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Genachowski Designated Defense Commissioner by FCC Responsible for homeland security, emergency preparedness Broadcasting & Cable
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will be the defense commissioner, according to the commission.The commission designates one commissioner to head up homeland security, national security and emergency preparedness. That makes him the point person with the Department of Homeland Security and makes him responsible for emergency preparedness programs.The chairman has already launched a rev..... Engineering Emmys Awarded NASA Rockets With Philo Farnsworth Award For Live Broadcasts From Moon Multichannel News
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has given its Philo T. Farnsworth Award to NASA for the technological innovations necessary for the first live broadcasts from the moon. That announcement came Thursday (July 23), three days after the 40th anniversary of the moon walk telecast.
The award is for long-term contributions to the state of TV technology and engineerin..... Avid Posts Q2 Loss, Announces Further Reorganization Consolidates video and audio product organizations, raises Arnold to COO Broadcasting & Cable
Editing and storage supplier Avid reported revenues of $150.5 million for the second quarter of 2009, compared to $222.9 million for the same period in 2008, and posted a net loss for the quarter of $15.9 million, or $.43 per share, compared to a net loss of $10.4 million, or $.28 per share, in the second quarter of 2008. The net loss for Q2 included amortization of intangibles, stock..... Friends, Family Honor Cronkite At Funeral Remembered as a devoted father an avid sailor and a consummate reporter Broadcasting & Cable
Friends and family who gathered to pay their final respects to Walter Cronkite on July 23 remembered the CBS anchorman as a devoted father, an avid sailor, a consummate reporter and “in New York religious terminology: a mensch,” said the Rev. William McD. Tully, who presided over the funeral mass at St. Bartholomew’s Church in Manhattan.
Cronkite died July..... Engineering Emmys Awarded NASA receives Philo Farnsworth award for live broadcasts from moon Broadcasting & Cable
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has given its Philo T. Farnsworth Award to NASA for the technological innovations necessary for the first live broadcasts from the moon. That announcement came Thursday (July 23), three days after the 40th anniversary of the moon walk telecast.The award is for long-term contributions to the state of TV technology and engineering.ATAS also ..... NFL Moves 2010 Draft To Primetime First time NFL draft will be held in primetime, expand to three days Broadcasting & Cable
Confirming reports from April
, the National Football League is moving its 2010 draft to a much more advertiser and viewer friendly day and time. The draft, which will be the NFL's 75th, will kick off in primetime on a Thursday, and will also expand to three days.
Round one will be held on Thursday, April 22 at 7:30 - 11 p.m., with rounds two and three se..... PEJ Study Shows Top News Stories Vary Depending on Medium New Media Index shows Sotomayor as traditional media's top story, Palin in blogosphere Broadcasting & Cable
Turns out the top news story of the week increasingly depends on which medium is carrying the message.According to the latest Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) weekly New Media Index, the top story in the traditional media the week of July 13-17 was the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor; the top story in the blogosphere was Sarah Palin's pol..... KLAS Joins Chyron Axis Adopts online graphics system Broadcasting & Cable
KLAS, the CBS affiliate and Landmark-owned station in Las Vegas, is the latest broadcaster to adopt Chyron's Axis online graphics system, which lets journalists create template-based graphics on the desktop and delivers a finished product through the Internet.
Axis, which Chyron is selling as a SaaS (Software as a Service) package for creating broadcast quality news gr..... Reelz, Discovery In Same Boat For 'Shark Week' Tout Movie Net's 'Fascination With Fear' Special Promotes Annual Stunt Multichannel News
Movie proponent ReelzChannel has reeled in a half-hour feature touting Discovery Channel's annual summer stunt, "Shark Week."
In partnership with Discovery, Reelz will premiere Fascination with Fear: Spotlight on July 27 at 10:30 p.m. (ET/PT). Hosted by Gerrad Hall, the half-hour show explores movies that prompt fear like sharks do to evoke in swimmers. Deal ter..... Nielsen: Viewing Rebounds After Early Post-DTV Decline Attributed the drop to households that had to re-scan for DTV channels or get a new antenna after the switch Broadcasting & Cable
Viewership to TV stations in the two weeks following the June 12 end of full-power analog dipped, according to Nielsen, but that was "largely temporary" and viewing levels have been returning in the ensuing weeks, said the ratings company.Nielsen also says that most of the homes that got digital-ready in the months just prior to the switch did so by installing a converter box rather t..... Nielsen: Viewing Rebounds After Early Post-DTV Decline. Over 20% Made DTV Switch By Signing With A Multichannel Provider Multichannel News
Viewership to TV stations in the two weeks following the June 12 end of full-power analog dipped, according to Nielsen, but that was "largely temporary" and levels have been returning in the ensuing weeks, said the ratings company.
