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McGraw-Hill Broadcast Revenue Down 23% Lowers overall forecast for entire 2009 Broadcasting & Cable
McGraw-Hill announced broadcasting group revenue of $20.4 million for the second quarter, down 23.1% from the same quarter last year. The company's Information & Media department saw revenue drop 11.5% to $236.2 million in the quarter, while overall revenue dropped 12.4% to $1.5 billion. McGraw-Hill owns the ABC affiliates KMGH Denver, KGTV San Diego, KERO Bakersfield and WRT..... Thomson Gains More Traction With Comcast Nets deal for home gateways, ships DTAs Broadcasting & Cable
French conglomerate Thomson, which announced a major deal in July 2008 to provide Comcast with low-cost digital set-tops known as Digital Transport Adaptors (DTAs), has won more business from the U.S. cable giant.
The company announced that it will provide Comcast with advanced cable gateway devices to support next-generation broadband Internet and voice services. Comcast e..... Independent Show: Panelists Say Broadband's Regulatory Honeymoon Over New FCC Chairman Expected To Focus On Broadband Regulation Multichannel News
Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski will most likely focus the agency's efforts in the broadband space for the foreseeable future, according to a panel session at the Independent Show here Monday, and that could spell more onerous regulation for the product in the future.
American Cable Association outside counsel Chris Cinnamon warned that re..... Panel: Broadband's Regulatory Honeymoon Over New FCC Chairman Expected to Focus on Broadband Regulatio Multichannel News
Panel: Broadband's Regulatory Honeymoon OverNew FCC Chairman Expected to Focus on Broadband RegulationBy Mike FarrellGrapevine, Texas - Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski will most likely focus the agency's efforts in the broadband space for the foreseeable future, according to a panel session at the Independent Show here Monday, and that could spe..... Broadband's Regulatory Honeymoon Over: Panel New FCC Chairman Expected To Focus On Broadband Regulation Multichannel News
Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski will most likely focus the agency's efforts in the broadband space for the foreseeable future, according to a panel session at the Independent Show here Monday, and that could spell more onerous regulation for the product in the future.
American Cable Association outside counsel Chris Cinnamon warned that re..... 'Make It Or Break It' Makes It At ABC Family Network orders 10 additional episodes Broadcasting & Cable
ABC Family has ordered 10 additional episodes of the one-hour gymnastics drama Make It Or Break It. The pick up brings the first season order to 20 episodes.
Make It Or Break It has roared out of the gate for ABC Family since launching in June, trailing only The Secret Life of the American Teenager in total viewers and winning its timeslot among the network’s core yo..... Media Coalition Members Against Ban on Media Depictions of Animal Cruelty It believes that animal cruelty is abhorrent, but argues the government i breaking dangerous new ground in criminalizing the depictions Broadcasting & Cable
Independent filmmakers fear that films like Apocalypse Now (in which a live water buffalo was hacked to death), documentaries about cruelty to animals, or even TV news footage of then-Alaska Governor Sarah Palin wolf hunting in Alaska, could earn their creators and distributors prison sentences if a 1999 law is restored by the Supreme Court.A number of members of The Media Coal..... FCC Still Awaiting Official Word On New Commissioners Clyburn, Baker were confirmed by the Senat Friday, but must still be officially commissioned by the president an sworn in before they can take their seats Broadcasting & Cable
At press time Monday, the FCC had not gotten word on whether the White House had officially signed off on the President's nominees to the last two empty seats on the commission, according to a spokesperson. Mignon Clyburn and Meredith Attwell Baker were confirmed by the Senate Friday, but must still be officially commissioned by the president and sworn in before they can tak..... ABC Family Picks Up 10 More Episodes Of 'Make It or Break It' New Installments Of Gymnastics Drama Slated For Q1 In 2010 Multichannel News
ABC Family's gymnastics drama
Make It or Break It
has made it.
The network has ordered an additional 10 episodes, bringing its first-season total to 20. The additional installments are tentatively scheduled to return in the first quarter of 2010, according to network officials.The one-hour scripted drama, set in the world of c..... Weather Channel Interactive Partners With Frommer's Creating an online resource linking weather and travel Broadcasting & Cable
Weather Channel Interactive (TWCi) and Frommer’s Unlimited have teamed up to create an online resource linking weather and travel. The site provides information on travel planning including popular spots for honeymoons, family vacations, business travel, and getaway weekends. The site uses information from Frommer’s for hotel reviews, attractions, and restauran..... VH1 Supports Alt Rock Band Morningwood Is Network Looking To Launch New Record Label? Multichannel News
VH1 is backing alternative rock band Morningwood - Pedro Yanowitz and sexy singer Chantal Claret - whose song "Best of Me" is the theme for VH1's Daisy of Love.
