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Nexstar's Retrans Take Rises, but How Much? Multichannel NewsWashington— It can be tricky figuring out the best number to pin to Nexstar Broadcasting Group's retransmission-consent haul from the second quarter of 2009, at least without talking to the executive who should know best. According to a 10-Q filing at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nexstar's retransmission take increased 91.3%, to $6.4 million. But acco..... FCC Focuses on the Big Broadband Picture Participants Urged to Think Differently In the Last Workshop of First Round Multichannel NewsWashington— The Federal Communications Commission started off the last of its first round of broadband workshops with some big-picture pondering of ideas and outside-the-box developments that could shape the future of broadband. They included the bifurcation of the Internet into a number of networks, insuring the plan was sufficiently flexible to deal with the fluidity ..... Comcast Guides DVRs to the Web Multichannel News Comcast has begun to broadly roll out an upgrade to its interactive program guide that provides several enhancements — including Web-based digital video recorder scheduling — while its version of “Start Over” will remain on hold. Previously, Comcast planned to offer Start Over to customers as early as the end of 2008. Start Over, pioneered by Time Warner Cable,..... AETN Makes Deal of a Lifetime Abbe Raven to Head Combined Programmer After Closing Multichannel News As expected, Lifetime Entertainment Services will become part of A&E Television Networks this fall. AETN has acquired the women's programmer, which will retain the name Lifetime Entertainment Services LLC as a subsidiary of AETN. AETN CEO Abbe Raven will serve as head of the combined company following the closing, while Andrea Wong, CEO of Lifetime Entertainment Ser..... Fights Break Out Over Sports Nets Multichannel News As the last days of summerwind down, two big fights over carriage are just beginning to heat up in the sports world involving some of the largest cable operators and satellite companies in the U.S. Comcast-owned Versus went dark on DirecTV when its contract expired Sept. 1, while Tennis Channel, presenting its inaugural coverage of the U.S. Open, remained stuck in the distribution net..... More Join TV Web Party Time Warner Cable, Verizon, AT&T Test 'TV Everywhere' Multichannel News Time Warner Cable and Verizon Communications officially signaled their interest in offering free TV shows online to paying video subscribers — and AT&T quietly initiated a beta test of its own — but major details remain fuzzy for these so-called authentication services. The latest “TV Everywhere” trials come soon after Comcast began testing an on-demand I..... Starz Media Opens Early VOD Window For Zombie's 'Superbeasto' Film 'The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto Bows' Sept. 7 On Comcast, Charter, DirecTV, Dish On-Demand Platforms Multichannel News
Starz Media's animation production outfit Film Roman is teaming with Rob Zombie to premiere the movie producer/rock singer's new animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto on select video-on-platforms Sept. 7, a week prior to movie's theatrical debut.
The R-rated film, which chronicles the exploits of a crime-fighting, over-the-hill masked wrestler, ..... ESPN Deportes Gains Digital-Basic Berth In Texas With Time Warner Cable Network Available To 1 Million Subs Via Upgrade In Dallas, San Antonio, Harlingen, El Paso, Austin Multichannel News
ESPN is receiving a 30th birthday present of sorts, as its Spanish-language service is being upgraded by Time Warner Cable in Texas.ESPN Deportes, which had been available on the operator's Spanish-language package in the Lone Star State, will migrate today to Time Warner Cable's digital-basic service in Dallas, San Antonio, Harlingen, El Paso and Austin. The move, which com..... Copps Names Staffers Giusti Tapped As Chief Of Staff, Murray Returns As Wireless Bureau Legal Adivisor Multichannel News
FCC commissioner Michael Copps announced some additions to his staff.
John Giusti has been named chief of staff and legal advisor for international and wireless issues.
Giusti, who was a Copps staffer in a previous posting, has most recently been acting chief of the International Bureau.
Copps staffer Jennifer Schneider has also been named to the new ..... Starz Media Opens Early VOD Window For Zombie's Animated 'Superbeasto' Film 'The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto Bows' Sept. 7 On Comcast, Charter, DirecTV, Dish On-Demand Platforms Multichannel News
Starz Media's animation production outfit Film Roman is teaming with Rob Zombie to premiere the movie producer/rock singer's new animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto on select video-on-platforms Sept. 7, a week prior to movie's theatrical debut.
