View Post Politics Donald Trump’s TV Spending Hurting Local Ad Sales By Mark Joyella on Sep. 21, 2016 - 9:40 AM "Mr. Trump doesn't appear to be spending as much as people thought."
View Post CBS Affiliates CBS Local Media Exec Anton Guitano Dies at 65 By Mark Joyella on Dec. 10, 2015 - 6:41 PM “Anton was a great leader and a beloved friend and colleague who made a profound difference in the lives of everyone who had the privilege of working with him."
View Post TV Biz | TV Trends Why Barry Diller Is Bullish on Local TV By Chris Ariens on Oct. 13, 2015 - 10:56 AM Barry Diller: "I’ve always thought the last one standing is a local television station."
View Post CBS Affiliates | Digital Les Moonves on Aereo Ruling: ‘It’s a Very Good Day For Our Future’ By Merrill Knox on Jun. 25, 2014 - 2:04 PM CBS CEO Les Moonves appeared on Bloomberg TV this afternoon to respond to this morning’s Aereo ruling. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the streaming television service was illegally rebroadcasting content fro ...
View Post Digital | TVBiz Supreme Court Sides With Broadcasters in Aereo Case By Merrill Knox on Jun. 25, 2014 - 10:16 AM The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the broadcasters in ABC vs. Aereo. In the 6-3 opinion delivered by Justice Breyer, the High Court “goes out out of its way to make clear that its ruling does not endanger other technol ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | TV Biz Disney Reportedly Thinking About Selling Local Stations By Kevin Eck on Oct. 18, 2013 - 10:24 AM The New York Post is reporting the Walt Disney Company is looking into selling its eight owned and operated stations. With station groups like Sinclair Broadcasting buying up local stations left and right, local affiliates are qui ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | TV Biz Moonves Says CBS Local Stations Worth More After Time Warner Battle By Kevin Eck on Sep. 12, 2013 - 1:23 PM CBS president and CEO Les Moonves revealed what he sees as the silver lining coming out of his company’s long fight with Time Warner Cable over retransmission fees. In a conference call during the Bank of America Merrill ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | TV Biz Two California Senators Ask CBS and Time Warner to End Blackout By Kevin Eck on Aug. 13, 2013 - 11:00 AM Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) have co-written a letter to both CBS Corporation president and CEO Les Moonves and the head of Time Warner Cable Glenn Britt urging the two to end the dispute between thei ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | Top 10 CBS Pulled from Time Warner Cable, Again By Chris Ariens on Aug. 2, 2013 - 5:41 PM WCBS-TV New York via Time Warner Cable. 5:10pm 8/2/13 Time Warner Cable has pulled the plug on CBS. The 5pm deadline, which had already been extended once, came and no deal was struck. Viewers of WCBS are seeing this screen (above ...
View Post ShopTalk | Top 10 CBS Boss: ‘We Are Now at War with Time Warner Cable’ By Chris Ariens on Jul. 30, 2013 - 9:16 AM Both their corporate logos include the oculus, but CBS and Time Warner Cable are not seeing eye to eye this morning. In fact, after CBS-owned stations were pulled from TWC systems briefly overnight, CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves said, ...