In Executive Session, the Emmis CEO says he got into the TV station business believing that TV broadcasters could tap into the badly needed second revenue stream of retransmission consent fees. He got out when he concluded that the fees that stations could get were simply not enough.
WSTR'S 10 P.M. NEWS ENDING, MOVING TO DIGITAL CH.
Sinclair's Cincinnati MNT affiliate will be without a 10 p.m. newscast in August—for the second time in two years—when the newscast's producer, Newport's CBS affil WKRC, moves it to its CinCW digital channel.
LINKDO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR NETWORK IS UP TO?
Perhaps a better question is what isn’t your network up to. Here's the latest roundup of the networks' forays into downloads, video streaming, mobile, VOD and all else digital.
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NEW YEAR SHOULD BE BIG YEAR FOR TV SALES
There are plenty of stations on the market and plenty of buyers in the market, brokers say. The industry awaits news on the sale of the nine New York Times stations for a read on prices.
FULL STORYWHAT'S ON TAP FOR NATPE? NOT MUCH
It's all about daytime, and the offerings from the major syndicators are few. Only Sony's Judge David Young looks like a go for fall of 2007. All else is wishes and promises. Fourth hour of NBC's Today Show is close to a done deal, sources say.
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