Television News Daily
Friday, February 8, 2013
  • News Corp: Cable Revs Beat Broadcast

    News Corp. continues to get a boost from its cable businesses and remains strong for the future. But one analyst has lower expectations about … Read the whole story

  • Charter To Buy Bresnan, Rebranded As Optimum West

    Tom Rutledge liked what he bought so much he bought it back. As COO of Cablevision, he helped oversee the purchase of Bresnan Communications … Read the whole story

  • Belo Revs Up 10% For 2012

    Belo Corp.'s total advertising spot revenue climbed 15% in the fourth quarter of 2012, with total revenue at $205 million for the period, up … Read the whole story

  • Twitter And TV: Not a Good Mix

    Apparently there is enough of a correlation between tweets about TV shows and actually watching those shows for Twitter to fork over about $80 … Read the whole story

  • Gangnam's Billion Earns Peanuts By Analog Standards

    Late last year, Psy's disturbingly catchy tune "Gangnam Style" hit one billion views, the first YouTube video to do so. You probably heard about … Read the whole story

  • The New 'American Idol' Is Better Than Expected

    Is this latest version of Fox's "American Idol" much more engaging than I expected it to be? Or does it just look better than … Read the whole story

  • The Road to Hyper-Local News Holds A Lot Of Potholes

    Too much hyper-local news? Or too little real stuff? Maybe someone hasn't figured out the formula yet? Read the whole story

  • 'Smash' Crash Puts The Brakes On NBC's Recent Rise

    NBC, what happened? Your "Smash" crashed. "Smash" had last year's second-best season premiere, a big Nielsen 3.8 rating among 18-49ers and 11 million viewers … Read the whole story