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USA renews "In Plain Sight" for Season 3 Nellie Andreeva LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - USA Network has ordered a third season of "In Plain Sight," which stars Mary McCormack as a U.S. marshal for the witness pro A Tool for 'TV Everywhere' ExtendMedia Touts Web-Video Publishing System Multichannel News While “TV Everywhere” remains mostly an idea, the jostling among tech suppliers to get a piece of the action is already well under way. The concept, as described by Comcast, Time Warner Inc. and others, is fairly straightforward: TV subscribers would be able to access a wealth of video content from cable networks on the Web for no extra charge. The first technica..... TCA: PBS Sets Religious Docs for 2010 <em>The Buddha</em>, <em>God In America</em> and <em>The Calling</em> to look at faith from various perspectives Broadcasting & Cable
TCA: Complete coverage of the Television Critics Association Press Tour
PBS Sunday announced three new programs for 2010 that look at religion in America from a variety of faith perspectives.The Buddha, a two-hour documentary from Emmy-winner David Grubin slated for spring, tells the story of the "Indian sage who famously gained enlightenment," using art, writings ..... CBS Makes A 'Deal' To Fill 'Guiding' Slot Network picks up classic gameshow to replace soap Broadcasting & Cable
CBS is choosing what's behind door No. 2.
Net has picked up the
classic gameshow Let's Make a Deal and will likely put it in the
daytime slot soon to be vacated by Guiding Light.
Eye had shot
a pilot with Wayne Brady as host. Brady, who is expected to get the
job, has gameshow experience with Fox's Don't Forget the Lyrics..... 'YES’ to Streaming Local Sports Multichannel NewsYES Network became the first regional sports programmer to offer live broadband streaming of a local pro team within its territory on July 8. Tracy Dolgin, president and CEO of the New York Yankees-owned regional sports network, recently spoke with Multichannel.com news editor Mike Reynolds about the deal between Major League Baseball Advanced Media, which controlled digital rights,..... No Free Lunch Multichannel News The famous quote by author Stewart Brand, “Information wants to be free,” is a rallying cry for those pushing for “free” content. Rarely is the other half noted: “Information also wants to be expensive. … That tension will not go away.” The rise of “freenomics” is playing havoc with the cable industry's plans to build digital ..... The Problem of Units, Part Two Multichannel News Reader Charlie, a veteran cable engineer, chimed in last week with another angle to the problem of units. It is this: When it comes to broadband, if you think it’s hard to get your head around per-household usage, try conjuring per-system throughput. “I’m still not sure the world will ever get a handle on knowing how many bits and bytes they use,” he wr..... Epix Lands a Home on Verizon's FiOS TV Multichannel News Epix, the joint venture movie service from Paramount, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Lionsgate, snagged its first affiliate pact, landing a multiplatform rollout with Verizon Communications' FiOS TV. The deal will place Epix, which offers unedited, commercial-free films, on FiOS's TV lineup as both a standard- and high-definition channel, via FiOS Internet, as well as through deliv..... FiOS TV: 2.5 Million Subscribers and Counting Multichannel News Verizon Communications' FiOS TV is now larger than Bright House Networks, the No. 6 U.S. cable operator, as economic storm clouds didn't dampen the telco's solid subscriber growth 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 cutt..... Small Ops Tackle Big Issues in Texas Multichannel NewsGrapevine, Texas— It wasn’t all hoedowns, barbecues and kid-friendly fare last week as small and medium-sized cable operators from across the country congregated at The Independent Show here. Top of mind at the annual small-cable get-together, sponsored by the National Cable Television Cooperative and the American Cable Association, were such issues as authenticatio..... Cablevision, TWC Exceed Q2 Expectations Multichannel News Two of the top publicly traded MSOs reported better-than-expected second-quarter results last week, but that news for both Time Warner Cable and Cablevision was overshadowed by the latter's plan to spin off its Madison Square Garden unit. Cablevision said in May that it would consider spinning off MSG, and last week made it official. Cablevision stock soared on the news &..... No Q2 Surprises Expected at CBS Multichannel News Wells Fargo Securities analyst Marci Ryvicker isn't expecting any surprises from CBS when it reports second-quarter earnings next week (Aug. 6), adding that the broadcaster should meet already adjusted analyst estimates. “Given that Street estimates for CBS have continued to come down over the past month or so, we do not anticipate another significant miss like what we saw ..... Beware Free Content: Analyst Martin Wary of Nets’ Plans to Bolster Online Offerings Multichannel NewsGrapevine, Texas— Media Metrics founder and managing director Laura Martin pulled few punches during a panel discussion at last week’s The Independent Show, telling network executives bent on providing more and more of their content online for free that they are effectively killing their businesses. Martin, a longtime media analyst who was once a fixture on panels..... Naughty and Niche Adult VOD Becomes More Targeted Multichannel News Cable's adult programmers, faced with increasing competition from Internet content, are working with operators to better target the needs of specific demographics. Companies such as Hustler TV say that operators who divide their adult pay-per-view offerings into categories — including multicultural/international, gay and niche segments such as amateur and anime — ha..... Don't Be Afraid to Make a Rock Star Hire Broadcasting & Cable If you think I've admitted some embarrassing stuff in the past, buckle up because you're gonna love this. From 2000 to 2001, I held the title of PR guy for the XFL. Yes, that XFL. As in one terrible wrestling-meets-football season and out. As in blowing through $70 million in Madoffian fashion. And yes, as in He Hate Me. And while everyone looks back on that a..... Q2 Calls Hedge Bets Outlook improves; ad picture is key Broadcasting & Cable While calendar second-quarter media earnings calls have not been as bleak as those in the first quarter, a clear-cut indication of an industry upswing remains on hold. The overall conversation still hinges on the extent of across-the-board declines. Only Cablevision's Madison Square Garden spinoff and Time Warner's own spinoff of AOL have ginned u..... FTvS Launches Digital Brand News Corp. arm developing online content under new “15 Gigs” entity Broadcasting & Cable Fox Television Studios has quietly been syndicating a slate of original programming across the Web under the umbrella of its new digital brand, 15 Gigs. Unlike Warner Bros.' TheWB.com and Sony's Crackle.com, FTvS is not looking to create a standalone destination for 15 Gigs, opting instead to go the viral route and spread its shows as far and wide as possible. “We wa..... Genachowski's Media Mission FCC chairman weighs next steps in regulation, indecency, broadband and more Broadcasting & Cable New FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's spacious corner office on the eighth floor of FCC headquarters in Washington remains a work in progress, with empty bookshelves behind his desk and walls not yet filled with mementos or evidence of past accolades. But there is something of a metaphor for the size of the bureaucracy Genachowski inherits, and of the tasks ahead of him, in the..... Syndicated Delivery Gets an Overhaul Competing HD systems rush to market Broadcasting & Cable After years of complaints by broadcasters that they need an easier way to receive high-definition syndicated content, two competing systems that promise to solve the problem are readying for deployment, perhaps even in time for the new television season in September. Both aim to replace a labor-intensive, often-manual workflow where stations record linear satellite feeds onto hi-def tape de..... Summer Series Searches Yield Mixed Results Williams, Wedlock show promise, Twisted pulled Broadcasting & Cable Several syndicators and stations have used the summer, when many series are in repeats and pre-fall competition for viewers is slim, to launch new shows or run tests—and the results are mixed. This summer has seen one national syndication launch—Debmar-Mercury's Wendy Williams—and two tests—Warner Bros.' clip show Beyond Twisted and Tw.....
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