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  • Survey: Local NDs Give So-So Marks To National TV News

    In a TVNewsCheck survey, a cross-section of news directors at TV stations around the country were asked to grade ABC News, CBS News, CNN, FNC, NBC News and MSNBC on "overall journalistic quality." None received an A, four earned Bs and, as for Fox News Channel and MSNBC, they may have to stay after class. More | Comments (7)

  • Ex. Session: Record Political Ad Boom Looms, But ...

    TVB’s political ad guru Jack Poor says there’s good news and bad news for TV stations in this election year. The good news is that their four-fifths share of total TV spend will be up 20% to around a record $2.5 billion, and no other medium seems positioned to cut into stations' share. The bad news is that the total take will be suppressed due to the lack of any major gubernatorial contest that swelled the coffers in 2010. More | Add comment

  • Jessell: Disclosure Rule The First Step Toward Quotas

    The FCC's proposed disclosure rules, which would require stations to detail the kinds of programming they air and post the info on their websites, should be fought tooth and nail by broadcasters. What the regulators want are statistics that they can use to hang over stations in the form of a programming quotas at license renewal time. And a quota is nothing but a mandate. It's the federal government telling stations what programming they must air, and that slams right into broadcasters' First Amendment rights. More | Comments (9)

  • Front Office: Cord Cutting Is Gen Y’s Latest Trend

    A growing number of young adults born between 1980 and 1995 — Gen Y — are purchasing over-the-air antennas to watch television programming. Gen Ys are inherently more adept at, and prone to, experimenting with alternative forms of viewing TV content; they are less likely to accept the need to subscribe to subscription-based pay TV once they’re free to make their own decisions about it. More | Comments (11)

  • NAB 2012: Getting The Shot Cheaper, Easier, Faster

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    As more and more stations adopt the one-man band approach to newsgathering, the camera manufacturers are turning out new units that are small enough and light enough to be managed easily, and big enough and heavy enough to be balanced for a steady shot. Plus, they’re inexpensive enough that any station's budget can handle them, too. More | Comments (7)

Special Reports

  • 2011—Year In Review: Revisit the year’s top developments in business, programming, journalism, technology, regulation and more.
  • Audience Measurement: The state of ratings is examined in three parts: an interview with the head of the Media Ratings Council; the growing presence of Rentrak; and the search for a better local ratings currency.
  • Traffic Reporting: This four-part TVNewsCheck Special Report focuses on what it takes to stay on top of the growing commuter gridlock across the country.
  • Remembering 9/11: TVNewsCheck looks back 10 years after the attacks with a series of five articles.
  • Severe Weather News: This five-part TVNewsCheck Special Report focuses on the changing technology used to stay ahead of storms.
  • TOP 30 TV STATION GROUPS: TVNewsCheck's exclusive ranking by coverage with a summary of each group's holdings and top executives.

Industry Calendar

March 2012
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American Cable Association
ACA’s 19th Annual Summit
Washington, D.C., DC
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Borrell Advertising Associates
The Borrell Local Online Advertising Conference
New York, NY
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BIA Kelsey
ILM EAST
Boston, MA
April 2012
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National Association of Broadcasters
NAB Show
Las Vegas, NV
June 2012
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PromaxBDA
PromaxBDA: The Conference 2012
Los Angeles, CA

