http://www.mail.com/subjects/66414-broadcast-television.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/66414-broadcast-television.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2084326-tv-over-internet-service-hits-atlanta-month.html NEW YORK (AP) — Aereo, the startup that offers live television broadcasts over the Internet starting at $8 a month, said it will start service in the Atlanta market on June 17, following an expansion to Boston on Wednesday. Until this week, the service had been available only in the New York City area. Aereo said Tuesday that it will offer 27 Atlanta-area... Tue, 14 May 2013 19:34:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2084326-tv-over-internet-service-hits-atlanta-month.html 2013-05-14T19:34:05Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2081498-fox-schedule-includes-24-return.html NEW YORK (AP) — Fox, facing the ebbing ratings power of "American Idol," is betting big on its first miniseries showcase starting with a limited-edition "24," and shows from heavyweight producers Seth MacFarlane and J.J. Abrams to invigorate its schedule. The network is making its largest original-programming investment yet with a crop of 11 new series al... Tue, 14 May 2013 00:20:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2081498-fox-schedule-includes-24-return.html 2013-05-14T00:20:56Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2044158-2-beloved-tv-soaps-revived-online-starting-monday.html STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Taped to a wall at the entrance to the Connecticut Film Center in Stamford is this greeting: "Welcome (back) to Pine Valley." Pine Valley, of course, is the mythical setting of "All My Children," a daytime drama that ran on ABC for nearly 41 years until it was snuffed in 2011. But now, in one of those plot twists so common to soap o... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:53:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2044158-2-beloved-tv-soaps-revived-online-starting-monday.html 2013-04-25T14:53:52Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2039234-tv-over-internet-service-aereo-expands-to-boston.html NEW YORK (AP) — Aereo, the television-over-the-Internet service that is threatening the broadcast and cable TV industries, is expanding to Boston on May 15. With prices starting at $8 a month, Aereo will offer 28 Boston-area broadcast channels, plus the cable channel Bloomberg TV. Service will be available in Boston and surrounding areas in Massachusetts,... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:49:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2039234-tv-over-internet-service-aereo-expands-to-boston.html 2013-04-23T17:49:15Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2023090-nbc-networks-to-televise-epl-season.html NEW YORK (AP) — NBC is all in with the English Premier League. The EPL feels the same way about the U.S. broadcaster. All 380 English Premier League games will be televised live by NBC and its networks next season as part of a three-year, $250 million contract. The deal comes at a time when Fox and ESPN also have heavy involvement in soccer. But the world... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:21:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2023090-nbc-networks-to-televise-epl-season.html 2013-04-16T19:21:38Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2014322-tv-stations-feel-squeezed-airwave-auction.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — As the federal government tries to encourage companies like AT&T and Verizon to create bigger, faster mobile networks, TV broadcasters are feeling like the farmers of yesteryear who were asked to sell their land to make way for the nation's highways. Broadcasters own a valuable swath of invisible real estate on the airwaves and just like ... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:18:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2014322-tv-stations-feel-squeezed-airwave-auction.html 2013-04-11T22:18:19Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2009044-exec-fox-affiliates-on-board-with-pay-tv-plan.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — Television stations that relay Fox programming are "on board" with a threat to transition the over-the-air network to cable and satellite TV if Internet startup Aereo keeps reselling Fox's signal without paying for rights, the chairman of a Fox group said Tuesday. Fox's parent company, News Corp., owns just 27 of the 205 stations that car... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:28:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2009044-exec-fox-affiliates-on-board-with-pay-tv-plan.html 2013-04-09T23:28:38Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2006240-exec-threatens-to-pull-fox-signal-aereo.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A top executive with the owner of the Fox broadcast network on Monday threatened to convert the network to a pay-TV-only channel if Internet startup Aereo Inc. continues to "steal" Fox's over-the-air signal and sell it to consumers without paying for rights. Anyone with an antenna can pick up a TV station's signals for free. But cable a... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:22:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2006240-exec-threatens-to-pull-fox-signal-aereo.html 2013-04-09T12:22:16Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2003656-broadcasters-worry-zero-tv-homes.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some people have had it with TV. They've had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don't like timing their lives around network show schedules. They're tired of $100-plus monthly bills. A growing number of them have stopped paying for cable and satellite TV service, and don't even use an antenna to get free signals over the air.... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:17:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2003656-broadcasters-worry-zero-tv-homes.html 2013-04-07T23:17:19Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1990970-ny-appeals-court-oks-aereo-live-television-service.html NEW YORK (AP) — An Internet company offering inexpensive live broadcast television feeds to computers, tablets and smartphones doesn't violate U.S. copyright law, a divided federal appeals court said Monday. The 2-to-1 ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cleared the way for Aereo Inc.'s expansion of its $8-a-month service, which had been limit... