The next two weekends will determine the 2011 champions from USTA Florida Combo League play, beginning this weekend, Jan. 13-15, 2012, with the 2011 USTA Florida Section Combo Adult 6.5 amp; 7.5 Championships, held at the Florida Tennis Center in Daytona Beach. Returning USTA Florida Section champions from last years Combo Adult Section Championships are [...]

Nielsen and comScore, two of the largest research/ratings firms, have settled a dispute over measurement patents, the companies announced today in a joint statement. Nielsen is best known for its television program ratings, which measure the size and demographic of an audience for specific shows. More recently, the company has branched off to include online [...]

Ratings Info For This Weeks WWE Raw Posted by: Caylon Knox on Jan 05 2012Source: PWInsider.com The very first episode of WWE Monday Night Raw in 2012 picked up a 3.1 overall rating, with nearly 4,440,000 viewers. This is slightly higher than the 2.7-2.9 ratings that theyve been getting lately. However, its being reported that viewership [...]

NAPLES – Want to see an up-and-comer in tennis in action? A free women’s doubles tennis exhibition is on tap today at the Club at Sterling Oaks on US 41 north of Naples. It will begin at 5:30 pm Featured players will include Sterling Oaks’ own 14-year-old resident-in-training, Anya Kondrasov, Abigail David (19) and Vivienne [...]

The Badgers have had their warmup. Time to bring on a real opponent, a team from a power conference. Oregon State, coming out of the Pac-12? Yeah, thatll do. Thatll do just fine. Whats that, you say? Oregon State lost to Sacramento State last week? The one in the Big Sky conference? At home? Oh. [...]

ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–With literacy and science curriculum-based series leading the charge, PBS KIDS is seeing a significant boost in ratings. Four PBS KIDS series – SUPER WHY, CURIOUS GEORGE, THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT! and DINOSAUR TRAIN landed in the top-10 kids programs among kids 2-5 in July. Three of [...]

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fitch Ratings takes the following action on the following Pennsylvania School Credit Enhancement Program ratings: –Pennsylvania School Credit Enhancement Intercept Program rating affirmed at AA; –Pennsylvania School Credit Enhancement Direct-Pay Intercept Program rating affirmed at AA. The Rating Outlook is Negative, reflecting the Negative Outlook on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvanias general obligation (GO) [...]

5.456 – via NBC press note: In Late-Night Metered Markets Wednesday night: In Nielsens 56 metered markets, household results were: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 2.8/7; CBSs Late Show with David Letterman, 2.3/6; and ABCs combo of Nightline, 3.0/7; and Jimmy Kimmel Live, 1.4/4. In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 [...]

Or that the $43 million awarded to CBS CEO Leslie Moonves in 2009 was 1,302 times the median wage? (Mr. Moonves was awarded $57 million in 2010, but that data apparently was released too late for the AFL-CIO study). The AFL-CIOs executive pay website offers lots of tidbits like this. By the way, median household [...]

ABC Finishes No. 2 to Fox claiming 6 of the Top 15 TV Series, Including the No. 1 Comedy and the No. 1 Drama. The Network Produces its Most-Watched May Sweep in 3 Years. ABC Improves its Local News Lead-in Audience in May with Total Viewers. ABC Sees Big Gains for a Number of Returning [...]