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MMTC Pushes Help For Minority Broadband Bidders Wants NTIA and RUS to agree to development of small and minority businesses Broadcasting & Cable
The Minority Media & Telecommunications Council, which has teamed with civil rights groups on the just-launched Broadband Opportunity Coalition, has provided the National Telecommunications & Information Administration and the Rural Utilities Service with a list of best practices to insure minorities and small businesses get a piece of the broadband action.The two agencies are..... Unseen Jackson U.K. footage on the way Mimi Turner LONDON (Hollywood Reporter) - ITV is promising exclusive unseen footage of Michael Jackson from the private collection of the singer's friend Uri Geller in a forth Why You Should Give Soccer a Shot Broadcasting & Cable When I write about soccer, I have about as much objectivity as Bill O'Reilly or Keith Olbermann covering a Supreme Court nomination hearing. I spent a nice chunk of my career working in professional soccer here and abroad, and would probably go back to it tomorrow if asked. (Welcome to another edition of “Does my boss read my column?”) Next summer's World Cup in ..... Syndicators Weigh Another 11 Bankruptcy filing one possibility for Sinclair Broadcasting & Cable Syndicators may end up with yet another customer in Chapter 11 following last week's word that Sinclair Broadcasting Group—probably the No. 4 buyer of syndicated programming behind Fox, Tribune and CBS—could file for bankruptcy protection. Sinclair's problems are linked to those of Cunningham Broadcasting, a six-station group mostly owned by members of Sinclair..... Lopez' Finds EP Gibbons expected to land job Broadcasting & Cable Mike Gibbons is expected to be named executive producer of the new TBS late-night show hosted by George Lopez that is scheduled to debut this fall, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation. Gibbons is co-creator and executive producer of Comedy Central's Tosh.O, and was executive producer of the recently canceled Talk Show With Spike Feresten ..... Putting Their Best Faces On Earnings season kicks in amidst disagreement over turnaround Broadcasting & Cable General Electric continued media earnings season on July 17, with its NBC Universal division reporting a 41% decline in profit to $539 million for the second quarter. The company said two non-recurring items made results look worse than they actually were. NBCU took a writedown on its stake in Ion Media Networks, and had the benefit of the sale of its Sundance Chan..... 'Blood' Is Flowing Again at HBO Rejuvenated ratings and Emmy nominations give pay-cable network needed boost Broadcasting & Cable After admittedly needing to right the ship since the departure of shows like The Sopranos and Sex and the City, HBO finally seems to be gaining steam. The premium cable network's trio of summer series—True Blood, Entourage and new comedy Hung—is delivering ratings not seen since the Mob-supported glory days, and the network just hauled in ..... Something Old, Some Things New Cable is king yet again, but expanded Emmy field brings new faces Broadcasting & Cable Cable again dominated the list of nominees for the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, announced July 16 in Los Angeles. But with new rules leading to more nominees in some of the major categories, shows like Family Guy and How I Met Your Mother broke through. Cable series garnered five of the seven best drama nominations as well as three nods in the best comedy category. They..... Heartland Stations Heartier Than Most Midwest GMs say economy “sucks less” in many mid-America markets Broadcasting & Cable The Midwestern TV markets have rarely enjoyed the economic spikes that have benefited the beachy boomtowns. But when the economy tanks, executives at several heartland stations say the insulated nature of their inland markets helps them pull through the recession in considerably better shape. Of course, it will be years before the likes of Detroit and Cleve..... Seeing Green No. 44 a local hero, No. 4 not so much Broadcasting & Cable Local news outlets went into overdrive when President Obama opted to present his health-care plan from Green Bay last month. Stations called on the public to pitch in with reporting, and tapped social networks such as Twitter to give the historic event blanket coverage. LIN Fox outlet WLUK got some 400,000 Obama-related page views on Fox11Online.com from a link on CNN.com . “The amou..... Programming Chief Imagines Greater Things at Syfy Stern brings a producer's sensibility to a wide-ranging job at the rebranded network Broadcasting & Cable In 2002, when (then) Sci Fi was in the market for a new programming chief, Mark Stern was asked to suggest some candidates. The network executives trusted Stern's perspective, and for good reason. The longtime producer, a partner at Trilogy Entertainment Group and president of its television division, was executive producer of The Outer Limits, already running on the channel.
On a Mission Broadcasting & Cable In a curious way, Michael Jackson's moonwalk and the one by Neil Armstrong 40 years ago on July 20 share a common bond: They became touchstones because of the media's power to aggregate an audience. For all its excess, the coverage of Jackson's death did remind us of how powerful the media are in both setting (for better or worse) and serving our cultural agendas. Today..... High (Definition) Time for Change Multichannel News Cablevision Systems' refusal to sell the HD versions of its regional sports networks in New York to Verizon Communications could be an issue that seals the case for eliminating the so-called terrestrial loophole. The loophole is a provision in the program-access rules that let cable operators withhold terrestrially (rather than satellite) delivered programming the MSO owns from i..... Satellite Act Draft Makes Rounds on Hill Dish Network Welcomes Changes, But Bill Is a Mixed Bag for Broadcast Stations Multichannel NewsWashington— The House Judiciary Committee has circulated a draft of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act that has a little something for everyone. The act would reauthorize the blanket copyright license that allows satellite-TV providers to deliver out-of-market network-affiliated TV stations, or distant signals, to viewers who can’t receive..... CALM and Ad Loudness On TV Multichannel News Maybe this has happened to you: You’re multitasking a nap with some TV. You’re right at that drifty spot between awake and asleep. Then, the ear assault: BIG AL! REALLY DOES! SELL CARPET! CHEAPER! U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) found this bothersome enough to create a piece of legislation around it (HR 1084), called the “Commercial Audio Loudness Mitigation Act,R..... FiOS TV Friends the Web Verizon Debuts 'Bazaar' for Interactive-TV Applications Multichannel News Verizon Communications — looking to add every ounce of differentiation between FiOS TV and cable — last week rolled out a series of Internet-connected widgets from ESPN, Facebook and Twitter, and later this month will offer subscribers an array of user-generated video clips from Veoh, blip.tv and Dailymotion. The telco also plans to release an “open” software..... Senate Sets Vote on Obama’s FCC Nominees Multichannel NewsWashington— The Senate has scheduled a July 21 vote on the nominations of Mignon Clyburn and Meredith Attwell Baker to the Federal Communications Commission. The pair are expected to be confirmed after a fairly uneventful nomination hearing on July 15, at which both were praised and several senators expressed their support and belief the two would not have a problem secur..... Crown Plan Sparks Shareholder Suit Multichannel News As the deadline for Hallmark Channel parent Crown Media Holdings to approve a restructuring proposal from its largest stakeholder fast approaches, one minority shareholder is making moves to block the deal, filing a class-action suit last week in Delaware Chancery Court. S. Muoio & Co., a New York-based investment firm that owns about 5.8% of Crown stock, filed suit in Delaware Ch..... Comic-Con Draws Interest Cable Networks Plan Huge Presence at Sci-Fi Gathering Multichannel News Once considered a show strictly for comic-book enthusiasts, Comic-Con International has now become a magnet for cable networks looking to showcase their science-fiction fare to attending consumers. Cable networks such as Syfy, Cartoon Network, BBC America, ABC Family and G4 have invaded the convention, which runs from July 23 to 26 in San Diego, sponsoring parties and creating booth.....
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