Broadcasting & Cable articles from March 2008

Broadcasting & Cable archives from March 2008

BC Beat.(Cable News Network)(Fox News Network L.L.C.)(The News Corporation Ltd.)
March 3, 2008... Edited by Joel Topcik News Corp. Campaign Donors Favor Dems Joel Topcik Does Fox News have a Republican bias? Not according to the latest tally of contributions to 2008 presidential campaigns. A search on Opensecrets.org ,...

Reaching a Más Audience.(Hearst-Argyle Television Inc.)(LATV)(Univision Communications Inc.)
March 3, 2008... By David Goetzl Hispanic TV makes industry inroads by multicasting Two years ago, Alan Frank sensed an opportunity when an executive approached him about carrying LATV on his multicast channels. Frank is president-CEO of the...

Latino Stations Win Big in Texas.(Azteca America Inc.)(Telemundo Communications Group Inc.)(Univision Communications Inc.)
March 3, 2008... By David Goetzl Obama-Clinton battle makes Lone Star statement The Democratic nomination may well hinge on the Latino vote in the March 4 Texas primary. So it's no wonder Spanish-language broadcasters statewide have been drinking in a...

Deals.(Pentecostal Temple Development Corp. acquires Salem Communications Corp.)(Wal Win LLC acquires Joy Christian Communications)(Miller Communications acquires GHB Broadcasting )
March 3, 2008... By BIA Financial Networks TV KZFB-LP/Pampa, Texas PRICE : $140,000 BUYER : Sendas Antiguas Ministries (Guillermo Alvarez, president) SELLER : Iglesia JesuCristo Es Mi Refugio (Roberto Gomez, president) FACILITIES :...

Battleground Zero.(Dispatch Broadcast)(NBC Universal Inc.)(WSYX-TV (Columbus, Ohio))(National College Athletic Association)
March 3, 2008... By Michael Malone Columbus welcomes a tight presidential contest As all eyes turn toward Ohio for the March 4 primary that may make the Democratic presidential race a whole lot clearer, station managers in Nielsen's No. 32 DMA are more...

An Idea Whose Time Has Come...Again.(American Broadcasting Companies Inc. ABC Broadcast Group)
March 3, 2008... By David Bianculli ABC's "T.G.I.F." family block is worth reviving in today's fragmented TV landscape Television is busy this season reviving individual TV shows from past decades, hoping for lightning to strike quickly with remakes of...

Catching a Homespun 'Buzz'.(Acme)
March 3, 2008... By Michael Malone Acme's high-energy morning show gets local Following an extraordinarily successful trial in Wisconsin, the Acme-owned syndicated morning show The Daily Buzz is offering local inserts to its 147 affiliates starting...

Buyers Give the Lowdown on Upfronts.
March 3, 2008... By Anne Becker Economy, C3 and tight budgets bring uncertainty With the writers' strike settled and spring nearly here, both broadcast and cable networks are forging ahead with their annual upfronts, with some kicking off as early as...

IAG's Rules of Engagement.(Survey)
March 3, 2008... P.J. Bednarski If you sat on the edge of your seat to watch a gritty TV procedural drama last night, IAG Research founder and CEO Alan Gould probably already knows if you watched the commercials. IAG Research evaluates how engaged the...

FCC Talks Tough on Net Neutrality.
March 3, 2008... By John Eggerton The issue of network neutrality was back with a vengeance last week, with Comcast in the hot seat and FCC Chairman Kevin Martin leading the interrogation. Network neutrality is an umbrella term for the debate over...

Where to be and what to watch-.(television broadcasting industry)(Calendar)
March 3, 2008... By Michael Malone Monday, March 3 The good folks of the Gospel Music Channel , including founder/president Charley Humbard , ring the closing bell of the New York Stock Exchange in lower Manhattan. Perhaps a well-placed prayer or two...

Gimme More Jimmy.(Jimmy Kimmel's show to be telecasted on American Broadcasting Companies Inc. ABC Broadcast Group)
March 3, 2008... By Ben Grossman Timing is everything in comedy, and for now Jimmy Kimmel is on a roll. Not only is he apparently having sex with Ben Affleck, but he is amassing newfound support from his own network and some of the funniest comedy of...

A Date Less Certain.(National Telecommunications and Information Administration)
March 3, 2008... Staff The task of educating viewers about the DTV transition looks to be a tougher and more complicated undertaking than many anticipated, including us. It is turning out that while the hard date of Feb. 18, 2009, sounds reassuringly...