Executives in the music and/or television business said the MTV Networks outlet pitched the band to join a new music label the network is planning - diving into the troubled music industry, leveraging t..... Lifetime Launches LAS Campaign In Support Of 'Project Runway' Programmer Looks To Help Affiliates Drive Sales With 'Runway To Revenue' Initiative, Keyed By Free Marie Claire Subscriptions Multichannel News
Lifetime Television wants local advertisers to strut alongside the upcoming season of
Project Runway
.
Working in conjunction with Hearst Corp., Lifetime will present participating affiliates with a number of free, one-year subscription to the publisher's Marie Claire fashion title, which local advertisers can extend to ..... Justice Investigating Verizon, AT&T Complaints Against Cable Ops Telcos Claim MSOs Are Preventing them From Buying Sports Programming Multichannel News
The Justice Department is investigating complaints by Verizon and AT&T that some top cable operators have been preventing them from buying sports and other programming in which the operators have a financial interest.
That is according to a report in The New York Times.
The Justice Department is already looking into complaints against wireless phone co..... Comcast Adds DC Execs Rudy Brioch??, Joe Trahern among new execs Broadcasting & Cable
Comcast has tapped a couple of top Democratic staffers for its Washington lobbying and external affairs team, which is headed by EVP David Cohen.Rudy BriochÉ has joined Comcast as senior director of external affairs and public policy counsel and Joe Trahern has joined as senior director of federal government affairs.Brioch&#..... Schaer Named EVP of Creative Development at Harpo Charged with creating new programming and opportunities through syndication, network, cable, and digital platforms Broadcasting & Cable
Valerie Schaer has been named executive VP, creative development for Harpo Productions. Schaer had previously been at Worldwide Pants, Inc. as executive VP overseeing all production, development, new media and business development. She will be based in New York and will report to Tim Bennett,
president, Harpo Productions, Inc. and Harpo Productions Chairman Oprah
Winfrey. Schaer ..... AT&T Blocked Web Site To Protect Customers From Malicious Traffic Blockage had some bloggers crying foul, invoking the network neutrality debate Broadcasting & Cable
AT&T said Monday that reports that it had blocked access to Web site 4chan.org were true, but that it did so only to keep a denial-of-service attack lined to IP addresses connected to the site from spreading.The blockage had some bloggers crying foul and invoking the network neutrality debate."AT&T temporarily blocked access to the IP addresses in question for our customers," ..... NBC Affiliates Ho-Hum on Silverman Departure All hope fresh set of eyes will help network prime Broadcasting & Cable
Managers at NBC affiliates greeted word of NBC Entertainment co-chair Ben Silverman’s departure with a mix of apathy and hope that the shakeup might, in turn, goose NBC’s long-dormant primetime performance. Several general managers stressed that two years was not enough time to accurately judge Silverman’s job performance, especially with NBC’s primetime woes ..... NCTA Emphasizing Adoption, Training Aspect of Broadband Rollout Sent letter last week in support of the Community College Technology Access Act of 2009 Broadcasting & Cable
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association continues to emphasize the adoption and training side of the broadband rollout. NCTA sent a letter last week in support of the Community College Technology Access Act of 2009, pledging to work for its passage. The bill was introduced in April, but its theme dovetails with NCTA's current push for more broadband tra..... Abel in For Bauder at WMTW WCSH vet replaces resigning prez in Portland Broadcasting & Cable
Former WCSH Portland General Sales Manager David Abel has been named president and general manager of Hearst’s WMTW in Portland, Maine. He starts July 27 and replaces Ken Bauder, who is retiring. Gannett’s WCSH, an NBC affiliate, is the major ratings champ in the #77 DMA . WMTW is an ABC affiliate. “In selecting Dave to lead WMTW, we’ve added a brig..... FiOS TV Cracks 2.5 Million Subscribers Telco snags 300,000 TV subscribers in Q2 Broadcasting & Cable
Economic storm clouds didn't hurt Verizon's FiOS TV high batting average in the second quarter.
The telco snagged 300,000 net FiOS TV subscribers for the three months ended June 30, to stand at nearly 2.52 million. However, the telco said it remains focused on cutting costs in its wireline unit -- which saw quarterly revenue fall 5.2% -- with plans to cut 8,000 jo.....
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