Stamford, Conn.-based Charter Communications said Monday that it has reached an agreement to take control of 3.9 million of Comcast’s customers under a plan that will create a new cable-TV company in most of Indiana, including Indianapolis.
The deal gives the WNBA team a live, over-the-air broadcaster to supplement regional and national coverage on Fox Sports Indiana and ESPN2.
“We don’t serve teens” is underwritten by the Wine & Spirit Distributors of Indiana, Indiana Association of Beverage Retailers, Indiana Licensed Beverage Association, Indiana’s Budweiser Wholesalers and the Indiana Restaurant & Lodging Association.
The ABC affiliate has been on a roll since new owner E.W. Scripps began making desperately needed investments in news and other operations. Scripps bought WRTV and eight other McGraw Hill stations in 2011.
The Fairgrounds Coliseum, which reopens Thursday after a $63 million renovation, is likely to receive a new name soon, an Indiana State Fair Commission spokesman said.
The Indianapolis-based firm expect to boost its employment by 50 percent by the end of the year as it expands its sales and marketing nationally.
The move to end operations at the plant for medical packaging is just the latest in the continuing reshuffling of printing facilities in Indiana.
Texas Monthly, the award-winning magazine owned by Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp., says the Times hired away its top editor to join the newspaper’s magazine division before his contract expired.
Upland recently hired Indianapolis ad agency Young & Laramore to help streamline and unify its varied packaging themes.
The Comedy Central star will take over for the Indianapolis native on CBS, dumping his phony conservative persona for an approach with wider appeal.
California, the U.S. state with the largest population and budget, offers the least website access to its government spending data, according to a new study. Indiana provided the most information.
Three Emmis Communications Corp. stations in February were near the top in local radio ratings, behind only Radio One’s No. 1 rated WHHH-FM 96.3, in the broad category of listeners age 6 and up.
Indianapolis native David Letterman said he will step down in 2015, when his current contract with “The Late Show” on CBS-TV expires. The Ball State grad has hosted a national late-night show since 1982.
WTHR-TV Channel 13 recently stole a page from WXIN-TV Channel 59’s winning playbook by adding a 4 a.m. newscast. WXIN pioneered the ultra-early trend locally in 2009. But with a second station now on at 4 a.m., who is watching television at that hour?
WISH-TV Channel 8 appears to be on solid ground going into a merger of its parent, LIN Media, with Media General Inc.
Noblesville-based Autism Companion Magazine will bring television actress Holly Robinson Peete to give the main speech at the first Have A Heart for Autism dinner on April 23 at the Indianapolis Colts Pavilion, 7001 W. 56th St.
Rumors of radio’s demise appear to be greatly exaggerated, at least for Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp. Revenue for its radio and publishing arms continue to improve.
Don’t expect song-and-dance routines or sob stories. And whether a certain former local celebrity will make an appearance is top-secret.
On Friday, Gatorade will introduce Pacer Paul George as its newest NBA spokesman in a lineup that already features prominent athletes such as Dwyane Wade, Peyton Manning, Serena Williams and Derek Jeter.
Don Hibschweiler joins Sharon Alseth as co-anchor of "Morning Edition," which runs from 5-10 a.m. on weekdays.