Open Mike.(Letter to the editor)
March 3, 2008... Staff Screaming Teasers! Editor: Your editorial ('Change the Channel,' Feb. 25) touched a nerve. If I hear one more local meteorologist forward-promoting The Storm of This and Any Other Century-which turns out to be a 20% chance of an...

Fates & Fortunes.(Ellen Rosson appointed at Comcast Corp.)(John-David Currey appointed at NBC Agency)(Erica Hill appointed at CNN Headline News)
March 3, 2008... Staff Broadcast Staff John Heffron , VP of affiliate relations, Eastern division, Univision Communications, has joined ION Media Networks as senior VP of networks distribution. Programming Staff Marc Fein , senior...

A Good TV Guide Needs a Good Leader.(Ryan O'Hara manages leadership in programming and distribution of television broadcasting)(Occupation overview)
March 3, 2008... By Anne Becker Ryan O'Hara takes the channel in a new direction TV Guide Network/Broadband President Ryan O'Hara seems to be the consummate media executive-degrees from top schools on both coasts, experience abroad, leadership roles in...

TMZ Finds MySpace.
March 3, 2008... By Paige Albiniak 'Just seemed like a natural for both' Just ask any twenty-something: TMZ and MySpace are two great addictions that go great together. TMZ's MySpace TV channel looks like an instant hit-with scarcely any...

Broadcast Flash Attack.(SeaChange International Inc.)
March 3, 2008... By Glen Dickson SeaChange expands market for solid-state server Video server and storage vendor SeaChange, which introduced a flash-memory-based server for video-on-demand (VOD) applications last year at the NCTA show, will come to the...

Sony Touts XDCAM Progress.
March 3, 2008... By Glen Dickson Will show new high-end HD camera at NAB Sony has completed the development of a new XDCAM HD optical-disc camcorder that has a 2/3-inch imaging chip and will record high-definition video at up to 50 megabits per second...

NBC's 'Quarterlife' Is Bound for Bravo.(NBC Universal Inc.)(Brief article)
March 3, 2008... By Marisa Guthrie Former MySpace series earned poor ratings The next stop for itinerant Web-to-TV series Quarterlife looks to be Bravo. Sources at NBC-which picked up the Web series about a twenty-something blogger and her friends...

'Chris' Finds Love With Nick at Nite.(CBS Broadcasting Inc.)(Cox Broadcasting Corp.)(Fox Broadcasting Co.)(Brief article)
March 3, 2008... By Paige Albiniak and Ben Grossman CW sitcom gets a fresh start with off-net cable slot in 2009 Nick at Nite has acquired CBS' off-net sitcom, Everybody Hates Chris , for a fall 2009 premiere, say sources familiar with the deal. ...

Help Wanted, Again: NTIA Chief Splitting.
March 3, 2008... By John Eggerton Why is it so hard to find someone to run the crucial DTV-to-analog converter box coupon program? Acting National Telecommunications & Information head Meredith Atwell Baker, who had only been in the post since...

FTC Chair Jumps To P&G Exec Suite.(Federal Trade Commission)(Deborah Platt Majoras appointed at Procter & Gamble Co.)(Brief article)
March 3, 2008... By John Eggerton Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras will step down next month to take a position with Procter & Gamble. Majoras, who has been chairman since August 2004, had pushed P&G, among others, to...

Zucker Vows to End Pilot Waste.(Jeff Zucker of NBC Universal Inc. comments on company's services)
March 3, 2008... By Marisa Guthrie It may be business as usual in Hollywood in the wake of the 100-day writers' strike. But NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker reiterated his commitment to turn the strike into an opportunity to streamline a costly pilot system...

CEA's Shapiro Backs Extensions.(Consumer Electronics Association )(Brief article)
March 3, 2008... By John Eggerton Consumer Electronics Association President Gary Shapiro says the government should give viewers more time to cash in their digital-TV-to-analog converter-box coupons than the two-month window. The $40 coupons can be...

William F. Buckley Jr. Dies at 82.(Obituary)(Brief article)
March 3, 2008... By P.J. Bednarski William F. Buckley Jr., the conservative intellectual and former PBS host whose unusual way of speaking and expansive vocabulary made him a favorite of comedians and satirists, but whose mind earned him the envy of...

