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Ad Community Concerned About New Financial Services Agency Agency would police the financial services and products markets in the wake of the financial meltdown Broadcasting & Cable
The House Financial Services Committee is holding a hearing next week on a bill that has the advertising community worried.The bill is the administration-backed H.R. 3126, which would create a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency.There was a hearing in the House Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee on the proposal last week. The agency would police the financial s..... Genachowski To Testify On Kids TV Law Will appear at hearing on rethinking Children's TV Act in digital age Broadcasting & Cable
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will be the headliner at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing July 22, which is billed as a "rethinking" of the Children's Television Act in the digital age.It will be Genachowski's first appearance before a congressional hearing as chairman. He was sworn in June 29 .The act, which passed in 1990, established mandatory minimums (three hours per..... Cancer Battlers Connect Through YouNews Broadcast Interactive Media, American Cancer Society pair up Broadcasting & Cable
Broadcast Interactive Media (BIM) is pairing with the American Cancer Society (ACS) to give those affected by cancer a chance to upload related content on a handful of station sites. Select affiliates of BIM's user-generated YouNews platform, including WKOW Madison and KATU Portland (Ore.), offer a "Relay For Life" homepage widget and a custom channel to house the user content. ..... CMC, Motorola Deliver 'Video-Rich' Interactive TV Firms' National Authorization Service Upgraded To Support EBIF Video Apps Multichannel News
Comcast Media Center and Motorola have upgraded their jointly operated National Authorization Service (NAS) for smaller cable operators to support interactive video applications, including a "video-rich navigation" service that displays live channels in an interactive program guide.
The NAS operating platform now supports an EBIF-compliant version of the video-rich navigati..... Comcast Rings Up iPhone App Free App Provides Access To TV Listings, E-mail, Voice Mail, Movie Trailers Multichannel News
Comcast has launched a free application for Apple iPhone and iPod touch devices that provides access to e-mail, voicemail, address book, TV listing and movie trailers.
The 2.2-megabyte mobile app, tailored to the devices' small screens, lets Comcast subscribers check e-mail and voicemail messages in one combined inbox, as well as synchronize their Comcast.net universal..... FCC Nominees To Get Vote July 21 Clyburn, Baker expected to be confirmed Broadcasting & Cable
The Senate has scheduled a vote for Tuesday, July 21, on the nominations of Mignon Clyburn and Meredith Attwell Baker as FCC commissioners. The pair are expected to be confirmed after a fairly uneventful nonmination hearing July 15 at which both were praised and several Senators expressed their support and belief the two would not have a problem securing their seats. Baker, ..... Unger Joins Knight Will Work On M&A For Boutique Firm Multichannel News
Former Avalon Equity Partners principal David Unger has joined Knight Libertas, a subsidiary of Jersey City, N.J. -based boutique investment house Knight Capital Group, as managing director, corporate finance.The news comes as Avalon, which had mainly had investments in alternative newspapers after backing away from the cable business several years ago (it still has a minor interest i..... Cable Once Again Tops Emmy List HBO leads way with 99 nominations; Mad Men is top drama with 19 nods; 30 Rock's 22 sets comedy record Broadcasting & Cable
Cable programs—as has been the case in most of the past few years—dominated the list of nominees for the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, announced July 16 in Los Angeles. HBO led the way with 99 nominations, followed by the broadcasters: 67 for NBC, 55 for ABC, 49 for CBS and 42 for Fox.30 Rock set an Emmy comedy record with 22 nominations. These included a raft of acting nods..... Glenn Weiss To Direct Emmy Awards Helmer previously directed nine Tony Awards Broadcasting & Cable
Glenn Weiss has been tapped to direct this year's Primetime Emmy Awards -- his first.
The 61st annual fete will be held Sunday, Sept. 20. Exec producer Don Mischer revealed the pick Wednesday, on the eve of the Emmy nominations announcement.
"Glenn brings extensive experience in live television direction to the Emmys," Mischer said. "He is creative, organize..... Charter Files Amended Reorganization Plan Boosts Consideration To Noteholders, Adds To Litigation Fund Multichannel News
Charter Communications has filed an amended plan of reorganization with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, boosting the amount of preferred stock it will make available to certain noteholders and increasing the potential funds held in a litigation escrow account.
