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NASA being grounded by FCCKey sources last week were all but pronouncing dead a request by affiliates of the Big 3 networks for a Federal Communications Commission investigation into alleged network abuses of their local partners. The chief reason: Agency…
Newspaper critics love to rag on their local newscasts: the crime reporting, the graphics overkill, the idiotic sweeps stories, etc. Yet 150 million Americans tune in to them every week, far more than watch blue-chip network newscasts and cable news…
Boston TV stations may not be welcoming Nielsen People Meters with open arms, but ad agencies are eagerly waiting for the service-which they say provides more accurate ratings information.Boston is the first local market in which Nielsen is ditching diaries…
The Federal Communications Commission has cleared the way for the potential creation of hundreds of new TV stations whose owners won’t face the same regulatory restrictions as existing broadcasters.In addition, the new stations would be able to use whatever technology…
Cable interconnects are becoming big business for Comcast Corp., which says it is significantly cutting into local TV broadcasters’ already weak advertising business this year.“There is no question we are taking market share at a rapid rate from the broadcasters…
(up-to-date list of sitcoms formally ordered by the broadcast networks)“8 Simple Rules …” (Touchstone Television)-A protective dad deals with his teen-age daughters; based on W. Bruce Cameron’s book, “8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teen-age Daughter.” Tracy Gamble is writer…
Critics of `Boston Public’ air grievancesMore than a dozen conservative and Christian groups complained to the Federal Communications Commission last week that Fox’s “Boston Public,” which airs Monday nights at 8 p.m. (ET), has too much sex for a show…
The Bush administration has this message for commercial television broadcasters: Return your analog spectrum to the government on time or pay a half-billion dollars in annual fees.The proposal, strongly opposed by the National Association of Broadcasters, is buried in the…
MGM may increase Rainbow Media stakeMGM may soon increase its 20 percent stake in Rainbow Media Group to as much as 50 percent, which would allow it to consolidate Rainbow’s cable channels on its balance sheet, according to knowledgeable sources….
In “Bicoastal cable buys on the horizon” (EM, Jan. 21), there is no contractual relationship between Adlink and the New York Interconnect to sell together.