CBS Will Air MMA Matches.(International Fight League )(Brief article)
March 3, 2008... By John Eggerton CBS said it will carry four live, two-hour mixed martial arts events per year in a multiyear deal with ProElite. The specials will be targeted for Saturday nights. The network added that it will be the first time MMA...

Viacom Posts Strong Fourth Qtr.(MTV Networks Inc.)(MTV Networks Inc. Nickelodeon)(Viacom Inc.)(Financial report)(Brief article)
March 3, 2008... By Brent Felgner Viacom reported a 16% increase in fourth-quarter net earnings to $559.5 million on a 19% spike in revenue, which rose to $4.25 billion, driven by sharp gains in both its media-networks and filmed-entertainment divisions....

Cablevision Shares Rise on Report.(Financial report)
March 3, 2008... By Glen Dickson Cablevision Systems shares edged up last week after the cable operator reported strong fourth-quarter results, including a 10.8% increase in net revenues and, more important, a slight increase in basic-video subscribers,...

Entravision Reports Q4, Full-Year Loss.(Entravision Communications Corp.)(Financial report)(Brief article)
March 3, 2008... By Brent Felgner Spanish-language broadcaster Entravision Communications reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $48 million compared with a net profit of $21 million for the same period a year earlier, on revenues that slipped 3% to $62.5...

Correction.(Correction notice)
March 3, 2008... Staff A Feb. 23 article on Disney-ABC executive Anne Sweeney should have reported that she grew up in Kingston, N.Y., not Long Island. Also she does not oversee the ABC-owned station group.

Disney to Add Streaming Classics Online.(CBS Broadcasting Inc.)(National Broadcasting Company Inc.)(Walt Disney Co. Walt Disney Studios)
March 10, 2008... By Alex Weprin Iger sees Internet's potential, but isn't sure about the model Disney plans to stream some of its classic shows-and possibly films-online, CEO Bob Iger told investors at its annual shareholder meeting. Unlike similar...

Nexstar Group Q4 Revenue Down.(Financial report)(Brief article)
March 10, 2008... By Michael Malone Nexstar Broadcasting Group's net revenue for the fourth quarter of 2007 was $71.6 million, down from $77.2 million in the same quarter of 2006. Income from operations was $12.7 million in the quarter, down from $18.9...

'New Amsterdam' Can't Hold on to 'Idol' Audience.(Fox Broadcasting Co.)(Brief article)(Company rankings)
March 10, 2008... By John Eggerton Fox won the primetime Nielsen Media Research ratings in the 18-49 demo with a 6.5/16. American Idol dominated (the only news would be if it didn't), but new drama New Amsterdam showed some major slippage. Inheriting a...

Revenues Fall at Young Broadcasting.(Financial report)(Brief article)
March 10, 2008... By Michael Malone Young Broadcasting's net revenue in the fourth quarter of 2007 was $44.1 million, down from $50 million in the same quarter of 2006. Local and national revenue grew $1.1 million (2.8%) in the quarter, Young reported,...

Media General Selling Ky. Station.(Morris Network to acquire Media General Broadcast Services Inc.)(Brief article)
March 10, 2008... By Michael Malone Media General is selling its ABC affiliate WTVQ Lexington (Ky.) to Morris Network for an undisclosed sum. Subject to regulatory approvals, the deal is expected to be completed in the second or third quarter. Last...

Weather Bids Due.(Landmark Communications Inc.)(NBC Universal Inc.)(The Weather Channel Inc.)(Brief article)
March 10, 2008... By Anne Becker Landmark Communications is expected to finish receiving bids for the Weather Channel on March 10, according to executives familiar with the situation. The privately held company is said to be seeking some $4 billion for...

BC Beat.(Corporation for Public Broadcasting)
March 10, 2008... Edited by Joel Topcik Stars Pledge Love to PBS in New CPB Spots Joel Topcik Is PBS still necessary? On that subject, there are apparently no degrees of separation among the unlikely trio of Kevin Bacon , Barbara Bush and Jimmy...

Local Stations Multiply.(LATV)(MyNetworkTV Inc.)(WPXI-TV )
March 10, 2008... By Allison Romano Local broadcasters launch new digital channels for 2009 In Pittsburgh, local broadcaster WPXI offers viewers classic TV shows like Hawaii 5-0 and I Love Lucy , as well as round-the-clock local weather, but they're not...

