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Washington Post Broadcast Revenue Down 20% Cable a bright spot Broadcasting & Cable
Washington Post Company reported broadcasting revenue of $66.7 million for the second quarter, a 20% decrease from the previous year's second quarter. Broadcasting operating income was $14.3 million for the quarter, a 52% drop from last year.
Washington Post cited "weaker advertising demand in all markets and most product categories, particularly automotive," at its P..... Belo Revenue Down 23% Smaller decline seen for Q3 Broadcasting & Cable
Belo Corp. announced net operating revenues of $144.8 million for the second quarter, down from $189 million in the same quarter a year ago. Total revenue dropped 23%, and Web ad revenue dropped 5.1% to $7.1 million in the quarter.
Retransmission consent revenue was $11.4 million for the second quarter and is expected to tally $41 million for the year.
Total st..... Genachowski: FCC Still Justified in Regulating Broadcast Content New FCC chairman confirms commission will conduct inquiry into state of journalism industry Broadcasting & Cable
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski still sees a need for
broadcast content regulation.
In an interview with B&C marking his first month on the job,
Genachowski said that, with millions still relying on over-the-air TV, "the core
justifications for commission action in this area are unchanged."
He also said the FCC will work through its backlog of indecen..... Dolphin slaughter in Japan subject of new film Christine Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - A tense new film shows Japanese fishermen luring thousands of wild dolphins into a hidden secret cove in Japan where activists say they Gold Cup Final Glitters For Fox Soccer Channel Futbol-Centric Service Scores Top Mark With Mexico-U.S. Match Multichannel News
Fox Soccer Channel netted its highest-rated telecast with the Gold Cup final last Sunday.
Mexico's 5-0 thrashing of the U.S. at Giants Stadium on July 26 attracted a 0.8 household average, FSC's best mark since it became Nielsen-rated in October 2008. All told, some 267,000 homes checked out the match on the soccer-centric service.The game also scored a record 0.8..... TCA: HBO Renews 'Hung,' 'True Blood,' 'Entourage' Fate of No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, Flight of the Conchords still up in air Multichannel News
Home Box Office will bring back its summer Sunday Night lineup in 2010, renewing freshman series
Hung
, sophomore series
True Blood
and Emmy-nominated comedy series
Entourage
.
HBO programming group and West Coast Operations president Michael Lombar..... Disney Takes Q3 Dip Revenue Down 7%; Operating Income Falls 20% Multichannel News
The Walt Disney Co. struggled through another tough quarter, as declines across the board drove revenue down 7% to $8.6 billion and segment operating income plunged 20% to $1.8 billion for the period ended June 30. .On a conference call with analysts Thursday, CEO Bob Iger said that while he was pleased with the performance in light of the overall economic downturn, he was cautiously..... Cable Industry Values Bundle To Consumers at $35 Billion Annually: NCTA Comcast, Cox, Time Warner Report 23% Of Subs Bought Triple Play In 2008 Multichannel News
The cable industry has valued the benefits of bundled voice, video and data to consumers at $35 billion a year and, increasingly, subscribers are taking advantage of those benefits.
That came in comments to the Federal Communications Commission in its annual assessment of the state of video competition. The agency has asked for more information on bundling, and NCTA appeare..... Cable Industry Values Bundle To Consumers at $35Billion Annually: NCTA Comcast, Cox, Time Warner Report 23% Of Subs Bought Triple Play In 2008 Multichannel News
The cable industry has valued the benefits of bundled voice, video and data to consumers at $35 billion a year and, increasingly, subscribers are taking advantage of those benefits.
That came in comments to the Federal Communications Commission in its annual assessment of the state of video competition. The agency has asked for more information on bundling, and NCTA appeare..... Cable Industry Values Bundled Voice, Video and Data to Consumers at $35B a Year Comcast, Cox and Time Warner report 23% of subs taking triple play in '08 Broadcasting & Cable
The cable industry has valued the benefits of bundled voice, video and data to consumers at $35 billion a year and, increasingly, subscribers are taking advantage of those benefits.That came in comments to the FCC in its annual assessment of the state of video competition. The commission has asked for more information on bundling, and NCTA appeared happy to oblige.That $35 billion is ..... TCA: TLC, 'Jon & Kate' Sticking Together Series returns Aug. 3 with separate interview spaces for divorcing stars Broadcasting & Cable
TLC President-GM Eileen O'Neill opened her network's session at TCA Thursday afternoon with a statement that the show will go on for
Jon & Kate Plus 8
, the hit show that has been on hiatus since series stars Jon and Kate Gosselin announced that they are divorcing.
