More than 30 million watch Tuesday’s show, making it the top-rated night on any network in a year
CKX, Inc. (NASDAQ: CKXE) and 19 Entertainment Limited announced today that more than 30 million viewers tuned into the eighth-season premiere of American Idol last night on Fox, making it the highest-rated telecast and night of the [...]

63 TV Stations in 22 Markets Reaching 35% of U.S. Households to Launch in 2009
2009 International CES
The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), an alliance of U.S. broadcasters dedicated to accelerating the development of mobile digital television (DTV), today announced the first wave of broadcasters that have committed to launching mobile digital television services in [...]

Time Warner Cable and Granite Broadcasting Corporation are pleased to announce an agreement to continue to provide broadcast television programming in several New York State markets, including ABC programming in Buffalo and CBS programming throughout Syracuse and Binghamton. Time Warner Cable also will launch the digital feed of WBNG, which will bring CBS programming in [...]

Chyron (AMEX: CGS) has today announced that KMOV, the Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC) owned CBS affiliate based in Missouri, has installed two HD/SD-switchable HyperX2 graphics systems; Channel Box, Chyron’s HD/SD-switchable channel branding and automated promo system; a CAMIO news graphic management solution; and iSQ, Chyron’s remote monitoring and playout application. KMOV, owned by Texas-based Belo [...]

HONG KONG — Major leaders of the global telecommunications industry today signed a formal construction and maintenance agreement (C&MA) to build the first direct, high-bandwidth optical-fiber submarine cable system from the United Kingdom to India.
The Europe India Gateway (EIG) cable system, which will cost close to US $700 million, will significantly enhance capacity [...]