Viacom’s announcement last week that it will merge the news operations of its two Los Angeles stations, KCAL-TV and KCBS-TV, marked the launch of an important test case for duopoly ownership-a case that will be closely monitored by the industry…
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DirecTV to carry 37 additional Pax-affiliate stations Despite the U.S. Supreme Court today rejecting appeals from the direct broadcast satellite industry (DirecTV and soon-to-be parent Echostar) to reverse the must-carry rules requiring carriage of local TV stations, Paxson Communications Corporation…
The influential Senate Commerce Committee is in the early stages of preparing major legislation aimed at speeding up broadcasters’ largely troubled digital transition and could have a draft ready in months, Electronic Media has learned.The measure, which panel Chairman Ernest…
Though centralcasting captures most of the attention of TV stations, more broadcasters are looking to consolidate traffic functions. Many stations have turned to Optimal Solutions Inc., which offers a PC-based system that centralizes traffic. OSI isn’t new-it installed its first…
Trio’s Lauren Zalaznick, left, host Sandra Bernhard and Universal Television’s Patrick Vien at the June 5 opening of a special exhibit at New York’s Robert Miller Gallery in conjunction with Trio’s “Art & Outrage: The Documentary.”Above, Gil Schwartz looked the…
Paula Tutman, a reporter for NBC affiliate WDIV-TV, Detroit, launched a segment on the station called “Paula’s People and Places” during the May book. Owing to positive feedback, it looks as though she will continue the segment. A 10-year veteran…
What it is: PromoLogic from MyDTV, a promotional pop-up service for television programmers.How it works: PromoLogic is a cross-channel service that delivers on-screen messages to viewers about upcoming programming. The alerts are sent based on preferences that users enters about…
Bob McCauley, recently named president of Adlink, is a 16-year veteran of the TV ad business. He is one of the few general sales managers in the country to have run the sales operations for two major market stations at…
Univision Communications continues to mine the fastest-growing media market with its purchase of Hispanic Broadcasting, the top-ranked Spanish-language radio broadcaster, for $3.5 billion, or a 30 percent premium. The deal calls for each share of Hispanic Broadcasting, which closed Tuesday…