- Because your cable bill isn’t high enough already: Univision to abandon its must-carry status and negotiate retransmission-consent deals for affiliate stations; CEO Joe Uva says being the top Spanish network carries a $1/month per subscriber value. Will be 2nd to ESPN as most expensive.
- New York TV stations look to Nielsen ratings alternatives; say Nielsen sample is not big enough
- Did KYW main co-anchor talk to the media after accessing Alycia Lane’s Yahoo Mail account?! FBI wants to know if he leaked messages from her lawyer
- Broadcasters fight localism rules; proposed rules will force stations to locate main studios in the city for which they are licensed; the TV station would also have to have community advisory boards; staff the station whenever its broadcasting and display evidence of local content
- Former MSNBC anchor Randy Meier gets dissed by former station; and literally pushed off camera by radio co-host
- Dr. Phil in HD this fall because he wants to give his audience “the best viewing experience I possibly can”
- WNBC reporter turned co-found of Blip.tv Dina Kaplan profiled
- A young CNBC director David van Dyck dies after a long battle with cancer
Re: Dr. Phil in HD:
The article mentions that Jeopardy has been airing in HD for over two years. If that’s the case, why does WPLG-DT continue to show it in SD stretch-o-vision?