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Like Tiger Woods aiming for a field of brilliant green, Westinghouse Electric Corp. is about to make the most important approach shot of its life. For years the company was [...]

The recession continues unabatted, suppressing advertising revenue. Entertainment program cost, most agree, are out of control. Professional sport rights will this year singlehandedly drive the three-network earnings figure into the [...]

The Senate confirmation hearings on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas swept through the broadcasting industry like a tornado starting 10 days ago, turning everything upside down for an exhausting five-day [...]

The primetime TV upfront market is looking worse than forecast, with the total take expected at $6.7 billion for this period-about $200 million below earlier estimates, and $1 billion less […]

FocusBaton Rouge THE MARKET DMA rank 96 Population 786,000 TV homes 280,000 Income per capita $15,701 TV revenue rank 75 TV revenue $58.2 million COMMERCIAL TV STATIONS Rank [*] Ch. [...]

The Script Development Fund which helped sponsor the creation of Gilmore Girls is growing. In the Fund's first year. The WB Television Network had the foresight to be the first [...]

TV ad revenues are in for the fourth quarter, and, except for some big cable networks, they are higher than fourth quarter 1999 revenues, but not by much. But the [...]

Who wants to be a millionaire? The final answer to that oft-asked prime-time question is not the popular game show's contestants so much as the network that carries it-ABC. ``Who [...]

Revenues for ABC, CBS and NBC combined were up more than 17% in the second quarter (ended June 30) to just under $3 billion, according to figures compiled by Ernst [...]

While TV networks seek its elimination, bigger stations can still make then pay The broadcast TV networks don't like paying compensation, and payments to stations likely will decrease in the [...]

Broadcasters are using the competition to target specific demos When it comes to promoting fall schedules, the broadcast networks tend to follow the same advice they recommend to their own [...]

Networks scale back or kill lavish spring bashes for stations The era when TV station executives and their families jetted off to exotic locales, swilled umbrella-laden cocktails and posed with [...]

HOLLYWOOD - NBC execs were prouder than a peacock Monday, as the net wrapped up its upfront sales with intake near $2.7 billion-a record for any broadcast net and up [...]

Combined revenue generated by the Big Three television networks dropped more than 10% in 2001, marking the largest single-year loss in network history and offering further proof of the advertising [...]

TV and radio broadcasting rights for sports up slightly from last year due to last year of contract ... local rights holders report increased sales from last year ... ABC pays $31.5 million college, $46 million professional ... CBS $51 million for professional ... NBC $45 million for professional.

NEW YORK Higher license fees and declining ratings are making TV networks a lot less profitable these days, despite a strong ad market that shows no sign of slowing down. [...]

While 1996 revenue is up, ABC, CBS, Fox numbers are helped by creative accounting NEW YORK Financially speaking, 1996 was a boffo year for NBC (see Chart). For CBS, ABC [...]

1994 was a very good year for the bottom lines of the four major broadcast network companies-all showed gains in revenue and profit from their broadcast and cable operations. According [...]

The good news for the broadcast TV network business remains just around the comer. Broadcasting & Cable's analysis of the big three's operating performance reveals a combined TV network profit [...]

BROADCASTING's annual revenue and profit breakdown for the three largest broadcast groups reveals a generally dismal year: with revenue of $10.5 billion and operating income from ongoing operations of $600 [...]

DAYTIME LINEUP PRE-EMPTED FOR THOMAS HEARING Revenue-hungry networks bite the bullet, air Friday morning session live Coverage of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on Judge Clarence Thomas's nomination to the [...]

To no one's surprise, this year's upfront marketplace will not be a memorable one for the networks, cable or syndication. With network prime time upfront about 75% sold, spending this [...]

With advertising dollars scarce, the networks are doing all they can to hold on to their current advertising commitments. That means fewer scheduling changes, fewer cancellations and fewer holiday specials. [...]

Call it a recovery in progress. That seems to be the case if the recent midyear earnings reports from a number of media companies are any indication. It's also true [...]

With the upfront completed in all major day-parts, sales for National Football League telecasts on CBS, Fox and ABC are in full swing. Despite ratings declines last season, ABC's Monday [...]

NEW YORK -- The six broadcast networks reaped an estimated $8 billion bonanza in the upfront market, exceeding all expectations. (THR 6/6). With rate increases for the Big Four networks [...]

Combined revenue generated by the Big Three television networks dropped more than 10% in 2001, marking the largest single-year loss in network history and offering further proof of the advertising [...]

NEW YORK -- Out-of-control spending on the war in Afghanistan has put greater urgency on finding ways for CBS and ABC to shave costs in their news coverage, especially after [...]

As 'Home Improvement, 'other vets retire, nets seek higher CPMs At the final taping of ABC's hit comedy Home Improvement, a tearful Tim Allen turned to the studio audience and [...]

Fox, ABC, ESPN suffer ratings declines; some blame baseball's late-season resurgence For the first month of the NFL season, the TV picture isn't good: Ratings are down and advertising is [...]

NBC can still boast of having the most expensive show on prime-time TV in the post-'Seinfeld' era, but ABC has become the priciest network. With an average cost per 30-second […]

The broadcast networks are going to need a lot more than conventional cost cuts to relieve the financial squeeze created by a weak upfront marketplace and record-high programming costs. That […]

Cost, competition and audience erosion are changing the business of network TV Are huge costs, increasing competition and continuing audience erosion finally going to sink the major broadcast networks? Unless [...]

The ABC, CBS and NBC television networks showed a 1997 net advertising decline (after agency commissions) of 0.87% compared with 1996, according to figures compiled by Ernst & Young and [...]

Despite continuing audience erosion, a robust broadcast economy helped the four major broadcast TV networks generate $21.5 billion in 1997 operating revenue for their core and developing businesses, up 13% [...]

NEW YORK After committing an astounding $18 billion for eight years of NFL games, ABC, CBS and Fox figured their affiliate stations would surely kick in money to help cover [...]

The ABC, CBS and NBC TV networks reported a 19% drop in net revenue. to $1.8 billion, for the third quarter. The drop was largely due to the lack of [...]

ABC to cut up to 200jobs; ABC, CBS to slash budgets by millions; NBC looks for efficiency It's cutback time at the Big Three networks. As audience erosion continues, the [...]

TV networks show good gains over last year's market The broadcast TV networks have completed their third consecutive record upfront sales season, reaching $6 billion for the first time. Sales [...]