The Federal Communications Commission unanimously adopted rules last week making clear that broadcasters that don’t soon raise their digital TV stations to fully authorized power levels could lose potential audience reach permanently. In its order, the FCC said most Big…
Eurocinema has secured initial cable carriage for an Aug. 15 launch of its international film on-demand offering. The VOD-only service will be available in 12 markets with three two-hour themed packages of European and international films rarely available in the…
Jeff Block, the general manager of Cox Television-owned KTVU-TV since 2001, will ascend to a new position as head of Cox Television’s overall strategic digital efforts as soon as his successor at the San Francisco Fox affiliate can be found…
Charter Communications late Thursday said it moved one step closer to settling 18 class-action lawsuits filed against the company in connection with an accounting scandal that was exposed three years ago. Charter agreed in principle to pay Charter shareholders $144…
Adelphia Communications on Friday outlined a plan for the sale of the bankrupt cable operator to take place by the end of the year and expressed a willingness to entertain offers for the entire company or select cable clusters.Sale of…
Gray Television on Friday reported a 73 percent surge in second-quarter profit, as advertising revenue and political campaign spending helped fuel growth in the period.The Atlanta-based owner of 29 network-affiliated television stations reported a second-quarter profit of $12.2 million, or…
Granite Broadcasting executives on Friday expressed confidence that they would be permitted by the Federal Communications Commission to complete a station sale with Malara Broadcast Group that would create a “virtual” duopoly in Duluth, Minn.W. Don Cornwell, Granite’s CEO, said…
DirecTV Group reported Thursday a quarterly loss of $13 million, compared with a year-earlier profit of $22 million. Revenue surged 21 percent to $2.6 billion as higher costs for subscriber-acquisition and customer-retention efforts offset revenues from a 944,000-customer gain in…
Station managers can breathe a collective sigh of relief now that Oprah Winfrey has renewed her contract with King World to host and produce “The Oprah Winfrey Show” through the 2010-2011 season. Ms. Winfrey had regularly been a subject of…
Paxson Communications on Thursday reported a widened second-quarter loss of $48.8 million, or 72 cents a share, compared with year-earlier red ink of $17 million, or 25 cents a share, even as the company booked a 6 percent increase in…