• Game Over: Consoles Now Rival VCRs As Alternate TV Viewing Channel by Joe Mandese

    TV may be going everywhere - from hand-held mobile to streaming Internet services and devices - but one of the biggest alternate channels for television content is already in millions of American households: video game console devices such as Microsoft's Xbox, Sony's PS3, and Nintendo's Wii. According to new research being released today by Knowledge Networks, one in five U.S. consumers already is using game systems to watch TV or movie content at least once a month. ...Read the whole story

  • Media General: Broadcast, Digital Post Double-Digit Rise by Wayne Friedman

    Media General grabbed nearly 20% more broadcast television revenues in its third-quarter reporting period, thanks to political ads. Online continues to gain; local Web sites grew 15% in revs. ...Read the whole story

  • Sirius XM Will Lease 4% of Spectrum by Erik Sass

    The FCC has decided how to implement the regulatory requirement requiring satellite radio broadcaster Sirius XM to make 4% of its combined spectrum available for broadcasts by non-corporate groups. The agency appears to be dropping the race-based criterion. ...Read the whole story

  • Conan Promotes New Show Via Social Media by Wayne Friedman

    The marketing of Conan O'Brien's new TBS show "Conan" moves to new intensive levels -- a 24-hour live behind-the-scenes Web effort on YouTube. His producer will also show all the behind-the-scenes comedy madness live for 24 hours" on YouTube. ...Read the whole story

  • Vizio Tackles Rose Bowl Sponsorship by David Goetzl

    ESPN has cut a second deal that changes the lineup for the annual top college football bowl games. The Rose Bowl, sponsored by Citi for years, will now have flat-screen TV maker Vizio as its nameplate backer. Starting in January and running through 2014, the bowl is the "Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio." ...Read the whole story

  • CBS Tops Nets, Fox Big Loser by Wayne Friedman

    Four weeks into the new season and CBS remains on top of the heap in two big audience categories: 18-49 viewers and total viewers. The big loser? Fox. The net's big standout is "Glee," the best-rated non-sports series so far this year. ...Read the whole story

  • NFL Faces Off Against World Series by David Goetzl

    The World Series will receive added competition from the NFL this year. NBC's "Sunday Night Football" has traditionally taken a break during the first Sunday of the fall classic. But NBC and the NFL are going head to head Oct. 31. ...Read the whole story

  • Investors To Bid On 'Boston Globe' by Erik Sass

    The Boston Globe may be back in play. The newspaper reported that a group of Boston-area investors and management experts, calling themselves the 2100 Trust, were preparing an offer to buy the NYTCO's entire New England Media Unit, including The Boston Globe, The Worcester Telegram & Gazette and associated Web properties. ...Read the whole story

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