New federal drone rules should lift TV stations
The Federal Aviation Administration last month approved new regulations that TV industry experts say will open the floodgates for drone use in news reporting.
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Indiana Democratic Party files complaint over political ad
The complaint sent Tuesday focuses on a technicality in FEC rules that Democrats argue the Republican Governors Association did not comply with when producing the ads.
Report: Big Ten getting $2.6 billion in new media deal
ESPN is reportedly set to pay close to $200 million per year for the secondary media rights of the Big Ten Conference, according to a Monday morning report by Sports Business Journal.
Channels go dark for millions of Dish TV customers
Millions of Dish TV subscribers lost access to one or more channels Sunday night because of a fight over how much the satellite TV company should pay for the channels. Two stations in Indianapolis were affected.
WRTV shutting down its Hometown Sports & News network
In a blow to local sports fans, WRTV Channel 6 is shutting down its Hometown Sports & News network and replacing it with a national syndicated network called Grit that features a lineup of action movies and westerns.
Indy 500 TV ratings skyrocket locally, slip nationally
Indianapolis was the highest-rated market with a 33.6 rating, according to Nielsen Media Research. That equated to a jaw-dropping 360,530 households. But viewership nationwide for the milestone event ebbed.
Lifting of Indy 500 blackout creates questions in local ad community
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s decision to call off the local television blackout could have a big impact on WRTV, Emmis Communications and race-day advertisers.
IMS Productions races beyond motorsports
The company created to broadcast the Indy 500 is using innovations to diversify its customer base and fuel double-digit percentage growth.
Bright House, Time Warner brands to disappear after merger
Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks will be phased out after Charter Communications Inc. closes its $55.1 billion purchase of Time Warner on Wednesday.
WISH-TV news director to depart after year at station
Elbert Tucker said Friday he couldn’t pass up an opportunity to take the same position at a station in his home state of Tennessee.
Despite expected sellout, Indy 500 won’t be televised live in local market
WRTV-TV Channel 6 for the first time will air the Indianapolis 500 twice. But neither of those telecasts will be live.
Time Warner Cable gets OK for $67B deal, with conditions
Federal regulators on Monday approved Charter’s $67 billion bid to buy Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, two companies that have about 240,000 customers in Indiana.
Candidates, PACs buy $850K in TV ads for presidential race here
Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders have bought TV time on Indianapolis stations. So have the Club for Growth, Our Principles and Trusted Leadership PACs.
Modeling agency founder Helen Wells dies at 89
Hundreds of admirers took to Facebook to remember Helen Wells, who started her agency in 1980 and provided talent to many of Indiana's top companies.
TV stations to pocket presidential advertising windfall
The three Republicans and two Democrats left vying for their party’s nomination could flood the market with more than $10 million in TV advertising revenue before the May 3 primary.
NCAA tournament deal with CBS, Turner extended through 2032
The Indianapolis-based NCAA on Tuesday announced an eight-year, $8.8 billion extension of its March Madness deal with CBS Sports and the Turner Broadcasting System.
IU to name broadcast studio for alum Beckley
The Ken and Audrey Beckley Studio will serve as a facility for TV broadcast news classes and production workshops, as well as for IUSTV, the student-run television station, for coverage of basketball and football.
NCAA title game viewership drops 37 percent in cable debut
The 77-74 thriller that ended with a three-point shot at the buzzer attracted 17.8 million total viewers on TNT, TBS and TruTv. That’s down from the 28.3 million who tuned in to the men’s college basketball title game a year ago.
Mother-daughter home rehab team lands series on HGTV
Mother-daughter team Karen E Laine and Mina Starsiak, who own Indianapolis-based renovation business Two Chicks and a Hammer Inc., scored their own television series on HGTV.
WISH-TV loses another on-air personality
An award-winning field reporter at WISH-TV Channel 8 has announced her departure, joining a growing list of on-air personalities to leave the station over the past 18 months.