Deals.(Cocola Broadcasting Companies acquires JB Broadcasting )(Centennial Broadcasting LLC acquires Univision)(OD Broadcasting LLC acquires LKCM Radio Group LP )
March 10, 2008... By BIA Financial Networks TV K23ED/Paso Robles, Calif. PRICE: Undisclosed BUYER: Cocola Broadcasting Companies (Gary Cocola, CEO) SELLER: JB Broadcasting (James Primm, president) FACILITIES: Ch. 23, 150 kW RADIO...

Mostly Sunny in Philadelphia.(WPVI-TV (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania))
March 10, 2008... By Michael Malone WPVI continues to dominate, but look who's No. 2 ABC O&O WPVI has long ruled Philadelphia television, and the station once again asserted itself in February. It took total day ratings along with morning, evening and...

Kids Going Steady.(Cartoon Network L.P.)(MTV Networks Inc. Nickelodeon)
March 10, 2008... By Anne Becker Flat upfront-nearly $1B- predicted in tough economy The kids' upfront presentations start this week with Nickelodeon, and signs point to a marketplace that's flat to slightly up, as it has been in recent years. Last...

FCC Extends White Spaces Testing.(Federal Communications Commission)
March 10, 2008... By John Eggerton Broadcasters say wireless devices garble DTV signals Broadcasters said last week that wireless devices are interfering with the DTV spectrum in lab tests, while backers of the devices counter that the tests aren't...

The Unalienable Right to Laugh.(Interview)
March 10, 2008... Marisa Guthrie Tracey Ullman returns to TV on Showtime with five episodes of Tracey Ullman's State of the Union . Premiering March 30 at 10 p.m. ET, the series is made up of YouTube-length sketches featuring Ullman as a raft of political...

FCC OKs Fewer DTV Ads.(Federal Communications Commission)
March 10, 2008... By John Eggerton Commission approves broadcaster-backed education plan Broadcasters scored a victory last week when the FCC voted to allow them to opt for DTV education mandates that require fewer PSAs and don't require any in...

Where to be and what to watch-.(Calendar)
March 10, 2008... By Michael Malone Monday, March 10 Media Mogul March Madness-perhaps the best use of alliteration you'll see all day, by the way-is in full swing, with some heavy-hitting conferences this week. Bear Stearns gets things rolling at The...

TV's Election Lessons.(Cable News Network)(MSNBC Cable Network)(National Broadcasting Company Inc. NBC News)
March 10, 2008... By Ben Grossman It took Jon Stewart all of two seconds to go after Hillary Clinton last Monday on The Daily Show . 'This election is about judgment, tomorrow is perhaps one of the most important days of your life, and yet you have...

A Family Affair.
March 10, 2008... Staff Even here at Broadcasting & Cable , where we receive preview DVDs, many of us waited until Sunday night to watch the latest episode of The Sopranos so we could analyze every violent and gory scene Monday morning at work. But one...

Please, FCC, No New Localism Rules.(Federal Communications Commission)
March 10, 2008... By Bill Lamb New FCC proposals want to take us back to the 1970s and '80s for their core requirements and then add some burdensome twists on top. First, the FCC wants to require all stations to return to the days of doing community...

Fates & Fortunes.(Anne Brown appointed at WITI-TV)(Alysia Long appointed at Cox Communications Inc.)(Steve White appointed at Comcast Corp.)
March 10, 2008... Staff Broadcast Staff Anne Brown , executive producer, WUSA Washington, D.C., has joined WITI Milwaukee as community affairs director. Todd Ackley , paid program team leader, CBS Television Sales, has joined ION Media...

Next-Gen Adventures in Audience-Building.(Occupation overview)
March 10, 2008... By Alex Weprin Paul Lee's charge has been to find and embrace new viewers. That's meant new entertainment-and new media If running a television network requires a sense of adventure and a good feel for drama, Paul Lee is overqualified....

Reporters Live Their Campaigns.(CBS Inc. CBS News)(Cable News Network)(Fox News Network L.L.C.)
March 10, 2008... By Marisa Guthrie The 'Kids on the Bus' face long hours and bad food as they write the story of their lives For candidates, the campaign trail is like a runaway train, moving in fits and starts, and ultimately powered, they hope, by...

