Local TV Stations Face a Fuzzy Future Sam Schechner's and Rebecca Dana's February 12, 2009 Wall Street Journal article on the local TV station's declining viewership and revenue. The article cites quotes from Jeff Zucker (CEO, NBC Universal) and Les Moonves (CEO, CBS Corporation) regarding the major networks taking shows straight to cable/direct broadcast satellite, cutting the local TV stations out of the picture.
Broadcast TV Faces Struggle to Stay Viable Tim Arango's February 27, 2009 New York Times article on broadcast television's broken and unsustainable business model. News Corp (owners of Fox) and Disney (owners of ABC) reported 90% and 60% decreases in their broadcast television operating incomes since last year, respectively.
Nearly 4.5 million TV Households Remain Unprepared for DTV Television Broadcast's March 5, 2009 article on the sizeable chunk of TV households unprepared for the DTV transition. Around 4.5 million households--nearly 4 percent of the nation’s TV households--are still watching TV exclusively on analog TV sets as of March 1.
