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Cedar Creek Grabs WRBU, WZRB For $6 Million

Feb 03, 2015 - Brady picks up former Roberts Broadcasting pair... More

Gray TV Taps Policastro to Lead Washington Bureau

Gray Television has opened a Washington bureau, led by D.C. news veteran Jacqueline Policastro,

Radio + TV = Static Electricity

If any TV station group is emblematic of what local broadcasting looks like in 2015, it is E.W.

Juno Snow Was Mostly a No-Show

It was to be, if not the storm of the century, something pretty close. New York City had a blizzard

Currency More Currency →

Cable Networks Listed Among Top 25 Social Brands

Feb 03, 2015 - Study finds engagement up 108% from 2013... More

Discovery Takes Upfront To Media Agencies

Joe Abruzzese, the respected president of ad sales for Discovery Communications, has been through a

Dish Stock Drops on AWS Auction Results

Dish Network shares fell more than 4% ($3.13) per share on Friday after the government revealed it

MBPT Spotlight: How To Score With #SocialTV At The @SuperBowl

The Seattle Seahawks weren’t the only winners of last year’s Super Bowl. Super Bowl XLVIII

Programming More Programming →

Primetime Ratings: ‘Bachelor,’ ‘2 Broke Girls,’ ‘Apprentice’ Up

Feb 03, 2015 - ‘Gotham,’ ‘Sleepy Hollow’ down for Fox... More

Hill, Raftery to Call NCAA Final Four, Championship Games on Turner, CBS

Turner Sports and CBS Sports Tuesday announced that former pro basketball player Grant Hill and

Reilly Reorganizes TBS, TNT Programming Teams

New TBS and TNT chief Kevin Reilly has reorganized the programming departments at the two networks,

DirecTV to Carry Cine Mexico

Cine Mexicano, Olympusat's 10-year-old Spanish-language movie network, is launching on DirecTV.

Syndication and Distribution More Syndication and Distribution →

After Hitting 1,000, ‘Wendy’ Is Still Climbing

Feb 02, 2015 - In its sixth season, daytime show is fifth-ranked talker among key female demographic ratings... More

Syndication Ratings: 'Dr. Phil' Regains Talk Lead

Syndication settled down in the week ending Jan. 18, with most shows steady for the week.

GSN Revives 'Chain Reaction'

GSN is bringing back the half-hour word association game show Chain Reaction with 40 new episodes

TV Stations: For Now, Stuck in Still Waters

Deals between syndicators and station groups were largely at a logjam at NATPE in Miami Beach

Technology More Technology →

Imagine Comm. Partners With Sony on New Interface

Feb 03, 2015 - Tech companies will work together to support Sony’s Networked Media Interface Initiative... More

TWC Opens New National Data Center

Time Warner Cable took to its corporate blog to announce the grand opening of its new National Data

Voice-Over-WiFi Set For A Surge

In findings that bode well for cable's WiFi strategies and a new WiFi-only phone service from

Harmonic Launches New Electra X Line

Harmonic has announced details of the newest generation of its Electra line with the launch of the

Upfront Central More Upfront Central →

Cable Networks Listed Among Top 25 Social Brands

Feb 03, 2015 - Study finds engagement up 108% from 2013... More

USA Orders Carlton Cuse Drama ‘Colony’

USA Network has given a 10-episode order to Colony, a drama written and executive produced by

‘Transparent’ Creator Developing MTV Comedy

Transparent creator Jill Soloway is developing a scripted comedy series for MTV, the network

'Counting Cars' Returns to History Feb. 24

History's Counting Cars, the third reality show spinoff of the network's highly successful Pawn

Washington More Washington →

NAB Tells FCC Not to 'Mandate' White Spaces

Feb 03, 2015 - Says requiring channel sharing by LPTV's and translators is wrong... More

ECIPE Takes Aim at Title II Treaty Argument

The European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) has taken aim at the suggestion that

FOIA Reform Bill Introduced in House

House Oversight Committee chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and ranking member Elijah Cummings

FCC Seeks $388 Million for FY2016

The Administration has asked for $388,000,000 for FY2016 in the President's budget, which is what

Blogs

Where to Be, What to Watch: Week of February 2, 2015

Feb 02, 2015 - 'Being Mary Jane' returns to BET, Disney and 21st Century announce earnings and more... More

Station to Station

Seattle, Boston Stations: Deflate-Gate a Bunch of Hot Air

WBZ brings an army to Glendale; KOMO brings an RV

Currency

Media Company Formula: Layoffs, OTT, International

Viacom’s Dauman takes page from playbook on dealing with digital disruption

Station to Station

New York Meteorologists Explain the Missed Call

The city essentially shut down in advance of the blizzard that never really arrived

iZotope RX 3 Wins NAMM TEC Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement

Imagine Communications’ Charlie Vogt Inducted into Saint Louis University’s Hall of Fame

MultiDyne(R) 2015 NAB SHOW EXHIBITOR PREVIEW -- Booth C7920

Triveni Digital's Chief Science Officer to Present SBE Webinar on ATSC 3.0

Artel Video Systems to Showcase DigiLink Media Transport Platform at BVE 2015

DPA Microphones’ d:screet™ Necklace Microphone Earns Prestigious TEC Award

Quicklink TX Integrates Dante Audio IP Technology

Original Programming on The Weather Channel Registers Double Digit Increases

Albis Technologies Appoints New Head of Access Solutions

TV One Posts Strongest January in Network History

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