Bring the Family.(Survey)
March 10, 2008... By Kevin Downey A resurgence in family programming for all ages Just about every parent has had this unsettling moment: Your kids are watching brightly colored creatures dancing around pastel-colored fields, and they're mesmerized....

Teaching Kids to Use a Gun.(TSC)(Brief article)
March 10, 2008... Kevin Downey Programs encourage parents who are hunters to get outdoors with the family On the Sportsman Channel, based in Wisconsin, family-friendly television includes programs in which mom, dad and the kids-grade school children,...

Taking the Country by 'Storm'.(The Weather Channel Inc.)
March 10, 2008... By Paige Albiniak Weather Channel series solid show for Litton The Weather Channel's Storm Stories is a small off-cable show, but now in syndication it gives broadcasters opportunities to showcase their localism in a way that most...

Great Picture, So-So Sound.(Outdoor Channel Holdings Inc.)
March 10, 2008... By David F. Carr HD sets are great-looking, but sometimes the audio needs improvement HDTV televisions, networks and programs are all being sold on the basis of a crystal-clear picture, but even when the picture measures up to that...

New DTV Tower Boosts Four Stations.(KDVR-TV)(KUSA-TV)(KWGN-TV )
March 10, 2008... By Glen Dickson Denver facility, 10 years in making, 'took an act of Congress' Because of pressure by community groups and environmentalists, it has taken 10 years for a consortium of Denver stations to build a new $20 million master...

Lawsuits Fly Over Ownership Changes.
March 10, 2008... By John Eggerton Activists: FCC went too far; Stations: No, not far enough The legal floodgates have opened in the wake of the FCC's Dec. 18 decision to loosen the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership ban. The FCC says in a letter...

FCC Extends Comment on Localism Rules.(Federal Communications Commission)(Brief article)
March 10, 2008... By John Eggerton The Federal Communications Commission will give broadcasters and others more time to weigh in on its proposed new localism rules. The pending regulation could require stations to convene community advisory boards to help...

New NTIA Head Patel Draws Raves.(Neil Patel appointed at National Telecommunications and Information Administration)(Brief article)
March 10, 2008... By John Eggerton President Bush's nomination of Vice President Cheney's aide, Neil Patel, to head the National Telecommunications and Information Administration drew praise on March 6 as Patel prepares to take over the analog-to-digital...

Timberlake Will Produce Pilot.(National Broadcasting Company Inc.)(Brief article)
March 10, 2008... By Ben Grossman Ben Silverman wants to bring sexy back to NBC, so he is turning to the guy who has claimed to do that already in the music business. NBC ordered a pilot script for My Problem With Women , an adaptation of a Peruvian...

Fox Sports: All MLB in HD.(Fox Sports Networks L.L.C.)(Major League Baseball)(Brief article)
March 10, 2008... By Ben Grossman Fox Sports announced that it will produce and broadcast its entire Major League Baseball package in HD, including this year's All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium July 15. The consistent HD coverage begins April 5 with Fox's...

Shelley Ross Axed at 'Early Show'.(CBS Inc. CBS News)(Brief article)
March 10, 2008... By Marisa Guthrie After less than six months as senior executive producer of CBS' struggling Early Show , Shelley Ross is out of the job. Rick Kaplan, executive producer of the CBS Evening News With Katie Couric , will take over the...

BC Beat.
March 17, 2008... Edited by Rob Edelstein In Eliot Mess, Pundits Aren't Untouchable Rob Edelstein The worst thing about political jokes is that some of them get elected." So stated a teenager named Eliot Spitzer in his high school yearbook...

Tech Talk: What's New at NAB.
March 17, 2008... By Glen Dickson A glimpse at some gear debuting at the big tech show in April Rugged Streambox For Extremes Glen DIckson Streambox, the Seattle-based firm that makes IP-based video encoders used by CNN, Fox News Channel and...

Back in Gear.(National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing)
March 17, 2008... By Ben Grossman NASCAR is going 'back to basics' to halt its ratings lull and regain core fans. In 2008, two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup series champion Tony Stewart has picked things up right where he left off last season-by returning to...

Deals.(Dockins Communications)(Community T.V. Association)(Oregon Public Broadcasting )
March 17, 2008... By BIA Financial Networks TV WTVQ-TV/Lexington, Ky. PRICE : Undisclosed BUYER : Morris Multimedia (Charles Morris, chairman/president/CEO) SELLER : Media General (James Zimmerman, president/broadcast division) ...

