Lanzano: TVB's effort to move gov't ad dollars to local TV (audio)
Steve Lanzano, TVB President, told RBR-TVBR on Friday a bit of background that
Smith to Congress: Protect TV to the maximum extent possible
Speaking at yet another Congressional hearing on voluntary incentive auctions targeting the television space, NAB President/CEO Gordon Smith
Wheel rolls over syndi competition
Pat Sajak and Vanna White presided over the top syndicated program in America in terms of viewers from 6/27 through 7/3. Two and a...
'The Bachelorette' goes hometown with four Bachelors
The stakes are high as Ashley returns from her exciting tour of the Far East for an emotionally charged journey across the country to visit Constantine, Ames, Ben F. and J.P. in their hometowns. Her bonds are growing stronger with these men, but
ABC cannot quite Wipeout Big Brother of CBS
ABC started and ended Thursday on top, but Big Brother carried the middle and the night overall for CBS. Fox was 3rd, and Univision...
Rebekah Brooks resigns; arrested for questioning
Less than a day after News Corp. head Rupert Murdoch told his Wall Street Journal that the company “handled the crisis ‘extremely well in...
Broadcasters pick up more spectrum support in House
Members of both parties in Congress want to make sure that any language involving spectrum repurposing in the television band in no way throws broadcasters under the bus. Four House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats
ABC 'Rookie Blue' takes 2nd place
The ABC sophomore drama also finished #1 in the hour with Adults 25-54.
ABC ran in a virtual tie for #1 with CBS on Thursday...
CBS wins Thursday w/ 'Big Brother' and 'The Big Bang'
"Big Brother" is the Night's #1 Program in all Key Ratings Measures.
THURSDAY'S "BIG BROTHER" LIVE EVICTION SHOW WINS ITS TIME PERIOD IN VIEWERS AND...
NBC's Thursday sitcoms w/ 'The Office' fourth-place
At 8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "Community" (0.8/2 in 18-49, 2.2 million viewers overall) grew versus the prior week by 33 percent...
Thursday Late-Night 'Jay Leno' winner over 'David Letterman'
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," 2.3//6; and ABC's...
Fox's 'So You Think You Can Dance Results' 2nd at 8pm
FOX placed third last night among Adults 18-49 but ranked #1 among its core Adults 18-34 demo. Overall usage was down -6% last night...
Cable interests continue to battle Topeka broadcast cluster
When Parkin Broadcasting Company closes on its acquisition of ABC KTKA-TV Topeka, it will be its one and only station in the market. However, for cable operators, the deal raises a red flag because PBC is often an SSA partner with New Vision Broadcasting, and
Netflix renews, expands NBCU deal
A day after annoying its 23-million strong subscriber base by increasing the fee for the Watch Instantly+DVD rate plan, Netflix renewed a content deal...
Nexstar buys GoLocal.Biz
Nexstar Broadcasting Group has acquired St. George, Utah-based GoLocal.Biz, which currently provides local business directory, couponing, movie and entertainment listings to all 35 of...