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Potential Game Changer: Time Warner Cable CEO Says If Aereo Ultimately Passes Legal Muster the MSO May Use ‘Similar’ Technology To Deliver Broadcast Signals to Its Cable Subs. Billions of Dollars in Retrans Fees Could be at Stake

Glenn Britt, Time Warner Cable’s chairman and CEO, "said his company may consider capturing television content from public airwaves and delivering them to customers over an Internet connection, a practice that has shaken the entertainment industry.," reports Cecilia Kang in…

Moonves Signals Aggressive Upfront Goals for CBS

CBS’s sales team will go after the highest possible CPM increases in the upcoming upfront market, CBS Corp. President and CEO Les Moonves told investors Wednesday, Adweek reports. Moonves commented during the company’s first-quarter earnings report. Moonves said CBS has…

Only a Handful of Shows Are Defying This Season’s Ratings Skid — and Most of Them Have One Thing in Common

With a brutal season for broadcast ratings winding down, analysts are examining the results to try to find meaning — and at least one analysis came up with an interesting trend. TheWrap.com reports that while newer shows have generally failed…

All-Time Lows Across the Board for CBS Prime-Time Lineup; ABC Has Its Worst Comedy Premiere Ever

CBS’s entire prime-time lineup sank to series lows Wednesday night in the key 18-49 demo, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that “Survivor,” “Criminal Minds” and “CSI” all fell to all-time lows in the demo. “Survivor” kicked off prime time…

CNN Host Fired From His Online Job for ‘Sloppy Reporting’ on Jason Collins Story

A media critic and reporter who hosts a CNN show was fired today from his other job over what’s being called “sloppy reporting on pro basketball player Jason Collins’ coming out,” Deadline.com reports. Howard Kurtz, who hosts “Reliable Sources” on…

CBS Leads Daytime Emmy Nominations

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the 40th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards, with CBS leading all networks with 49 nods. PBS snared 44 nominations, followed by ABC with 38, Nickelodeon with 36 and…

NBC Shakes Up Late-Night Oversight

NBC is shaking things up a bit in its executive ranks in an adjustment to oversight of late-night. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network is adding to NBC Broadcasting Chairman Ted Harbert’s responsibilities, giving him oversight of NBC’s late-night…

TV Fixture Throws Her Hat in the Daytime Talk Ring

A familiar TV personality is getting into the daytime talk game with a syndicated show in the works for a possible fall 2014 debut. Deadline.com reports that “Today” and “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” veteran Meredith Vieira is working…

Discovery Producer, Bitten by a Venomous Snake, Releases What Some Are Calling ‘The Grossest Picture on the Internet.’ Here It Is — If You Have the Stomach for It

Steve Rankin, a producer on the Discovery show "Naked and Afraid," released what is being described as "the grossest picture on the Internet" after he was bitten by a venomous snake, which caused his flesh to rot to the bone,…

YouTube Chief Says the Battle With TV Is Already Over — and TV Lost

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt declared that victory by YouTube over television has “already happened,” The Huffington Post reports. Schmidt, whose company owns YouTube, spoke during a presentation by Google to advertisers Wednesday in New York. “Schmidt said, ‘The future…