Broadcasting & Cable News

The Most Famous Detective in 6th Century China Returns to TOKU

December 30, 2018

West Palm Beach, FL – December 27, 2018 – TOKU takes viewers on a journey through time and crime as it launches Season 3 of the popular Chinese television series, Amazing Detective Di Renjie. The channel distinguishes itself as the only around the clock, on-demand network that delivers ...

Tribune Warns of Blackout to Spectrum Subscribers

December 30, 2018

Tribune Media stations are warning subscribers to Charter Communications’ Spectrum cable systems that local stations could be blacked out when their retransmission consent agreement with the cable operator expires at the end of the year. Tribune said that more than six million customers could be ...

Raycom Renews Agreement With Nielsen for Local Ratings

December 30, 2018

Raycom said it renewed its agreement to get local television ratings for stations in 10 markets. The stations are in most of the markets where Nielsen provides local people meter, set and code reader services. Financial terms were not disclosed. The stations covered by the agreement are WBTV, ...

Why 2019 Will Be the Year of the Consumer for CTV

December 30, 2018

Not too long ago, streaming was an emerging technology. Today, it’s the norm. In fact, cord-cutting isn’t just growing, it’s accelerating, according to the latest eMarketer data. But that means that the larger transformation toward connected TV (CTV) is no longer being driven by technology ...

Times Square Alliance Names Ball-Dropping Journalist Honorees

December 30, 2018

Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment, which together put on the ball-dropping, cork-popping New Years's Eve festivities in Times Square have named the "special guest" journalists who will be honored, an eclectic group that includes broadcast, cable and digital journalists.They are ...

Susana Schuler Named GM at WVTM Birmingham

December 23, 2018

Susana Schuler has been named president and general manager of WVTM Birmingham, which is owned by Hearst Television. She starts at the NBC affiliate Jan. 1. Schuler comes from Raycom, where she was executive VP of content and operations. Schuler succeeds Hank Price at WVTM. Price, the GM since ...

Viewership Deep Dive: How 'Top Chef' and Other Hit Food Shows Compare

December 23, 2018

Bravo is off to the races with a new season of Top Chef, this time taking place in Kentucky. We took a look at the advertising and viewer trends around this popular culinary competition show, as well as how it compares to some of the others out on TV, namely Hell’s Kitchen on Fox along with two ...

Syndication Ratings: Access Shows Hold Up as Daytime Faces News Preemptions

December 23, 2018

The magazine trio of NBCUniversal’s Access and Warner Bros.’ TMZ and Extra were the only first-run access shows to improve in the week ending Dec. 9. Much of syndication, especially in daytime, was bumped on Dec. 3, 5 and 6 for coverage of the extensive memorial and state funeral for George H. W. ...

Penny Marshall Dies at 75

December 23, 2018

Penny Marshall, star of Laverne & Shirley and film director, has died. She was 75 and suffered from diabetes. She also suffered from cancer, and announced it was in remission in 2013. Marshall played Laverne on ABC comedy Laverne & Shirley, a spinoff of Happy Days. The show ...