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Analyst: Auto Hop Flap Much Ado About Nothing Dish Net’s ad-zapping service likely to have little impact

A week after the broadcast networks warned that they would not tolerate Dish Network’s commercial-blasting technology, Fox, NBC and CBS today separately filed suit to block the service. And while…

May 24 2012

Nets Prime the Pump Broadcast networks unveil ambitious slates

Trying to gauge the quality of a 22-episode television series by watching three minutes of foot-age culled from the pilot is akin to declaring your major when you’re in kindergarten.…

May 21 2012

Facebook Still Courting Media Business Media companies are both enamored with and cautious of the social media giant

Mark Zuckerberg has long encouraged other industries to follow the lead of the gaming business, which he believes has been transformed by social media. The Facebook CEO often points to…

May 21 2012

NBC Plots Comedy-Driven Revival Peacock schedules four nights of sitcoms

NBC on Monday returned to its Radio City upfront stomping grounds, laying out a 2012-13 prime-time schedule designed to tickle viewers’ funny bones. But before the network could get the…

May 14 2012

NBC Announces Fall Schedule Peacock bulks up on ‘The Voice,’ comedy

NBC has doubled down on its franchise musical-competition series and scripted comedy, planning fall and spring cycles of The Voice and sprinkling sitcoms across four nights.  In a Sunday conference call,…

May 13 2012

Boning Up on the Upfront: A Cheat Sheet for the 2012-13 Bazaar An advance look at TV’s annual pitch to the ad world

On the eve of the annual spectacle known as Upfront Week, broadcasters can take comfort in the knowledge that the four-day dog and pony show will lead to some $9.2…

May 12 2012

Information Diet: David Gregory 'Meet the Press' moderator bleeds news but finds time to watch sports on his iPad

Specs Age 41  Accomplishments Moderator of NBC's Meet the Press; substitute co-anchor of NBC's Weekend Today and the Today show Base Washington, D.C. What’s the first information you consume in the morning? I have Meet the Press and…

May 11 2012

The Long Goodbye: Renewal Hopes Kept Alive in a Night of Season Finales ‘The Voice’ goes out on top; ‘Unforgettable’ makes its case for a reprieve

A handful of series broadcast their season finales Tuesday night, and while two—NBC’s The Voice and Fox’s New Girl—are already booked for a return trip in the fall, two others may…

May 09 2012

NBCU's Burke: We'd Love to Be Average NBC makes headway in Q1, but CEO admits it has 'a long way to go'

Steve Burke on Wednesday echoed a familiar refrain, telling investors that NBC has “a long way to go” before it truly can be said to have regained its standing with its…

May 03 2012

Playing Nice at the Upfront Buyers and sellers predict a drama-free TV ad bazaar, but online video players could make a play for dollars

If past upfronts have been characterized by a good deal of prefatory chest thumping, with sellers crowing about the prices they deserve and buyers countering with curt dismissals, the early…

April 30 2012

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