"We will cover the family with great care and thoughtf..... TCA: Animal Planet Gets Investigative Orders investigative journalism series, pet training series 'Superfetch' Broadcasting & Cable
Following the success of its Michael Vick and "puppy mill" specials, Animal Planet is starting a quarterly investigative journalism franchise, Animal Planet Investigates.
The series will explore in depth topics such as slaughterhouses, cloning, dog fighting, the exotic animal trade and animal testing, among other topics.
"With the new Investigates strand, we'..... Disney Sees Profit Drop 26% Increased pilot pick-ups forces broadcasting income down 34% Broadcasting & Cable
Increased pilot costs and higher programming license fees contributed to a 34% plunge in operating income at Disney's broadcasting unit for the fiscal third quarter. The segment includes the ABC network and the station group brought in $204 million during the period.
"Lower advertising revenues at the ABC Television Network were primarily due to decreases in news, day..... FCC Sets Preliminary Topics for Upcoming Broadband Workshops Civic engagement, new media, definition of "unserved" and "underserved" areas to be discussed Broadcasting & Cable
The FCC has released a list of preliminary topics for 18 upcoming broadband plan public workshops.According to the listing on the FCC's broadband.gov Web site, the commission has proposed well over 100 topics, often broken down into subtopics, with more being solicited from Web surfers.For example, the first workshop, on Aug. 6, deals with e-government and civic engagement. E-gov..... Piven Pins Hosting Role On WWE Monday Night Raw Entourage Emmy-Award Winner To 'Manage' Grappling Group's USA Show On Aug. 3 Multichannel News
Jeremy Piven will be joining the WWE entourage on Monday night.
Piven, whose three-time Emmy-winning turn as the uber agent Ari Gold drives HBO's Hollywood buddy series Entourage, will be the celebrity guest host on USA Network's presentation of WWE's Monday Night Raw live from the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut on Aug. 3 at 9 p.m. (ET). This past M..... Judge Denies MASN Motion To Delay Enforcement Bureau Comments But he urges two sides to settle complaint on thier own ASAP Multichannel News
Judge Denies MASN Motion To Delay Enforcement Bureau CommentsBut he urges two sides to settle complaint on thier own ASAPAn FCC administrative law judge has declined to extend the deadline for the commission's Enforcement Bureau to file its recommendation in the program carriage complaint of the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network against Comcast.That complaint, which had alleged discrim..... Televisa to air Telemundo content on Latam pay TV Cyntia Barrera Diaz and Tomas Sarmiento MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican broadcaster Televisa will add content from network Telemundo to its pay channels as it strengthens link 98.9% Of U.S. Homes Can Get DTV Signal: Nielsen Little More Than 1 million Homes Remain Without Set, Converter Box, Cable, Satellite Multichannel News
Nielsen says that 98.9% of U.S. homes are able to receive a digital TV signal.
That is up 229,000 homes and 1.3 million since the June 12 switch-over to digital broadcasting.
That leaves 1.1% or a little over a million homes still without a DTV set or DTV-to analog converter box or cable or satellite service.
Nielsen has even begun expressing it as tha..... Nielsen: 98.9% of U.S. Homes Can Get DTV Signal Little more than 1 million homes are still without set, converter box, cable or satellite Broadcasting & Cable
Nielsen says that 98.9% of U.S. homes are able to receive a digital TV signal.That is up 229,000 homes and 1.3 million since the June 12 switch-over to digital broadcasting. That leaves 1.1% or a little over a million homes still without a DTV set or DTV-to analog converter box or cable or satellite service.Nielsen has even begun expressing it as that "glass-mostly-full" readiness fig..... Primetime Ratings: 'Dance' Tops 'Talent' Again Wednesday Night Fox wins the night Broadcasting & Cable
Fox's
was the top-rated show in primetime Wednesday night, scoring a 2.9/9, a slight increase from last week's 2.8/9. The show topped a new episode of NBC's
by 0.2 rating points.
also added more than 300,000 viewers from its same time period last week.
The opening hour of Dance scored a 2.9/10 and 7.6 million viewers. A.....
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