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NAB Disputes Pew News Source Study
TVNewsCheck, Feb 8, 2012, 3:09 PM EST
The association says the report which said cable was the top regular source of election news should win the “Fuzzy Math Prize of the Year.” Full Story | Comments (2)
NATPE CEO Rick Feldman Stepping Down
TVNewsCheck, Feb 7, 2012, 4:47 PM EST
On April 30, at the end of his current contract, he will become a consultant to the organization. Korn Ferry is heading the search for new operating chief. Feldman will assist with the transition, the association said. Full Story | Comments (2)
Golden Globes Court Fight
HFPA's Berk Testimony Contradicts Moonves
Los Angeles Times, Feb 3, 2012, 6:35 AM EST
Philip Berk, the current chairman and former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. and a key witness in the organization's legal battle against Dick Clark Productions over who controls the television rights to the Golden Globes said in court Thursday that he's "never really been interested in contracts." Link | Add comment
commentary by Ann Marie Cumming
Broadcasters Are America’s ‘First Informers’
NAB, Feb 1, 2012, 7:42 PM EST
Regardless of individual broadcasters’ level of commitment to public service, there is no role stations embrace more seriously than that of “first informer.” Indeed, during times of crisis, no technology can replicate broadcasting’s reliability in reaching mass audiences. It is also during these times when an ethos prevails among broadcasters — an ethos that compels stations to go “the extra mile” for the safety and well-being of viewers and listeners. Link | Comments (8)
E.W. Scripps Co. To Receive NAB’s DSA
TVNewsCheck, Jan 30, 2012, 1:29 PM EST
The multimedia company will be honored with the association's Distinguished Service Award on April 16 during the opening session of this year’s NAB Show in Las Vegas. Full Story | Comments (1)
SAG Honors Baldwin, White, Moore, 'Family'
TVNewsCheck, Jan 30, 2012, 6:54 AM EST
On the television side, comedy series awards went to Modern Family for best ensemble; Alec Baldwin for best actor for 30 Rock; and Betty White for best actress for Hot in Cleveland. Boardwalk took best drama and Mary Tyler Moore received the guild's lifetime-achievement award. Full Story | Add comment
SAG Approves Merger With AFTRA
The Wrap, Jan 30, 2012, 6:28 AM EST
The merger of Hollywood's two leading acting unions, the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, moved closer to reality after SAG's national board approved the measure on Friday. Link | Add comment
NAB 2012
NAB To Induct Garry Marshall Into Hall Of Fame
TVNewsCheck, Jan 27, 2012, 2:49 PM EST
Dma 8 (Washington)
Over $100,000 Missing From D.C. NATAS Chapter
WUSA, Jan 27, 2012, 11:46 AM EST
MBC Gets $2.7 Million From Comcast, NBC
Robert Feder, Jan 27, 2012, 6:57 AM EST
National NFL Numbers Not The Whole Story
TVNewsCheck, Jan 26, 2012, 3:27 PM EST
While playoff football games draw big ratings, TVB says a look at numbers in the teams' home markets reveals much, much larger audiences. Full Story | Add comment
Motion Picture & TV Home To Stay Open
Los Angeles Times, Jan 26, 2012, 6:46 AM EST
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Telemundo Confident In Comcast's Support
MediaPost, Jan 26, 2012, 6:07 AM EST
Telemundo chief Emilio Romano spent part of a NATPE appearance touting Comcast's commitment to the Spanish-language broadcaster. Comcast has invested heavily to grab rights to the World Cup away from Univision after 2014. Link | Add comment
analysis by Alex Ben Block
NATPE Wraps Up: Change Is Everywhere
Hollywood Reporter, Jan 26, 2012, 5:53 AM EST
Big Hollywood companies and glitz were back, but now they stand alongside the growing digital contingent and lots of international buyers and sellers. Link | Add comment
NAA Foundation, American Press Institute Merging
Poynter, Jan 25, 2012, 3:16 PM EST
Gwen Ifill To Be Inducted Into NABJ Hall of Fame
MediaBistro, Jan 25, 2012, 3:14 PM EST
Chronicling TV, Radio Community Service
NAB, Jan 25, 2012, 10:28 AM EST
NAB's Licensed to Serve provides noteworthy stories that illustrate the many public service activities broadcasters organize on any given day across the U.S. From arranging record-breaking toy and food drives to providing free air time for political campaign coverage, broadcasters' continual commitment to their communities is showcased. | Add comment
NATPE 2012
On TV, It's Still Survival Of The Hit-est
Miami Herald, Jan 24, 2012, 7:08 AM EST
We may live in a brave new video world where it's tough to tell where TV leaves off and the Internet, your cell phone and your game-system box begin, but it's still governed — more sternly than ever — by television's oldest rule: You've got to have hit shows. Link | Add comment
Judge To Determine Golden Globes' Future
TVNewsCheck, Jan 24, 2012, 5:31 AM EST
U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz will decide whether the awards show’s television rights will be controlled by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association or by Dick Clark Productions. The decision will alter the future of the glitzy gala and whether it will remain on NBC or, for the first time in 17 years, appear on another network. Full Story | Comments (1)
James Delmonico, Former BFA Chairman, Dies
TVNewsCheck, Jan 23, 2012, 4:49 PM EST
The longtime GE Broadcasting executive oversaw the transformation and revitalization of The Broadcast Pioneers into the Broadcasters Foundation of America. He was 91. Full Story | Comments (1)
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  • Neil Genzlinger

    Smash, NBC’s series about backstage Broadway, comes with New York and Hollywood names off screen (Steven Spielberg, Therese Rebeck) and on (Debra Messing and Brian d’Arcy James). Given that pedigree, you’re expecting to be bowled over by the pilot, but it ends up feeling like a collage of devices from the zillions of previous backstage plays, musicals and movies. However, be patient — Smash gets better as it goes along and by Episode 3 it shows signs of becoming an addictive pleasure along the lines of this season’s Revenge.

  • Lori Rackl

    Pop some Dramamine before watching ABC's new horror series, The River, because the shaky camera work is more likely to make you seasick than scared. You can, however, skip the sleeping pill. The River's two-hour premiere should suffice. Billed as a thriller, the show tries hard to be terrifying and eerie in a Paranormal Activity kind of way. It ends up being hokey and, even worse, boring.

  • Robert Lloyd

    Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, veterans of Fox's sketch comedy MADtv, have a new series of their own, Comedy Central's Key & Peele. It is a genial, at times almost genteel, half-hour in which the pair's obvious niceness shines through even their more pugnacious characters. (Key's version of road rage is to shout, "Selfish!") In a roundabout way, that's the point. The sketches are consistently smart and smartly acted and flow easily from ordinary premises to weird conclusions.

  • Hank Stuever

    Discovery's Bering Sea Gold doesn’t seem at first like it has crossed any new reality TV frontier, relying on elements and structure familiar to the form. Enticingly (to the network), it combines the ocean and the gold and the cold and the reactive testosterone among bad-tempered desperados. To which I am surprised to cry: Eureka, they’ve found it! Bering Sea Gold is a testament to how thoroughly absorbing the genre can still be, when it’s done right.

  • Joanne Ostrow

    Kiefer Sutherland displays his softer side in Fox's Touch, a touchy-feely drama merging paranormal, spiritual and sweetly familial elements. shows off his acting chops, long forgotten, in scene after scene. It's heavier lifting than usual for the actor who was often reduced to caricature in 24. Sutherland is all about vulnerability in a show whose goal is nothing short of proving the interconnectedness of human life. We'll see if audiences can tolerate the notion of profound interrelatedness as weekly entertainment.

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