Ad Wars Heat Up in Washington Over Retransmission Reform
Now that CBS and Time Warner Cable have resolved their retransmission consent differences (for now), the rhetoric is turning to Washington, where ads have been popping up in Capitol Hill [...]
Time Warner Cable Pulls the Plug on CBS
CBS has gone dark in New York. In the latest development in the ongoing carriage dispute between CBS and the Time Warner Cable, the local affiliate went off the air [...]
CBS Delivers Record Profits in Q2
A strong finish to the broadcast season and a breakout summer hit helped CBS Corp. amass the greatest quarterly profit in its history. Second quarter net income rose 11 percent [...]
CBS, Time Warner Cable Carriage Beef Escalates
After weeks of quietly working to hash out a new carriage deal, CBS and Time Warner Cable are no closer to reaching an agreement than they were on the day [...]
Burke: NBC Is Leaving $1 Billion on the Table
NBC is consisting on crumbs while its broadcast television rivals dine like kings, and Steve Burke is fed up. Speaking to investors Thursday at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch [...]
UPDATED: Cablevision Calls Tribune Crooks, Trib Says It’s Getting Bullied
Another day, another battle in the retrans war. Cablevision subscribers in New York woke up this morning to find that CW flagship station WPIX had gone dark overnight as negotiations [...]