“Can you imagine a newspaper’s living section repeating all of its articles just a few months later? Throughout our industry, increased competition and viewer choice is spurring more original summer fare.”Ken Solomon, president, Fine Living Network“I’m already getting grumbles from…
Judge Rules on DirecTV and Pegasus A federal judge late Thursday limited the issues at trial in a dispute between No. 1 digital broadcast satellite provider DirecTV and Pegasus Communications and the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative. The conflict arises out…
Upfront Estimates May Set Record A buyers feeding frenzy is fueling a broadcast-upfront market that looks likely to set a volume record, with early network and advertising executives estimates exceeding $9 billion and perhaps reaching $9.3 billion. And NBC, the…
Fox Declares Sweeps Victory Fox Entertainment Group Chairman Sandy Grushow declared a sweeps victory in adults 18 to 49 with one day left to go on a conference call with reporters Wednesday. Fox and NBC are tied at a 4.4…
Moonves Touts CBS’s Sweeps Sweep CBS Chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves, on a conference call with reporters today, declared a “sweeps trifecta” with the network’s May sweeps victory in total viewers. For the first time in 15 years, the network…
You know the television industry’s ethical standards are in trouble when Walter Cronkite, once celebrated as the most trusted man in America, becomes ensnared along with a number of other high-profile broadcast journalists in a scheme to dress up drug…
The president has declared an end to combat, the troops are coming home and local reporters have returned to their stations.But for many of the local broadcasters that took the bold and expensive step of sending local talent to cover…
ABC has scored touchdown after touchdown on the technology field, beginning with a long list of innovations for sports coverage. “Instant replay, slow-motion and super slo-mo, freeze frames and the development of lavalier micophones came from ABC,” said Carl Girod,…
Refusing to yield to escalating pressure from Democrats, GOP Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell last week announced that the agency will stick to his longtime plan to vote on new media ownership rules June 2.Earlier in the week, the…
The premise that draws romantically minded viewers to ABC’s The Bachelor is that the trail of roses will eventually lead to a real engagement and marriage. However, that isn’t what is on the mind of Bob Guiney, recently tapped as…