WHY THIS MATTERS:The Fox deal is part of a broader commitment by the wireless operator to pay reasonable costs for helping goose the repack so it can get access to the spectrum.
WHY THIS MATTERS:CBS Television Distribution's Daily Mail TV widened its lead over the rookie field in the week ended Oct. 1, with an 11% gain to a 1.0 live plus same day national Nielsen household rating.
WHY THIS MATTERS:The deal has already been investigated for competition issues by the European Commission, getting a clean bill of health on April 7 of this year.
The class of the 27th Annual Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame will be celebrated at New York's Grand Hyatt on Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. This year's honorees include Crown Media's William J. Abbott, Lionsgate Television's Kevin Beggs, the NHL's Gary Bettman, CBS Television Stations' Peter Dunn, NBC Entertainment's Robert Greenblatt, Waller Capital Partners' John W. Waller, III, C-SPAN's Susan Swain and Rob Kennedy, FX's John Landgraf, Univision's María Elena Salinas, NAB's Gordon H. Smith, Nickelodeon Group's Cyma Zarghami, and ABC's The View.