought FCC intervention in a retransmission dispute with a small Virginia cable system owned by Shentel Telecommunications....