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:14:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1990970-ny-appeals-court-oks-aereo-live-television-service.html 2013-04-01T21:14:32Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1980908-nielsens-top-programs-march-18-24.html Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for March 18-24. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership. 1. "NCIS," CBS, 19.79 million. 2. "Dancing With the Stars," ABC, 17.06 million. 3. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 16.84 million. 4. "American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 12.94 million. ... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:04:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1980908-nielsens-top-programs-march-18-24.html 2013-03-26T21:04:56Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1887296-nbc-stumbles-deep-midwinter-freeze-ratings-low.html NEW YORK (AP) — NBC, after being heartened by some long-sought success this past fall, has fallen into a deep midwinter freeze. The network has badly stumbled recently, hitting its three lowest viewership levels for a traditional television season in the past four weeks, the Nielsen ratings company said. The only exception came the week NBC televised the ... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1887296-nbc-stumbles-deep-midwinter-freeze-ratings-low.html 2013-02-12T20:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1884926-tv-station-hacker-warns-zombies-montana.html GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana television station's regular programming was interrupted by news of a zombie apocalypse. The Montana Television Network says hackers broke into the Emergency Alert System of Great Falls affiliate KRTV and its CW station Monday. KRTV says on its website the hackers broadcast that "dead bodies are rising from their graves... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1884926-tv-station-hacker-warns-zombies-montana.html 2013-02-12T00:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1818302-big-night-cable-tv-globes.html BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The taut political thriller "Homeland," the coming of age comedy "Girls" and "Game Change," the movie about Sarah Palin's rocky campaign for the vice presidency in 2008, were the big television winners in the Golden Globes. The biggest losers? Commercial broadcast networks ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox — none of which aired those show... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1818302-big-night-cable-tv-globes.html 2013-01-14T08:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1817608-disconnect-violence-television.html PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — If there's any soul-searching among top television executives about onscreen violence contributing to real-life tragedies like the Connecticut school shooting, it isn't readily apparent. All say the horrors of Newtown and Aurora, Colo., rocked them. But during a series of meetings with reporters here over the last 10 days, none off... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1817608-disconnect-violence-television.html 2013-01-13T21:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1808242-review-aereo-tempting-to-cut-cable-tv.html NEW YORK (AP) — Broadcast networks make many of their shows available on the Internet, but you usually have to wait at least a day after an episode airs on television. A subscription service called Aereo breaks those shackles and makes network programs available right away. That sounds too good to be true, and in a sense it is. First, it works only in New... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1808242-review-aereo-tempting-to-cut-cable-tv.html 2013-01-09T19:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1806676-tv-over-internet-service-expands-despite-lawsuits.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Barry Diller-backed Internet company that challenged cable and satellite TV services by offering inexpensive live television online plans to expand beyond New York City this spring. In the wake of a federal court ruling that tentatively endorsed its legality, Aereo will bring its $8-a-month service to Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Was... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1806676-tv-over-internet-service-expands-despite-lawsuits.html 2013-01-08T23:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1803336-tv-dramas-cancellation-uproar-thailand.html BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai TV station's decision to cancel a popular and edgy soap opera mini-series has caused an uproar among viewers and critics who are demanding that the show's final episodes be shown. Channel 3 announced Friday that it would immediately stop airing the prime-time action drama "Nua Mek 2" after "having considered that some content was ina... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1803336-tv-dramas-cancellation-uproar-thailand.html 2013-01-07T10:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1774876-nielsens-top-programs-dec-10-16.html NEW YORK (AP) — Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Dec. 10-16. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership. 1. NFL Football: San Francisco at New England, NBC, 23.23 million. 2. "60 Minutes," CBS, 19.63 million. 3. "NCIS," CBS, 17.65 million. 4. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 16.74 million. 5. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 15.12 million... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1774876-nielsens-top-programs-dec-10-16.html 2012-12-18T19:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1764218-globes-dwell-cable-jilt-broadcast-fare.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Golden Globes have an ear for musical drama, handing two nominations to ABC's new "Nashville" and a nod to NBC's freshman series "Smash." But the broadcast networks were largely overlooked, as usual. They were snubbed entirely in categories such as best actor in a drama series and best actress in a TV film, while the Globes mostly reco... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1764218-globes-dwell-cable-jilt-broadcast-fare.html 2012-12-13T15:27:00Z