WTHR Laps Competition.
March 17, 2008... By Michael Malone Dispatch station takes checkered flag in sweeps The February sweeps wasn't just successful for WTHR-it was nothing short of 'historic,' says VP/General Manager Jim Tellus. The NBC affiliate has long ruled the ratings...

The Miniseries: A History Lesson.(Book review)
March 17, 2008... By David Bianculli 'John Adams' is a fine multi-part drama-just like broadcast used to make History has lessons to teach, and fascinating stories to tell. That edict applies to HBO's wonderful miniseries drama John Adams -and to the...

AETN Tries 'Blended' Upfront Strategy.
March 17, 2008... By Anne Becker Product integration efforts assume a more prominent place for A&E and History When A&E Television Networks (AETN) holds its upfront session for advertisers on April 28, the company will be pushing an advertising concept...

Media Companies Seek Home-Court Advantage.
March 17, 2008... By John Eggerton FCC opponents look for a friendly venue to hear their cross-ownership appeal Looking for a definitive answer to what media companies can own and where? Fuhgedaboudit. A panel of judges last week consolidated the...

Sports' New Spin Doctor.
March 17, 2008... By Ben Grossman Ari Fleischer says he couldn't have saved disgraced New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, and he wouldn't have wanted to try. And this despite the fact that the onetime White House press secretary for President Bush has opened a new...

Where to be & what to watch-.
March 17, 2008... By Michael Malone Monday, March 17 It's been a long, cold, lonely winter-It feels like years since it's been here. All together now, Here comes the sun! Yes, it's Sunshine Week, an initiative that aims to 'open a dialogue about the...

De-Regulate, Don't Re-Regulate.
March 17, 2008... By James H. Quello The recent FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on localism, mandating more detailed programming and ascertainment than ever required before, represents grossly untimely and blatant government-mandated violations of the...

Risk & Reward.
March 17, 2008... Staff The Project for Excellence in Journalism, in its fifth annual report on the state of the business, says that journalism-the newspaper, the newscast, the Website-is no longer a destination. It's just a pathway. While veteran...

Fates & Fortunes.
March 17, 2008... Staff Broadcast Staff Justin Che , VP of new international media licensing, NBC Universal International Television Distribution, has been promoted to senior VP of international new media licensing. Also at NBC Universal...

Marketing Heroes and Villains.(Biography)
March 17, 2008... By Allison Romano WWE's Rochester has a firm grip on a sprawling wrestling empire As a child, Geof Rochester recalls tuning in religiously to watch pro wrestling on television. Now, several decades later he serves as the head of...

What Networks Want.
March 17, 2008... By Paige Albiniak Top network executives will roam the halls to plot their technological future Television technology takes center stage at the National Association of Broadcasters' annual convention in Las Vegas, where broadcast and...

Feel Good in Tough Times.
March 17, 2008... By Paige Albiniak February sweeps success for 'Ellen' Feel-good stories were few this February sweeps, with almost every syndicated show down year to year. But in turbulent times that include recession, war and political tussles,...

BC Beat.(Great American Country network )
March 24, 2008... Edited by Joel Topcik NASCAR, GAC Become 'Drafting Partners' Joel Topcik Scripps Networks' Great American Country network and NASCAR are partnering on a new show that celebrates the enduring intermarriage between country music and...

Tribune Results Reflect Troubles.
March 24, 2008... By Michael Malone Zell says Tribune Co. will continue 'strategic review' of assets Tribune Co. is having a tough recovery. It reported a loss from continuing operations of $78 million for the fourth quarter of 2007 compared with...

Spectrum Auction Concludes: $19.6B.(Brief article)
March 24, 2008... By Glen Dickson The FCC concluded its auction of the 700-megahertz spectrum, raising $19.6 billion, far beyond the commission's wildest expectations. The commission also insisted that the process will expand wireless competition. While...

Fox Locks Down Motown Jocks.(Brief article)
March 24, 2008... By Ben Grossman Fox Sports Network (FSN) locked up long-term rights deals with Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers, the National Basketball Association's Detroit Pistons and the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings in the Detroit...

PBS Renews Arts Support.(Brief article)
March 24, 2008... By Marisa Guthrie In its battle for federal funding, PBS has clung to its educational mission and stressed a renewed commitment to arts coverage, which gets increasingly short shrift not only on television but in the pages of newspapers....