The R-rated film, which chronicles the exploits of a crime-fighting, over-the-hill masked wrestler, ..... SES Americom-New Skies Becomes 'World Skies' Princeton, N.J.-Based Satellite Division Operates 25 Satellites Globally Multichannel News
SES Americom-New Skies Becomes 'World Skies'
Princeton, N.J.-Based Satellite Division Operates 25 Satellites Globally
Satellite operator SES has renamed the Americom-New Skies unit, which combined its North American and international operations, as SES World Skies.
SES World Skies, with U.S. headquarters in Princeton, N.J., operates 25 satell..... FCC Calls For Smart Grid, Teleworking Comments Agency Continues Data Quest For National Broadband Plan Multichannel News
The Federal Communications Commission continues to seek input on its national broadband plan, due to Congress Feb. 17,2009.
On Friday Sept. 4, the agency put out two public notices seeking comment on the use of broadband for smart grid technology and another on teleworking. The FCC wants to know what kind of bandwidth and speed will be required, as well as how home networks..... 'Crash’ Lands on VOD, Web Head Start for Second-Season Debut of Starz Series Multichannel News Starz will look to build momentum for the second season of its scripted drama Crash by offering the first two episodes of the show’s new season on video-on-demand and the Web in advance of its launch on the linear channel. Cox Communications, Insight Communications, Mediacom Communications and Comcast will all run Crash’s second-season premiere episode via ..... Perry Sook Chairman/President/CEO, Nexstar Broadcasting Group Broadcasting & Cable In a year when broadcasters have been playing defense against the brutal economic forces hampering their business, Nexstar Chairman, President and CEO Perry Sook has actually played some offense. In March, Nexstar announced it was providing management services for the stations owned by Four Points Media Group for more than $2 million a year. In May, it closed on WCWJ Jacksonville, Fla., a n..... Hoping the Fog Will Lift Bay Area toils through tough times Broadcasting & Cable Even charmed places such as San Francisco are not exempt from the nation's economic malaise. The No. 6 DMA still has its considerable attributes—tech innovation pervades, Lombard Street remains crooked as ever, and the rebuilt Giants are gunning for a spot in baseball's playoffs. But residents are gravely concerned about keeping their jobs and homes. “Any econo..... Iowa football fans and local fans of other Big 10 teams can rejoice. Multichannel News
Iowa football fans and local fans of other Big 10 teams can rejoice.Cox Cable in Omaha says it has reached a deal with the Big 10 Network to provide that channel.Cox Cable officials tell KPTM FOX 42 News that an agreement will be finalized Thursday, which means the channel should be available starting the same day, just in time for the first week of college football games.Cox will launch t..... News Orgs Object to New Big Ten Press Guidelines RTNDA chief Stacey Woelfel voices news and sports editors' concerns that credentialing is overly restrictive Broadcasting & Cable
A half-dozen news organizations have called for a meeting with the commissioner of the Big Ten conference over newly issued press credentials, saying they impede their ability to cover the sport and that the conference itself will suffer from the overly restrictive terms.In a letter to Commissioner James Delaney, Radio-Television News Directors Association chairman Stacey Woelfel, joi..... Beatles playing for keeps with "Rock Band" game Antony Bruno DENVER (Billboard) - Paul DeGooyer is tired -- for good reason. It's about two weeks before the September 9 release of MTV's "The Beatles: Rock Band," and DeGooye Versus Launches 'Worthless' Ads In Distribution Dispute With DirecTV Ads, Running In Eight Newspapers, Riff Off DBS Operator's Remarks Demeaning Net's Programming Multichannel News
The disconnect between Versus and DirecTV grew louder Friday, with the programmer running ads in a number of newspapers for its displacement from the satellite operator's air earlier this week.Versus said it bought ads in eight newspapers, with its message headlined by the word "Worthless," riffing off remarks made by the No. 1 DBS provider that demeaned its programming that were..... Fox Unlikely To Carry Obama Address To Congress ABC, CBS, NBC all carrying speech Broadcasting & Cable
Fox Broadcast Network is said to be
unlikely to carry the president's prime time address to Congress Sept. 9.
No official word from the network, but
that is premiere night for the new season of So You Think You Can Dance at 8 p.m., plus the first new episode of Glee since the Spring at 9.
CBS, ABC and NBC ar.....
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