Nielsen also said that most of the homes that became digital-ready in the months just prior to the switch did so by installing a converter box, ..... Updated: Telemundo, Mun2 To Simulcast U.S.-Mexico World Cup Qualifier Aug. 12 Match Marks First Major Sporting Event On Cable Network Multichannel News
When the national teams from the U.S. and Mexico collide in the next match for CONCACAF qualifying for the FIFA 2010 World Cup, Telemundo and cable cousin mun2 will have the exclusive telecasts here in the States.Kicking off at 3:55 p.m., the Aug. 12 match from Estadio Azteca in Mexico City will air in Spanish on Telemundo and in English on mun2, which now counts some 31 million subsc..... TBS Commissions 20 Additional 'House Of Payne' Episodes Extends series episode run to 172 Broadcasting & Cable
TBS announced Thursday it will film an additional 20 episodes of its top-rated original comedy series House Of Payne.
The new order for the series, created by actor/playwright Tyler Perry and distributed by production company Debmar-Mercury, will bring the number of episodes to 172 since the sitcom debuted in 2006.
The series -- which follows a multi-generationa..... Spike Secures Miniseries Pair 'Meteor,' 'The Storm' To Provide Promotional Punch For Original Series 'Surviving Disaster' Multichannel News
Spike TV has secured the off-network rights to a pair of disaster-themed miniseries airing on NBC this summer.The acquisitions of Meteor and The Storm will provide promotional platforms for the male-targeted service's debut of original series Surviving Disaster on Sept. 1.Deal terms were not disclosed; both projects were produced by RHI Entertainment.Original..... Telemundo, Mun2 To Simulcast U.S.-Mexico World Cup Qualifier Aug. 12 Match Marks First Major Sporting Event On Cable Network Multichannel News
When the national teams from the U.S. and Mexico collide in the next match for CONCACAF qualifying for the FIFA 2010 World Cup, Telemundo and cable cousin mun2 will have the exclusive telecasts here in the States.Kicking off at 3:55 p.m., the Aug. 12 match from Estadio Azteca in Mexico City will air in Spanish on Telemundo and in English on mun2, which now counts some 31 million subsc..... Warner Bros., Fox TV Stations to End 'Beyond Twisted' Test Early Clip show test to conclude after third week Broadcasting & Cable
Warner Bros. and Fox TV Stations have decided to end their eight-week test of
Beyond Twisted
, which compiles some of the world's most bizarre video clips, after the show's third week on the air.
Spokespeople for Fox TV Stations and Warner Bros. confirmed the move Thursday morning.
The show is the latest brainc..... Shreffler's Pulse Gets a Jolt West Partners, Broadband Ventures Contribute To Pulse Broadband Multichannel News
Pulse Broadband, the St. Louis-based fiber optic contractor led by long-time cable executive Bill Shreffler, has completed its initial round of capital funding.
Financial terms of the deal, led by West Park Investors with an additional round of funding by Broadband Venture Partners, were not disclosed.
Shreffler founded Pulse late last year after serving stints a..... Primetime Ratings: Obama Presser Most-Watched On Wednesday ???Dance' wins night in ratings, gives Fox overall win Broadcasting & Cable
President Obama's primetime press conference on health care attracted 16.5 million viewers across ABC, NBC, and CBS, the three broadcast networks that covered the even live Wednesday, according to Fast Nationals which are subject to change. It was the least-watched of Obama's three primetime press conferences to date-18.8 million
tuned into his Apr. 29 presser ..... Comcast Launches HBO HD On-Demand First MSO to offer HBO on-demand in HD Broadcasting & Cable
Comcast is launching HBO HD on-demand, the first cable provider to do so. Comcast customers will be able to watch HBO original programs and selections from HBO's movie library in high definition.
Current subscribers to the HBO on-demand service will have access to the HD service at no additional charge.
The HBO initiative is part of Comcast's "Project I..... Cisco Shuts Down Scientific Atlanta's Main Web Site Networking Company Redirects Sciatl.com to Cisco.com Multichannel News
Cisco Systems took another step in the long, slow integration of Scientific Atlanta, announcing Thursday that it has migrated "the majority of the content" from the former SA site into the corporate Web site.
Scientific Atlanta's primary URL -- www.sciatl.com -- now redirects visitors to a page at Cisco.com with the headline, "Scientific Atlanta is now part of Cisco."<.....
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