The bankruptcy court is scheduled to consider confirmation of the plan in a hearin..... Primetime Ratings: 'Talent' Beats 'Dance' But Fox Wins Again Broadcasting & Cable
NBC’s America’s Got Talent turned out the highest-ratings and biggest audience total Wednesday night but Fox, fresh off its All-Star Game win, took primetime’s top spot again. Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance tied with ABC’s Wipeout in the opening 8 p.m. hour with both shows delivering a 2.6/9 rating. Wipeout led the hour in viewers with 7.7 million. NBC ..... Charter Files Amended Reorg Plan Boosts Consideration to Noteholders, Adds to Litigation Fund Multichannel News
Charter Files Amended Reorg PlanBoosts Consideration to Noteholders, Adds to Litigation FundBy Mike FarrellCharter Communications has filed an amended plan of reorganization with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, boosting the amount of preferred stock it will make available to certain noteholders and increasing the potential funds held in a litigation es..... Three Orlando Outlets Share Post-Newsweek, Fox and Bright House in pool Broadcasting & Cable
The Orlando news outlets WKMG, WOFL and Central Florida News 13 launched a content sharing arrangement in the
#19 DMA this week
,
reports the Orlando Sentinel
. While pools are increasingly popular among otherwise rival stations around the country, Orlando's is unique because it couples broadcast with cable: WKMG is owned by..... Margaret Loesch Will Run Hasbro-Discovery Network Former Hallmark Channel, Fox Kids CEO to Helm Converted Discovery Kids Multichannel News
Discovery Communications and Hasbro said they’ve hired kids’ programming veteran Margaret Loesch as CEO of the yet-unnamed new network that will take the place of the Discovery Kids channel in fall 2010.
The former chief of Crown Media/Hallmark Channel and of Fox Kids Network will start on Aug. 17, based in Los Angeles. The JV was announced in April. Hasbro agr..... "30 Rock," "Mad Men" lead Emmy nominations none By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters)- The Tina Fey comedy "30 Rock" and 1960s period drama "Mad Men" led the Primetime Emmy nominations on Thursday in a broad field full of fresh faces competing for U.S. television's highest honors. NBC's "30 Rock" Genachowski Begins Naming Bureau Chiefs Taps Ruth Milkman as wireless bureau chief, James Schlichting senior deputy chief Broadcasting & Cable
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has begun naming his bureau chiefs, beginning with the Wireless Bureau and tapping a lot of institutional knowledge in the process.For the most part, the chairman did not have to look far to find his team.The new bureau chief will be Ruth Milkman, who had been special counsel for the chairman's transition. Like Genachowski, she is a former staffer ..... Loesch Tapped To Lead Discovery/Hasbro Channel Former CEO of Marvel Productions, EVP at Hanna-Barbera to run Discovery Kids Broadcasting & Cable
Margaret Loesch has been named president and CEO of the upcoming Discovery Communications-Hasbro kids channel. The new network, first announced in April 2009, will take over the space currently occupied by Discovery Kids in fall 2010.
Loesch has a long history of developing children's programming, including stints as president and CEO of Marvel Productions (GI Joe, ..... Nielsen: Month After DTV Switch, 1.3% of Country Unready for Digital 1.5 million don't have DTV set or converter box hooked up, but numbers lowering Broadcasting & Cable
According to Nielsen, 1.5 million TV households, or 1.3% of the country, were unready for DTV as of July 12, a month after the June 12 transition date. That is down 200,000 households from the 1.7 million households that weren't ready two weeks before, according to the latest Nielsen figures.Nielsen defines unready as homes that rely on over-the-air TV and don't have a digit..... "30 Rock," "Mad Men" lead Emmy nominations Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters)- The Tina Fey comedy ൦ Rock" and 1960s period drama "Mad Men" led the Primetime Emmy nominations on Thursday in a broad field full of fre Discovery.com Hooks Long John Silver's Restaurant Chain Secures Online Schedule For 'Shark Week' Promo Multichannel News
Long John Silver's is swimming with sharks -- at least on Discovery.com in conjunction with the programmer's long-running summer stunt.
The restaurant chain has secured banner and skyscraper ads on the Discovery Channel's 'Shark Week' microsite. Touting the 99-cent Baja Fish Tacos offering, the schedule, which started July 15, runs through Aug. 31. .....
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