Nightly Business Report sold again
A little over a year after buying “Nightly Business Report” (NBR) from WPBT-TV Miami, NBR Worldwide Inc. announced that the public television program has...
Telemundo snares another soccer contract
On the heels of Telemundo Media’s historic acquisition of the exclusive Spanish-language U.S. media rights to FIFA World Cup Soccer across all platforms (except radio) from 2015 through...
South Park renewed through 2016
Oh my god! They’ll kill Kenny many more times! Comedy Central announced a deal with Trey Parker and Matt Stone to keep new episodes...
Week 7: Broadcast 91, Cable 9
Football was big for both broadcast and cable networks in Week 7 of the TV season. According to the merger of Nielsen broadcast and...
NCIS twins win again
CBS won both the 18-49 demo and bragging rights to having the most total viewers on Tuesday night, led by "NCIS" and "NCIS: LA."
Tuesday...
New York senator seeks State Department spectrum intervention
Getting the FCC involved in a domestic spectrum issue is standard operating procedure, but the looming spectrum issue, which brings up issues such as incentive auctions of television space and channel repacking has Sen. Chuck Schumer
ABC 9 pm dominated by live 'Dancing With the Stars'
ABC qualified as the #2 most-watched TV network on Tuesday night to CBS, outdrawing Fox by 4.3 million viewers and NBC by 5.0 million...
Tuesday victory night for CBS w/ 'NCIS'
"NCIS" Tops Tuesday in Viewers and Adults 18-49. CBS Wins the Night in Viewers and Key Demos.
NCIS, NCIS: LOS ANGELES and UNFORGETTABLE all won...
Fox solid Tuesday w/ 'New Girl' and adults 18-49
FOX's Tuesday comedy block ranked #2 last night among Adults 18-49 and won the night among Adults 18-34 and Teens.GLEE: 2.9/8 , down -6%...
NBC 'The Biggest Loser' fourth-place Tuesday
At 10 p.m., "Parenthood" (2.0/5 in 18-49, 5.1 million viewers overall) finished within 0.4 of a rating point of #1 in the time period...
Tuesday late-night winner 'Nightline'
In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.7/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.9/7; and ABC's...
Time Warner Cable scores LA Galaxy from Fox
Time Warner Cable has snagged the television rights to the Los Angeles Galaxy pro soccer team away from Fox Sports West. Time Warner Cable...
Q3 sales soft for ShopNBC
Net sales increased 2% in Q3 to $135 million for ValueVision, which operates as ShopNBC. But that increase was a disappointment, since the restructured...
Analyst applauds LIN stock buyback
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Broadcasters push broadcast overlay to maximize spectrum use
The Coalition argues that there is no amount of spectrum that will be able to meet increasing demand utilizing the one-to-one model that wireless companies offer.