DirecTV’s third-quarter subscriber growth slowed 20% from a year earlier due to spending cutbacks on higher-end television services, Multichannel News reports, citing Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett. Slowing growth at satellite TV providers like DirecTV, which reports earnings this…
The closing days of the long presidential campaign made Fox News Channel the most-watched of all basic cable channels during prime time the week of Oct. 27. Also riding the political wave: MSNBC, whose prime-time lineup got a particularly healthy…
After delaying a decision for hours, the Federal Communications Commission today gave the go-ahead to using the so-called “white space” between broadcast TV channels for new wireless devices, adding some last-minute limits on how the devices can initially be used….
Media buyers and advertisers are preparing for the audience of NBC’s “Tonight Show” to get younger once Conan O’Brien replaces Jay Leno as host next year, Advertising Age reports. The show’s future audience is likely to more resemble those who…
Consumer-products giants such as Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson are starting to skip one step in the creative process by enlisting media companies for new ideas on ways to sell its goods, Advertising Age reports. Such efforts follow…
The Federal Communications Commission denied WSMH-DT, Fox’s affiliate in Flint, Mich., a waiver from the regulator’s requirement for the station to prove its digital signal strength, Broadcasting & Cable says. The station, which also broadcasts into Canada, says its signal…
February’s switchover to all-digital broadcasts will be commemorated Nov. 10 with an event hosted by NBC’s David Gregory that will include Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin and NAB Chief Executive Officer David Rehr, Radio Business Report says. Univision chief…
National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell sent a letter to Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., defending the programming policies of the NFL Network, the Associated Press reports. U.S. senators have said the network, which is available in fewer than 40% of…
An appeal of the Federal Communications Commission’s media ownership changes is heading back to the Philadelphia appeals court that overturned the FCC’s last attempt to ease its rules. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today consolidated various appeals of the…
The percentage of U.S. households that remain completely unready for February’s DTV switch is decreasing at a faster rate as the switchover approaches, according to new information from Nielsen People Meter household samples. As of October, only 7.7% of U.S….