Bounce TV signs licensing deals with Paramount, Warner Bros.
Bounce TV, the over-the-air broadcast television network for African-American audiences, has acquired the television rights to more African American-skewing motion pictures in two individual,...
Belo Q4 up sans political and Q1 is looking strong
Q4 revenues for Belo Corporation came in slightly ahead of Wall Street expectations as $180.3 million. That was down 13% from a year earlier, which had included lots of political advertising. Excluding political, Belo CEO Dunia Shive notes that Q4
Jimmy Fallon got boost from Super Bowl
"Late-Night with Jimmy Fallon" results on Super Bowl Sunday: * The special edition of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" averaged a 2.5 rating in...
PTC says NBC should have known who it put on Super Bowl stage
Tim Winter of Parents Television Council suggested that had it not been M.I.A. who used the Super Bowl halftime show to shock America, it...
No way for stations to inoculate against wayward talent
Wouldn’t it be great if a station planning a live broadcast could plan to pin the blame on the bleeper if necessary? However, while...
Super Bowl was most watched TV broadcast ever
With the data from The Nielsen Company in hand and adjusted for time zone differences, NBC Sports has declared that Sunday’s Super Bowl, in...
Nickelodeon acquires Life with Boys tween comedy
The Canadian comedy “Life with Boys” has been acquired by Nickelodeon. The 22-episode series has already enjoyed success in Canada and the UK and...
NBC updates Super Bowl Sunday numbers
Sunday Results, updated with time zone-adjusted fast nationals: * The season 2 premiere of "The Voice" (16.3 rating in adults 18-49 and 37.611 million ...
DVR stats put Modern Family ahead of Idol
Live + 7 Day Ratings for the week of 1/16/12 (Week #18):
Based on the Live + 7 Day ratings, ABC’s Modern Family emerged as...
Another huge Super Bowl audience
As expected, NBC was the overwhelming ratings winner on Sunday night, since it had the Super Bowl this year. The other networks mostly stayed...
FCC may have another Super Bowl incident to review (video)
Both NBC and the NFL issued apologies to viewers of the 2/5/12 broadcast of the Super Bowl halftime show starring Madonna. It was not Madonna, but a featured performer, who went overboard this time
New Iranian TV network broadcasts to Latin America
Iran began broadcasting on its own Spanish-language satellite TV network, “HispanTV,” 2/5 in an effort to improve relations with Latin American countries. The 24-hour-a-day...
NBC won Super Bowl Sunday primetime
Sunday Results (accurate fast nationals for the Super Bowl and "The Voice" are expected later today -- please note that the fast affiliate ratings...
Nielsen ended 2011 with growth quarter
The consumer data “Buy” segment led the way, but revenues for the “Watch” TV ratings business also improved in Q4 for Nielsen. Also, the...